Lead IT Specialist (APPSW)

About the role

The position description number for this position is PD2D1540. A summary of the major duties are listed below.

You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet at the following link: PD Search Serves as a Team Leader in the Internal Systems & Data Center Strategy (ISDCS) Office of Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering providing leadership and technical support on matters involving SSA's multi-platform Enterprise Software Engineering Facility.

What you will do

• Integrates the work of a team where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations.
• Plans, organizes, participates and provides directions to a team of specialists.
• Plans and organizes meetings; handles or assigns administrative details; orchestrates all team activities and oversees preparations of reports and presentations.
• Identifies and integrates internal and external issues affecting immediate organization, such as those involving technical and administrative factors.
• Reviews team work products for accuracy and completeness.
• Reviews and approves the substance of reports, decisions, case documents, contracts, or other action documents to ensure they accuracy.

How you will be evaluated

Applicants will be rated based on the following knowledge, skills, and abilities: Ability to lead a team or workgroup in the design, development, implementation and support of modern Enterprise Development IT projects. Ability to provide technical guidance and IT problem resolution support to users and team members.

Ability to coordinate, collaborate and negotiate with other components and contractors. Ability to communicate professionally and impartially through verbal, nonverbal, and electronic means. Applicants will be assessed using the rating criteria listed in the following link: ***

Documents you must provide

• The following section provides information on supporting documentation that must be submitted.
• We encourage you to submit a two-page resume for OPM compliance, as well as the SSA-45 under "Other," to ensure that all your qualifications are fully considered.
• Per OPM's new resume guidance, resumes must be limited to 2 pages only.
• Additional documents such as the SSA-45 may be uploaded using the 'Other documents' option.
• SSA-45 (all applicants) SF-50 that provides information on the appointment authority under which you were hired (applicants for Noncompetitive Consideration due to a Special Hiring Authority only) Your SSA-45 must provide all of the information necessary to make qualifications determinations (e.g., all experience related to your qualifications for this position, full performance level of your current position, the dates at each grade level of your current or prior career-ladder position(s), etc.).
• These documents will be referred to the selecting official if you are eligible for the best qualified list.
• Employees' Official Personnel Folders will not be reviewed.
• Your SSA-45 must specifically demonstrate, in your own words, the possession of the required experience related to the minimum qualifications, selective placement factors and/or evaluation criteria.
• Information that is copied or restated language from the vacancy announcement, rating criteria, KSAs and/or position description will not be considered.
• If this occurs, you may lose consideration for one or more grade levels or found ineligible.

What to expect next

After all of the applications have been evaluated, you will receive notification via email explaining the status of your application. If you applied incorrectly or submitted an incomplete application, we will be unable to send you an electronic receipt of your application. Please read the How to Apply instructions carefully to ensure that you submit a complete application.

To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log in to your USAJOBS account, select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Selection interviews may be conducted with one or more of the candidates, but there is no requirement that interviews be conducted.

The hiring office will contact candidates directly for interviews. Interviews may be conducted via video conferencing software, if technically feasible. Applicants referred for consideration will receive a final disposition notice after selections have been made.

Additional information

NONCOMPETITIVE CONSIDERATION DUE TO SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY Applications for noncompetitive consideration will be accepted from SSA employees in the area of consideration who are currently serving under the following types of appointments: Schedule A, Reg. 213.3102 (U) appointments for individuals with disabilities and time limited appointments for veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more.

Applicants serving under these provisions do not need to submit copies of your disability or Veteran's documentation. However, you must submit a current SF-50 that provides information on the appointment authority under which you were hired. Otherwise, you will not receive non-competitive consideration.

NOTE: Excepted service employees serving under Schedule A appointments for Attorney positions or Pathways Programs appointments (Presidential Management Fellows, Recent Graduates, and Interns) are not eligible for consideration. This is a non-bargaining unit position to be filled under the provisions of the Management Officials Promotion Plan.

The best-qualified list for this vacancy may be used to fill the same or similar positions in a component(s) under the same Deputy Commissioner. Additional selections may be made within 6 months of the date the best qualified list is issued. LOCALITY PAY: Salary will be set in accordance with locality pay provisions.

Candidates currently receiving a higher locality pay than the office applied for are advised that should they be selected, they will lose entitlement to the higher locality pay. OTHER NOTES: The selectee will be required to file an OGE form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, in accordance with 5 CFR section 2634, subpart i. This position is not eligible for telework.

Relocation expenses will not be authorized. This is a high risk public trust position. The selected employee will be required to complete a Standard Form 85P, Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions, in order to have the appropriate investigation conducted, unless the employee has been previously certified eligible to occupy a position at this level.