TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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US Citizens and National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)

Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date

Register with Selective Service, if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

Direct Deposit of salary check to financial organization required.

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

• Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a Schedule A, Schedule C, or non-career SES political appointee
• Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
• Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
• Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee.  We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
• Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position.

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).    

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here. 

The GS-14 salary range starts at $117,191.00per year.   

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.  

To qualify, you must have IT-related experience demonstrating EACH of the four competencies AND one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service as described below:

IT SPECIALIST COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

• Attention to Detail - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant investigates and evaluates “state of the art” technology of the industry.
• Customer Service - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant confers with users to evaluate the effectiveness of, or identify the need for, computer programs or management systems.
• Oral Communication - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant persuades others to take a particular course of action or to accept findings, recommendations, changes, or alternative viewpoints.
• Problem Solving - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant identifies and accommodates technology and resource constraints.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Specialized experience is defined as experience in architecting a cloud platform/environment for application modernization/migration efforts or new application development for high velocity information technology (IT) projects; directing and controlling specific IT projects within a senior level management office; defining and structuring projects; working on matrixed teams crossing organizational boundaries; leading migration from legacy software development, transformational projects and modernizing legacy IT solutions. Experience must include architecting and implementing modern cloud concepts/technologies including infrastructure as code, containerization, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and automated deployments.

Bargaining Unit status:  Not applicable 

Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.  

Travel expenses associated with interviews may be approved. Determinations will be made on a case-by-case basis.

On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved:

• Recruitment incentive if you are new to the federal government
• Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government

Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal work experience or uniformed service experience.

We are currently filling two vacancies, but additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area, as needed; through other means; or not at all.

If you are eligible under Merit Promotion, you may also apply under Vacancy Announcement #1900363FMMP.  You must apply separately to each announcement to be considered for both.

This is NOT a virtual position.  The selectee is expected to report to the duty station listed in this vacancy announcement.

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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will use a method called Category Rating to assess your application.  Here’s how it will work:

• You will be scored on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1. Skill in developing and implementing continuous integration/continous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for application development, test, and deployment
   1a. Skill in application of modern, DevOps practices.
2. Skill in developing and delivering complex software and IT systems using Amazon Web Services (AWS); applying AWS technologies and services
   2a. Skill with IT automation tools including Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar technology; automated deployments, cloud orchestration, and infrastructure as code including CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar technologies.
3. Ability to provide project management
   3a. Knowledge of Agile principles, practices and methodology techniques
   3b. Knowledge of current and emerging cloud and application development technologies (e.g. serverless computing, microservices, containerization, etc)
4. Skill in using knowledge of IT acquisitions strategies

• Your answers to the questions will be used to place you in one of three categories:  Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified [If the use of 4 categories is justified, adjust verbiage].
• We will verify your answers to the questions in your resume.  If your resume doesn’t support your answers, we may lower your score, which could place you in a lower category.
• Within each category, veterans will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

Additional assessments may be used, and, if so, you will be provided with further instructions.

If you are eligible under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan or GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP), you must receive a score of 85 or higher to receive priority.

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Drug test required No