IT SPECIALIST (APPSW/INET) - TITLE 32

About the role

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.

What you will do

• 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.

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.

How you will be evaluated

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

Documents you must provide

• 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.

What to expect next

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.

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 (***).