Information Technology Specialist Direct Hire 12 month (Public Notice)
Company: Department Of The Treasury
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Duties WHAT IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) DIVISION? A
description of the business units can be found at:
https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies
will be filled in the following Information Technology specialty
areas, such as: * Network Services * Data Management * Customer
Support * Project Management * Systems Analysis/Applications
Software, Relational Database Development * Systems
Analysis/Applications Software, ALC Applications Development *
Systems Analysis/Applications Software, COBOL Applications
Development * Systems Analysis/Applications Software, Java
Applications Development * System Analysis * Policy and Planning
and Operating Systems The following are the duties of this position
at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one
grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have
the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive
training to help you grow in this position. * Analyzes and
evaluates the full asset control life cycle, acquisition, and
utilization of Information Technology services and equipment. *
Serves as a point-of-contact with vendors on IT services
installations, movement, maintenance, and acceptance testing of new
IT services. * Provide advice and assistance to customers on a
large local problem to troubleshoot complex problems; and provide
support in a manner that minimizes interruptions in customers'
ability to carry out critical business activities. * Provide
technical guidance during a significant project in designing,
coding, testing, debugging, and maintaining programs. * Plan,
develop, schedule, and test COBOL software applications in support
of IRS modernization and production systems using established
standards and system lifecycles. * Defines site objectives by
envisioning system features and functionality. Arranges project
requirements in programming sequence by analyzing user's
requirements; prepares a workflow chart and diagram using knowledge
of computer capabilities, subject matter, programming language, and
logic. * Assessment of new systems design methodologies to improve
software quality, accurately represent customer requirements,
effectively measure software development risk, present
recommendations for adoption of new methodologies, and lead the
implementation of the improvement project. Vacancies filled under
this public notice may have varying levels of promotion potential
and supervisory level. Some jobs have the potential for
noncompetitive promotion depending on how the position is
structured. If you are selected at a lower grade level for a job
with promotion potential, you will receive training to help you
grow in the position. For jobs with promotion potential, promotions
may occur after you have: * met time-in-grade requirements *
performed at an acceptable level of competence; and * demonstrated
your ability to perform work at the next higher grade level. Help
Requirements Conditions of Employment * If you are in a telework
eligible position, you may be directed to temporarily telework on a
full-time basis due to COVID 19. Employees must be within a
200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while
in a telework status. Once normal operations resume, employees may
be directed back to the office to perform the duties of their
position. Telework eligibility does not guarantee telework;
employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility
requirements and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS
Telework Program. As a reminder - If you are selected for a
position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD
(location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by
management. * Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof
of U.S. Citizenship. (Birth certificate showing birth in the U.S;
Unexpired U.S. Passport; Certificate of Citizenship or
Naturalization; or Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen (Form
FS-240)) * Undergo a review of prior performance/conduct and an
income tax verification. Refer to "Get Your Tax Record" at
http://www.irs.gov/(https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript)
to check the status of your account, balance owed, payment history,
make a payment, or review answers to tax questions. If you are not
in compliance, you will be determined unsuitable for employment
with IRS. * Must successfully complete a background investigation,
including a FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check).
* Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your
suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the
agency. * Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process
that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9.
Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment
eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be
unexpired original or certified copies. Qualifications Federal
experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in
the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of
experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered
on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work
experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and
indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must
meet the following requirements by the closing date of this
announcement OR time of referral: BASIC REQUIREMENT:Experience must
include Information Technology (IT) related experience that
demonstrates each of the following four competencies: 1) Attention
to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Oral Communication and 4)
Problem Solving. In addition to meeting the basic requirement
above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the
qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
GS-7 LEVEL: To be eligible for this position at this grade level,
you must meet one of the following requirements. Applicants must
have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty
and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal
Service. Specialized experience for this position must have been in
an IT field or work where the primary concern was the subject
matter of the IT application. The assignments must have shown
completion of the following, or the equivalent: Interviewing
subject-matter personnel to get facts regarding work processes, and
synthesizing the resulting data into charts showing information
flow; operating computer consoles where this involved choosing from
among various procedures in responding to machine commands or
unscheduled halts; scheduling the sequence of programs to be
processed by computers where alternatives had to be weighed with a
view to production efficiency; preparing documentation on
cost/benefit studies where this involved summarizing the material
and organizing it in a logical fashion; working directly with
customers in obtaining information needed to establish or change
accounts; translating detailed logical steps developed by others
into language codes that computers accept where this required
understanding of procedures and limitations appropriate to use of a
programming language. OR EDUCATION: 1 full academic year of
graduate education at an accredited college or university in
computer science, engineering, information science, information
systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics or
technology management. OR 1 full academic year of graduate
education in one or more of the fields identified above that
required the development or adaption of applications, systems or
networks. OR Superior Academic Achievement may be met by having a
bachelor's degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 2.95 or
higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or
those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.45 or
higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study
or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of
study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college,
university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor
society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.
Note: Grade point averages should be rounded to one decimal point.
For example, 2.95 is rounded to 3.0, and 2.94 is rounded to 2.9. If
more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit
hours) was taken on a pass/fail or similar basis, your claim must
be based on class standing or membership in an Honor Society. OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a
combination of experience and education. At least 1 year of
combined graduate education and experience as defined in paragraphs
above. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be
identified in the online questions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-9
LEVEL: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you
must meet one of the following: You must have one year of
specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility
equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience in an
IT field or work where the primary concern was the subject matter
of the IT application. The assignments must have shown completion
of the following, or the equivalent: Analysis of the
interrelationships of pertinent components of the system; Planning
the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment; and
Personal responsibility for at least a segment of the overall
project. OR EDUCATION: A master's or equivalent graduate degree or
two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education
leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree in computer
science, engineering, information science, information systems
management, mathematics, statistics, operations research,
engineering or technology management. OR A master's or equivalent
graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level
graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate
degree in one or more of the fields identified above that provided
a minimum of 24 semester hours in the development or adaptation of
applications, systems or networks. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND
EDUCATION: At least 1 year of combined graduate education and
experience as defined in paragraphs above. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
GS-11 LEVEL: To be eligible for this position at this grade level,
you must meet one of the following: You must have one year of
specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility
equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that
demonstrated an accomplishment of computer project assignments that
required a range of knowledge of computer requirements and
techniques. For example, assignments would show experience in
developing modifications to parts of a system that required
significant revisions in the logic or techniques used in the
original development. Must have been in an IT field or work where
the primary concern was the subject matter of the IT application.
The assignments must have shown completion of the following, or the
equivalent: Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and
requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area
or computer specialty area in an organization; planning the
sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where
this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational
unit and development of project controls; adaptation of guidelines
or precedents to the needs of the assignment. OR EDUCATION: You may
substitute education for specialized experience as follows: a Ph.D.
or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively
higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. OR equivalent
doctoral degree in computer science, information science,
information systems management, mathematics, statistics, operations
research, engineering or technology management; OR equivalent
doctoral degree in one or more of the fields identified above that
provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in the development or
adaptation of applications, systems or networks. OR COMBINATION OF
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: At least 1 year of combined graduate
education and experience as defined in paragraphs above.
Specialized experience continued in Education For more information
on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
Education SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:GS-12 LEVEL: You must have one
year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and
responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal
service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Experience that demonstrates accomplishment of computer project
assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of computer
requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled.
This knowledge is generally demonstrated through assignments that
required the ability to analyze a number of alternative approaches
in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of
IT system design. This would include defining what system
interrelationships must be considered, or what operating mode,
system software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate
for a given project. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-13 LEVEL: You must
have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty
and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the
Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Experience that demonstrates accomplishment of computer project
assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of computer
requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled.
This knowledge is generally demonstrated through assignments that
required the ability to analyze a number of alternative approaches
in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of
IT system design. This would include defining what system
interrelationships must be considered, or what operating mode,
system software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate
for a given project. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-14 LEVEL: You must
have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty
and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the
Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Experience that demonstrates accomplishment of computer project
assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of computer
requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled.
This knowledge is generally demonstrated through assignments that
required the ability to analyze a number of alternative approaches
in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of
IT system design. This would include defining what system
interrelationships must be considered, or what operating mode,
system software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate
for a given project. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-15 LEVEL: You must
have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty
and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the
Federal service: Specialized experience for this position includes:
Experience that demonstrates accomplishment of computer project
assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of computer
requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled.
This knowledge is generally demonstrated through assignments that
required the ability to analyze a number of alternative approaches
in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of
IT system design. This would include defining what system
interrelationships must be considered, or what operating mode,
system software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate
for a given project. For positions with an education requirement,
or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting
education or training for experience, submit a copy of your
transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required
if you are selected. A college or university degree generally must
be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of
schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of
Education Accreditation page. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education
completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet
the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials
have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in
conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to
provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign
Education Credentialing instructions. Additional information * A
1-year probationary period is required. * Have your salary sent to
a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic
Funds Transfer. * If you are a male applicant born after December
31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective
Service System or are exempt from having to do so. * We may select
from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more
vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled. * The salary range
indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up
to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range
will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule
locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages. * This
announcement will be used to hire bargaining and non-bargaining
unit positions. * Tour of Duty: * Day Shift-Start and stop times
between 6:00am and 6:00pm. * Swing Shift-Start and stop times
between 10:00am and 2:00am. * Night Shift-Start and stop times
between 6:00pm and 6:00am. * Alternative work schedule, staggered
work hours or telework may be available. * Obtain and use a
Government-issued charge card for business-related travel. Please
consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected
for a position at one of your location selections, that location
will become your official post of duty. This is an open continuous
announcement which allows applicants to apply up to the closing
date of the announcement, 01/26/2024. This announcement will
establish an inventory of applicants. Contingent upon funding and
space requirements, one or more vacancies may be filled at the
locations listed in this announcement as they come available. Read
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