Duties

Summary

Candidates with demonstrated experience in a Salesforce environment is highly desired.

The Office of Information Technology Management (OIT) is looking for candidates to fill a Supervisory IT Specialist (Cloud Solutions Engineer) position.

Bargaining Unit Status: Not Covered

This is not a law enforcement position
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Responsibilities

As a Supervisory IT Specialist (Cloud Solutions Engineer) will serve as the unit chief, Application Development, OIT,
1. Provide leadership and architectural expertise to a cross-functional team of IT specialists and contractors charged with deploying a host of customer-related applications and data to the cloud.

2. Provide practice guidance on the architectural design across multiple applications and projects of the enterprise.

3. Lead projects for data integration into cloud service models including Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a Service, and Software as a service.

4. Solve a wide range of development, operational and support problems to meet customer requirements. Draws upon multiple IT specialties in order to accomplish complex tasks.

5. Develop and execute strategies to steer solutions to the use of the cloud for software, platform, and infrastructure as a service in support of federal policies and guidance. Integrates solutions across multiple vendors.

6 .Research emerging technologies and advises managers and customers on software and/or hardware needs, on the new technology.

7. Develop cloud-agnostic policies and tools while raising awareness on best practices for cloud adoption.

8. Maintain in-depth understanding of the business value of the cloud while identifying and leveraging synergies across the various PSA program areas. Supports team members and partners to assist in the development of technology best practices, standards and policies/guidelines for cloud infrastructure adoption.

9. Work closely with IT security to monitor the PSA cloud privacy compliance.

10. Serve as Senior Technology Advisor in execution of the PSA Cloud migration Strategy. Provides expert technical guidance on modern cloud development. Collaborates with teams to analyze, recommend, and help build processes, procedures, and automated tools in a DevOps environment.

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
14

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period, if not already completed.
• All applicants are subject to a comprehensive criminal background investigation, and required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice
• Status applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade
• Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the close of this announcement
• May be required to serve a supervisory probationary period, if not already completed.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the specialized experience below.

One year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level that equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties.
Specialized experience is defined as extensive experience in cloud computing technologies and current computing trends. Demonstrated skills in the following functional areas: Cloud Architecture & Integration, Cloud Implementation/Migration, Cloud Data and Security.

NOTE: Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the experience requirements will result in an "Ineligible" rating.

Education

There is no education substitution at this grade level.

Additional information

1. If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.

2. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee or former Federal employee who has reinstatement eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action" and/or a copy of the SF-50 that reflects career or career-conditional tenure, or you will not be considered under the merit promotion process. Also, you should submit your most recent performance appraisal.

3. Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998: Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active duty service may apply. If you are applying under this provision, please submit a copy of your DD-214 (unedited long version).

4. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.

5. You can apply for a non-competitive appointment if you meet the basic eligibility requirements and you are eligible for special appointment such as those authorized for the severely disabled; certain Vietnam era and disabled veterans; returned volunteers from the Peace Corps or Vista , etc. Please indicate the type of special appointment you are seeking, if any, on your application and follow all other instructions for applying shown in this announcement.

6. Reasonable Accommodation, this agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of this application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation is made on a case-by-case basis.

7. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review in our office, in other Federal agency personnel offices, and on OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.

8. Equal Opportunity Employer: The Pretrial Services Agency is an equal opportunity employer. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, marital or family status or other non-merit based factors.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your rating will be based on your responses to the job specific information provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly show how you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities will result in a rating of "Qualified" by the rating panel.

1. Ability and knowledge to integrate services and tools in cloud migration.

2. Expert knowledge of systems development life cycles and information security policies.

3. Experience in designing a Cloud Migration Implementation Plan.

4. Effective communication skills (written and verbal) to properly articulate complicated cloud reports tomanagement and other stakeholders.

5. Experience using cloud architecture principles: compute, storage, network, and security.

Once the application process is completed, your application will be reviewed to ensure you meet the job requirements. You will be evaluated on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training, job- related awards and supervisory appraisal of performance. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your resume will be forwarded to a panel for rating. Category Rating will be used to evaluate applicants using the following categories to further determine which applicants will be referred to the selecting official for final consideration.

Best Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a superior level on all evaluation criteria.

Well Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a satisfactory level on evaluation criteria.

Qualified: Applicants possessing the specialized experience described above.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Other

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
High Risk (HR)

Trust determination process

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume, including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed.
2. Other supporting documents:
Optional cover letter
Most recent SF-50 or Notification of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service)
Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable
DD-214, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for consideration under veteran hiring authorities
Non-competitive appointment authority documentation, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documentation, if applicable (e.g. Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.)