IT Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

On-site

USD 117,000 - 152,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Long-term care insurance

Retirement plan (Thrift Savings Plan)

Flexible Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

Personal leave days

Paid federal holidays

Job summary

Federal Emergency Management Agency in Philadelphia, PA seeks an IT Specialist to maintain and secure FEMA networks, servers, and workstations supporting emergency response operations.

Responsibilities include configuring and troubleshooting LAN/WAN equipment, applying patches, and providing access control for classified networks and systems.

Qualifications

No educational substitution for this position.
You must meet the qualifications listed in the announcement.
U.S. federal government requirements apply.

Responsibilities

Ensure networks, servers, workstations, telecommunications equipment, and FEMA applications are available, secure, and functioning properly to support emergency response operations.
Provide support to classified networks and related equipment.
Configure, install, and troubleshoot LAN/WAN equipment such as routers, switches, modems, cabling, servers, printers, and client workstations.
Monitor network and server performance and apply software updates and security patches.

Skills

IT support

Network administration

Information security

Tools

LAN/WAN equipment

Job description

Department: Department of Homeland Security
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hiring Path: Fed Transition
Number of Openings: 1
Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

This position is located in Region Three / Mission Support Division. The ideal candidate for this position will be responding to, analyzing, and resolving virtual and hardware system failures; and, applying information systems security principles and methods; and, managing of customer accounts, and network rights to computer systems and equipment

Key Responsibilities

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will be ensuring that networks, servers, workstations, telecommunications equipment, and FEMA applications are available, secure, and functioning properly to support emergency response operations. Typical assignments include: Provide support to classified networks and related equipment.

Configuring, installing, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN equipment such as routers, switches, modems, cabling, servers, printers, and client workstations; monitoring network and server performance. Applying software updates and security patches. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.

Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.

Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

Requirements & Education

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.

DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.

DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $117284 – $152471/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-23.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.