Duties

Summary

This is senior level professional and managerial work planning and managing the work of a large technical unit. Work includes supervising the work of technical and professional personnel and/or contract vendors. Work also involves project management, formulating and monitoring the section budget, providing forecasts, cost/benefit analyses, and technical recommendations to senior management.
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Responsibilities

• Supervises section staff by providing direction, setting priorities, assisting with problem resolution, reviewing and evaluating work, counseling staff, and conducting performance reviews.
• Develops section work plans and assigns projects, tasks, resources, deadlines and priorities to staff; monitors work progress, adjusts project schedules and updates status of work on a regular basis.
• Develops strategic plans and technology/operational forecasts; provides project direction, coordination, and resource allocation; develops project schedules and tracks expenditures; reviews final products; coordinates project acceptances with customers.
• Functions as Contracting Officer's Technical Representative; participates in vendor negotiations; monitors contractors' performance; reviews contractor invoices and certifies acceptance.
• Develops and monitors section budget.
• Confers with other sections, divisions, departments, and vendors to gather and disseminate information; represents the SAA organization in discussions of projects; participates in organizational decision making.
• Develops and implements policies, standards and procedures.
• Coordinates new product transition, deployment and support; leads task forces.

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
00 - Yes.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

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Qualifications

Work requires a Bachelor's Degree in computer science, telecommunications, or a related technical field, and eight to ten years of experience in systems support, systems development or applications development, with at least two years of work in a lead or project manager capacity; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the following knowledge, abilities and skills:

• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies and principles of information technology management.
• Knowledge of capabilities and requirements of various computer platforms in centralized, distributed, client server and stand alone operating environments.
• Ability to set goals, plan, and monitor project or contract budgets.
• Ability to plan, supervise, assign and review the work of a large professional and technical staff.
• Knowledge of project life cycle methodologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively.

Education

Please read the "Qualifications" section.

Additional information

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Please read the "Next steps" section for more information.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Not Required

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

All required documents will be outlined in the application instructions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.