TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Not required

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED:
Relocation expenses reimbursed No

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

Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date

Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable

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

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 political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.
• Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
• Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 3 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 base salary range starts at $90,621 per year.  The salary will be determined when a selection is made. 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 at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service. 

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 providing cloud service support on IT projects and providing advice and guidance on cloud solution efforts. Experience must include using cloud technologies, cloud computing and cloud automation, and current cloud environments/services.

Bargaining Unit status: Not Applicable

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

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.

We are also accepting applications from all U.S. Citizens and Nationals under Vacancy Announcement # 1900373SODE. You must apply separately to each announcement to be considered for both.

This is NOT a virtual position. The selectee will be expected to report to a GSA Regional office/Central Office location listed below:

• New England Region - Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts
• Northeast Caribbean Region - One Wold Trade Center, 55th Floor, New York, New York
• Mid-Atlantic Region - 100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Southeast Region - Martin Luther King, JR Federal Building, 77 Forsyth Street, Atlanta Georgia
• Great Lakes Region - 230 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
• Heartland Region - 2300 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri
• Greater Southwest Region - Fritz Lanham Federal Building, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, Texas
• Rocky Mountain Region - Denver Federal Building, West 6th Avenue & Kipling Street, Lakewood, Colorado
• Pacific Rim Region - 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Building, San Francisco, California
• Northwest/Arctic Region - Auburn Regional O􀃍ice, 400 15th Street, SW, Auburn, Washington
• National Capital Region - 301 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC
• Central Office - 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC

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

You will be evaluated on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your overall possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities.  Your responses to these questions must be supported by your resume or your score may be lowered.  

• Knowledge of IT cloud, development, networking, system administration, and IT operations.
• Knowledge of IT concepts, principles, practices and data/
• Knowledge and considerable experience in state‐of‐the‐art computer hardware and software, metrics, testing, configuration management, and their interrelationships
• Skill in project management.
• Knowledge of application development solutions including microservices, open source, version control, and Agile methodologies
• Skill in oral written and communication

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