TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Occasional travel - Travel may be required.

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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U.S. citizen.

Suitable for Federal employment.

Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the announcement closing date.

Registered for Selective Service, if applicable. (www.sss.gov)

You may be required to complete a financial disclosure (OGE-450).

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

This vacancy is advertised under 2 different announcements.  Read the 'Who May Apply' section carefully to determine your eligibility.  If you are not eligible under this announcement, please see ADDC-2019-0036, IT Specialist (APPSW), GG-2210-13, CENSUS-DE-TFW.

Current Career/Career Conditional U.S. Census Bureau Employee: This is a competitive temporary promotion opportunity not to exceed 1 year or 09/26/2020, whichever comes first with the possibility for extension at management's discretion.

Non-Current Career/Career Conditional U.S. Census Bureau Employee: This position will be filled as a Temporary Appointment not to exceed 1 year or 09/26/2020, whichever comes first with the possibility for extension at management's discretion.

A trial period may be required.

This position is eligible for telework; additional criteria will be required (e.g., supervisory approval).

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Relocation expenses will not be paid.

This is an open continuous announcement.  The initial cutoff date for referral is December 6, 2018.  After this date additional referral lists will be created as vacancies are available.  this announcement covers multiple positions within the various Directorates of the U.S. Census Bureau through June 28, 2019.

Minimum Education Requirement:

Basic Requirements:

Specialized Experience: For the GG-13, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.  Experience for this position includes: analyzing, planning, and designing systems architecture; designing user interfaces; integrating hardware and software components; determining output media/formats; evaluating new applications software technologies; analyzing and refining system requirements; translating system requirements into application prototypes; developing, customizing, or acquiring application software programs; writing, debugging and maintaining code; testing, debugging, and maintaining software programs and applications; writing and maintaining program documentation; and monitoring and tracking progress of software projects.

Experience must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate GS-5 through GS-15 (or equivalent): For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.

1. Attention to Detail - Meticulous; thoroughly reviews and proofreads various IT related data/information; dedicates focus to accomplish tasks that are complete, precise, and accurate to a given IT situation.

2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive IT services or IT products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess IT needs, provide expert technical information or assistance, resolve fairly complex or non-routine problems, or satisfy expectations; knowledge of available products and services; committed to providing quality IT products and services. 

3. Communication - Expresses technical information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing presentations; listens to others, recognizes potential miscommunication, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

4. Problem Solving - Identifies IT related problems using a variety of materials or sources; gathers and applies technical information to determine accuracy and relevance to moderately complex problems; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives; makes decisions or recommendations that influence IT policies or programs and applies new developments to previously unresolved problems.

Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). 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.

The following links provide information on various hiring authorities that may enable you to apply through merit assignment procedures, or be eligible for a non-competitive appointment.

• 30% or more disabled veteran
• Persons with disabilities
• CTAP
• ICTAP

The Department of Commerce provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis. TTY users can contact the Human Resources Office via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339.

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

Your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. If you meet the minimum qualifications stated in the job opportunity announcement, we will compare your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation to your responses on the scored occupational questionnaire (True/False, Yes/No, Multiple Choice questions). Your resume and/or optional cover letter must support your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire, or your score may be lowered. The best-qualified candidates will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview.

Due weight shall be given to performance appraisals and awards in accordance with 5 CFR § 335.103(b)(3), during the interview/selection process conducted by the hiring manager.

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies; please do not provide a separate written response:

• Skill to develop integrated software systems to perform specified functions.
• Knowledge of software system design and development, programming concepts, and languages. 
• Ability to identify technical gaps and weaknesses in the software development process and implementation software updates.
• Ability to apply technological advancements cohesively to further development of IT system design and software systems.
• Skill to develop, interpret and apply configuration management/release concepts. 

We recommend that you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the application process.

To preview questions please click here.

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Drug test required No