IT SPECIALIST (APPSW/INET) – TITLE 32

Army National Guard Units (DOA); Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

The Georgia Army National Guard seeks an IT Specialist (APPSW/INET) at GS-2210-12 in Marietta, GA. This full-time, Excepted Temporary Indefinite position requires Guard membership and a Secret security clearance.

You will lead software development projects and guide a team of specialists to deliver robust applications. You will coordinate with customers, design and implement web-based and stand-alone solutions, maintain documentation, and ensure compliance with security and quality standards

Qualifications

• Military experience and a strong background in software development and systems analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a principal expert and the authoritative source for software application development.
• Provides project leadership to lower-graded specialists and coordinates studies.
• Designs, develops, implements, monitors, and maintains stand-alone and web-based applications.
• Ensures software quality, security standards, testing, and customer involvement throughout the process.

Skills

Application Development

Job description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION

This position is for an IT SPECIALIST (APPSW/INET), Position Description D0263P01 located in the Joint Force Headquarters, Marietta, Georgia.

This is a full-time, Excepted Temporary Indefinite, dual status position which requires Georgia Army National Guard Membership. May convert to Permanent without further competition.

Area of Consideration: Current members of the Georgia Army National Guard.

Location: Marietta, GA

Vacancies: 1

Telework eligible: No

Remote job: No

Relocation expenses reimbursed: No

Salary: $94,654 – $123,052 per year

Pay scale & grade: GS 12

Promotion potential: None

Work schedule: Full-time

Travel Required: Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type: Temporary – INDEFINITE

Occupations and job series: 2210 Information Technology Management

Supervisory status: No

Federal service type: This job is in the Excepted Service

Represented by a union: No

Drug test: No

Security clearance: Secret

Financial disclosure required: No (Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interest.)

Announcement number: GA-13101874-AR-27-025

Control number: 890387800

National Guard and reserves

Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.

Clarification from the agency

Current members of the Georgia Army National Guard.

Duties

As an IT Specialist (APPSW/INET), GS-2210-12, your responsibilities will be:

Serves as a principal expert and the authoritative source for software application development providing project leadership to lower-graded specialists. Provides technical guidance for application analysis and programming to internal and external contacts. Coordinates studies and plans with other technical personnel in the directorate. Recommends specific requirements for new application development and improvements to current applications.

Determines feasibility of the requested applications. Plans, coordinates and accomplishes studies to identify need for new stand‑alone and web-based application requirements. Determines specifications, equipment and facilities necessary to develop, modify, and implement needed applications. Designs, develops, implements, monitors, and maintains stand‑alone and web-based applications using software engineering techniques. Develops work plans, program logic, special instructions, and detailed flow charts covering processes and application needs. Assures software and systems quality and functionality. Ensures involvement of customer and management throughout the development process. Works with customers to test applications and ensure desired functionality is attained. Performs application maintenance.

Analyzes National Guard Bureau (NGB), agency and locally developed standard/stovepipe systems to determine needed additions. Develops new applications using software-engineering techniques that enhance existing stovepipe systems.

Develops reports on the status of projects. Implements project management principles. Drafts project plans, assigns tasks, monitors progress, and resolves critical issues. Achieves cost goals, schedule goals, and performance goals.

Develops and documents internal Standard Operating Procedures/Instructions (SOP/SOIs) for application development. Creates new guidelines and recommends Engineering Change Proposal – Software (ECP‑S) through proponent agencies. Writes and maintains application documentation for internal code. Writes and maintains documentation to include user manuals, help files, and installation guides. Coordinates the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management. Provides training on application implementation, including classroom instruction and Computer Based Training (CBT) development.

Determines overall technical design and structure of websites and web-based applications. Ensures security standards are met. Anticipates problems, researches trends in system needs, and determines when new or additional hardware/software is required.

Attends conferences and seminars that deal with Software Engineering and application development.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment.
• You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
• Incumbent must complete appropriate training and obtain required certifications IAW DoDI 8140 or DOD 8570.01M or applicable governing document(s) for Cyber workforce as an IA Technician Level.
• Training and IAW DoDI 8140 or DOD 8570.01M certification or applicable governing document(s) for Cyber workforce requirements must be obtained within 9 months of employment pending training seat availability.

Qualifications

Each applicant must fully substantiate (in her/his own words) that they meet the requirements of the specialized experience listed below; otherwise, the applicant will be considered unqualified for this vacancy. DO NOT COPY THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE POSITION DESCRIPTION. IF YOU DO THIS YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED UNQUALIFIED FOR THE VACANCY. Please ensure that you have included beginning and ending dates (month and year) for all jobs listed on your resume.

Military Grades : E4-O3

Compatible Military Assignments : All 25 series

General Experience : Experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where it involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion.

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: For the GS-5 level, a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree may be substituted for the experience requirements. At the GS-7 level, on full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement. At the GS-9 level, a masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree may be substituted. At the GS-11 level, a Ph.D. or equivalent, or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Major study-computer science, information science, information systems management, mathematics, statistics, operations research, or engineering, or course work that required the development or adaptation of computer programs and systems and provided knowledge equivalent to a major in the computer field.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 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 (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Application Development

Required documents

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

• Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.
• Your Security Certification.

Agency contact information

Lyntrell Jacobs

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Address: GA JFHQ, 1000 Halsey Avenue Bldg 447, Marietta, GA 30061, US

Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probationary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodation policy Selective Service Signature and false statements Social security number request