Senior IT Specialist

Department of Energy - Agency Wide - Department of Energy

You must meet the four IT Competencies listed in the “Education Requirements” section and the “Specialized Experience” to qualify for this series as described below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR GS-15: 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: Managing an organization’s office automation efforts to integrate, maintain, and enhance the organization’s information management and information technology programs to provide systems, tools, and analytical capabilities in support of the organization’s mission and operations; AND Implementing, managing, maintaining, and coordinating activities (such as Network/IT Infrastructure Upgrades and Network/IT Resource deployment) both technical/non-technical, for short/long-term milestones to support an organization’s office automation efforts; AND Providing information technology guidance, services, advice, and recommendations to leadership on information security matters; AND Performing network monitoring and intrusion detection ensuring sound security principles. NOTE: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-15 level. “Experience” refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. OPM Qualification Standards for the GS-2210 series can be found at the following website: OPM Qualification Standards for the GS-2210 CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered “well qualified” you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.
DOE offers you the chance to be part of the clean energy revolution and make a difference in the fight against the climate crisis. Join the DOE Clean Energy Corps! The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) was established in December 2021 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to accelerate clean energy technologies from the lab to market and fill a critical innovation gap on the path to achieving our nations climate goals of net zero emissions by 2050.

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