Information Technology Specialist (APPSW)

Defense Media Activity; Fort Meade (MD); Remote; USD 102,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Job summary

Defense Media Activity in Fort Meade, MD seeks an Information Technology Specialist (APPSW) to lead application development across the SDLC for DINFOS educational and administrative systems. You will translate requirements into technical designs, supervise interfaces, and coordinate with developers, DBAs, cybersecurity, and stakeholders.

The role focuses on maintaining and modernizing academic applications, ensuring reliability and interoperability with organizational objectives while supporting

Qualifications

• Experience with SDLC and application development.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical specs.
• Strong communication with developers, DBAs, cybersecurity, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• As the senior SME for application development, lead SDLC activities.
• Develop software, interfaces, and database objects while coordinating deployments.
• Analyze business processes and customer requirements for DINFOS educational missions.
• Translate functional requirements into architectures and system designs.
• Maintain code, DB structures, interface designs, testing plans, and docs.
• Ensure applications remain reliable, maintainable, interoperable, and aligned with objectives.

Skills

SDLC knowledge

System analysis

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Graduate education equivalency

Foreign education evaluation

Tools

Database objects

Job description

This position is part of the Department of War, War Media Activity (WMA). The incumbent will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, implementing, maintaining, and modernizing academic applications supporting the Defense Information School.

Key Responsibilities

As a Information Technology Specialist (APPSW) at the GS-2210-12 some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as the senior technical subject matter expert (SME) for application development supporting DINFOS academic and administrative systems. Performs application development throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, operations, maintenance, enhancement, and retirement.

Develop software, interfaces, database objects, and technical documentation while coordinating implementation activities with developers, database administrators, cybersecurity personnel, contractors, and stakeholders. Analyzes business processes and customer requirements supporting DINFOS educational and administrative missions. Translates functional requirements into technical specifications, application architectures, and system designs.

Maintains software code, database structures, interface designs, testing plans, and implementation documentation throughout the application life cycle. Ensures applications remain reliable, maintainable, interoperable, and aligned with organizational objectives.

Requirements & Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.

If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Defense Media Activity, Department of Defense.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $102415 – $133142/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-29.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Mspouse' hiring path.