Duties

Incumbent will be responsible for supporting project managers throughout the project management lifecycle (PMLC): initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing. During this lifecycle, the IT Specialist is responsible for conducting project assessments, presenting project assignments, maintenance and updates of project artifacts, project status submission, final closure and lessons learned documents, ad hoc reports as required, etc.

IT Specialist duties will include:

• Assist project manager in managing complex IT projects/programs, including application development efforts, systems upgrades and installations, IT security initiatives, etc.
• Ensure activities are completed in accordance with the project scope and within the approved schedule and budget constraints.
• Assist the project managers in creating strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning as well as planning and scheduling project deliverables, goals, and milestones for requested IT Systems.
• Ensure appropriate standard project practices and procedures are established and followed.
• Develop reports and presentations on the status of projects assigned.
• Analyze data from reports to recommend areas of improvement.
• Effectively communicate project information based upon the audience.
• Conduct Project assessments to determine scope and resources required.

Additional duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Review the Additional Information Section of this vacancy announcement for important information regarding your COVID vaccine status.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)

Qualifications

For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for IT Specialist, please visit:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H / FG/GS-10-12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience may include but not limited to: Experience supporting IT projects and programs, ensuring all policies and procedures are followed and project milestones are met; this includes developing reports, analyzing data, providing project status updates, and meeting budget constraints in support of complex IT systems and subsystems.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.

Selection may be made from this announcement or from ACT-AIT-22-AIF120-79173.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/financial_disclosure_requirements

The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family.

If selected, you will be required to provide information regarding your COVID-19 vaccination status for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by NATCA: Multi-Unit.

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