IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH)

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: i.e. for professional positions or positions with a basic education requirement: http://main.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/ classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/foreign-affairs series- 0130/; i.e. for positions with no IOR: http://main.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/ classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/gs-2210-information-technology-management series/) for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 10/17/2024 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-11 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes: 1. Experience with data architecture, e.g. Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF); Agile delivery. 2. The ability to articulate technical, non-functional, and enabler requirements/stories to define engineering efforts, both on-premises and cloud architectures; designing and documentation of system, cloud, and data architectures. 3. Understanding of architecture frameworks (e.g. DoDAF). 4. Experience conducting engineering assessments, gap analysis, apply best practices, and designing secure computing solutions pertaining to cloud, systems, software, and data management. 5. Experience to articulate and define technical requirements for engineering solutions and provide management oversight for the implementation of those requirements. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1. Systems Integration – Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components. 2. Enterprise Architecture: – An enterprise architecture (EA) is a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of an organization. The intent of an enterprise architecture is to determine how an organization can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives. 3. Information Assurance – Knowledge of methods and procedures to protect information systems and data by ensuring their availability, authentication, confidentiality, and integrity. 4. Software Engineering – Knowledge of software engineering design and development methodologies, paradigms, and tools; the software life cycle; software reusability; and software reliability metrics. 5. Planning and Evaluating – Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
DCSAs PEO (National Background Investigation Services (NBIS)) is seeking a Systems/Data Engineer and/or Architect. The incumbent will support a team of engineers (system, cloud and data) and/or architects. The incumbent is responsible for addressing and integrating talent and culture, governance and administration of data and architecture standardization, and overseeing the agile planning and implementation of engineering solutions large and small in support of NBIS.