IT Specialist (Data Engineer)

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board; Birmingham (AL); In loco; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in Birmingham, AL seeks a GS-13 level data engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure supporting the agency's mission. The role covers data collection, storage, processing, and delivery of large datasets across on-prem and cloud environments, including AWS and Azure.

This is a bargaining unit position within the AFGE Locals. Applicants must demonstrate the four IT competencies (Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral

Competenze

• Specialized experience designing end-to-end data pipelines.
• Experience building large-scale data systems optimized for OLTP/OLAP.

Conoscenze

Data pipelines

Large-scale data systems

OLTP/OLAP databases

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

On-prem to cloud data infra

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Oral Communication

Problem Solving

Descrizione del lavoro

This position is located in the Railroad Retirement Board's Bureau of Information Services. The incumbent will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to collect, store, process, and deliver large datasets in support of the agency's mission.

This job announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.

This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by the Council of AFGE Locals in the Board.

Minimum Qualifications for GS-13 level:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as:

• Experience with designing, implementing, and optimizing end-to-end data pipelines.
• Experience designing and building large-scale data systems and databases optimized for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) environments.
• Experience managing data infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments to include Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure.

In addition

In addition, all applicants qualifying based on experience must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Applicants must demonstrate possession of these competencies within the body of the resume; no separate statements addressing them are required.

• Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.