IT Specialist (APPSW)

Summary

This position located in the Office of the Administrator (OA), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Business Solutions Center (BSC). OCIO provides information technology (IT) planning, design, application development, systems administration, telecommunications, information assurance/security, information management, and IT customer support services for FSIS.

Duties

• Leads and advises team members on projects, architecture solutions, and technical matters
• Coordinates software configuration management in different application lifecycle management systems such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, and other open source products.
• Works with scheduling tools to create, update, review, and maintain SDLC documentation
• Provides technical support, guidance, and document review as the subject matter expert at various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Manages the coordinating and conducting of application performance tuning and monitoring efforts of applications
• Acts as a technical advisor for application development within FSIS
• Leads requirements analysis and refinement efforts to convert business requirements to system requirements, designs, and architectures
• Develops and presents technical solutions to customers at various levels within FSIS
• Provides support and maintenance of applications and reports
• Provides oversight and technical leadership for external contract development efforts and ensures compatibility with FSIS standards, policies, and infrastructure architecture
• Supports application production activities including application troubleshooting, analyzing, and diagnosing problems via continuous integration and deployment pipelines, troubleshooting, and diagnosing problems
• Provide oversight, or assist in the development of end user training material, including user manual, installation instructions, help manuals, operation manuals, and computer-based training modules
• Informs, develops, and recommends technical solutions and alternatives for senior management consideration
• Keeps up-to-date with industry best practices, concepts, and designs
• Anticipates potential issues and develops strategies to address said issues

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. For the GS-14 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 level) that demonstrates: Experience with the design, development, and integration of Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) data engineering pipelines, requiring development of advanced workflows that solve data problems such as cleaning, blending, and joining datasets in a cloud native environment (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). Developing web applications, mobile applications, machine learning, AI and other programming or coding that demonstrates expertise in software development. Performing application development using programming languages such as C#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, React, Go and SQL. Experience working with various frameworks or platforms such as .NET/.NET Core/.NET Maui and Django and/or others. Designing, developing, testing, and/or implementing software solutions. Utilizing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, industry best practices, and tools. Experience working with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems such as Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub and/ or Gitlab Working with databases such as Postgres and/or SQL Server. For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: Information Technology (IT) Management Series, 2210 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education may not be used to substitute for specialized experience or to qualify for this position.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments, and required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. Resumes must not exceed two pages. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration.