Acquisition Systems Administrator

About the role

The incumbent will serve as a Senior Acquisition System Administrator for Acquisition and Business Services, ACQ.

What you will do

• Is a recognized subject matter expert with the acquisition systems and provides leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive.
• Applies experience and expert knowledge as a functional specialist for acquisition systems (including but not limited to the PRISM, and eDOCs).
• Applies knowledge of Federal acquisition laws, regulations, policies, principles, practices and processes; and applies knowledge of procurement functional requirements and the related needs of the systems user.
• Provides as an interface between the acquisition organization and user community and the program office technical leads for the systems.
• Skilled in both acquisitions systems, responsibilities include communicating user requirements to technical program office personnel, ensuring users are trained and systems access is controlled, performing reporting functions, providing guidance and assistance to users, participating in system testing (e.g., related to development activities, patches, upgrades), and serving as a consultant to ACQ management.
• Participates on strategic planning committees and work groups organized to integrate individual organization and user requirements and initiatives.
• Participates with teams tasked to provide functional perspective, guidance, and requirements for system enhancements and upgrades and new system/application projects.
• The incumbent is also responsible for developing, reviewing, and approving training for all users' levels to implement new systems, applications, enhancements and upgrades.
• Additionally, the incumbent develops and reviews business process guides to standardize procedures for users, and policy staff to ensure and maintain consistency with acquisition policy, guidance, and processes.
• Contacts are internal and external.
• Represents the organization and works with other FAA stakeholders, the DOT Office of the Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) and external oversight organizations such as the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and Government Accountability Office (GAO), reconciling acquisition needs and concerns.
• As a principal point of contact, provides advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures.
• Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but often require the development of new approaches.
• Provides expert guidance and instruction both internally and externally to address diverse, complex issues which often cross multiple projects, programs, and/or functional areas.
• Work typically is reviewed only at completion for success in achieving planned results.
• Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and/or LOB's/SO's and often impact on the objectives of the FAA.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

How you will be evaluated

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Documents you must provide

• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50).
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
• You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application.
• If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
• If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty.

FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.

Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.

Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

FAA Employee's MUST provide an SF-50. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA