TITLE 32 IT SPEC (PLCYPLN) GS-2210-11

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS TECHNICIAN EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

The National Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies.

Join our National Guard team and serve your nation, your states and your community!

What you will do

• This position is located in the Plans and Resources section of a Base Communications unit.
• This is an Air National Guard (ANG) Dual Status Technician position requiring military membership, compatible military skill assignment, and classification.
• The purpose of this position is to serve as a technical advisor to local base information technology (IT) and communications users in the area of policy and plans as related to IT and communications systems.
• This involves planning, development, management, and enforcement of approved ANG and local information technology (IT) and communications architecture.
• Serves as the lead manager of IT and communications projects, acquisition and control of equipment and services at Flying Wing, tenants and geographically separated units if assigned.
• Sixty percent of the work performed involves Information Technology issues and systems with the remaining forty percent involving telecommunications specific issues and systems.
• Information Technology Planning: (a) Analyzes requirements and establishes plans of action for improving IT applications.
• Analyzes existing and planned IT applications, both hardware and software, to determine current and future potential for enhancements.
• Based upon the organization's goals and objectives, an assessment of available resources, and extrapolation of cost benefit analysis data, recommends adjustments to IT priorities to meet changing business needs, program plans, goals and objectives.
• Develops project plans to meet those needs by identifying problem areas and considering a variety of possible solutions and alternatives.
• Analyzes existing systems to determine if enhancements are appropriate or if an entirely new system would be more cost effective.
• Analyzes plans and specifications, prepares justifications for new or enhanced information technology.
• Coordinates results of analysis with impacted organizations to ensure compatibility with existing architecture and recommends proposals to reduce conflicts.
• (b) Performs as plans and policy advisor to functional users of information technology.
• Develops and interprets policy for administering IT systems.
• Assesses policy needs and reviews, revises, and develops policies to govern IT activities and presents recommendations to higher-level management.
• Where necessary, modifies established plans and policies in response to changes in legislation or other directives.
• Through feasibility studies, assesses impact of changes on current programs and recommends changes to existing plans to ensure compliance.
• This includes long range planning, and involves defining current and future business requirements.
• Analyzes IT system development as it relates to the organization and ensures policy and guidance are available for its use, that necessary controls are in place, and systems operate as intended and provide all necessary capabilities.
• Telecommunications Planning: Plans and develops methods, procedures, policies, and techniques concerning telecommunication systems.
• Performs work involved in developing, refining, and complying with telecommunications systems planning and policy direction including short- and/or long-range planning.
• Develops planning documentation, reviews requests for communication services, prepares budgetary justifications, coordinates the allocation of resources, designs networks/systems, prepares/reviews equipment and facility specifications, monitors/resolves technical communications problems, and/or conducts operational acceptance tests.
• General IT and Communications Planning and Resourcing: (a) Implements IT and communications programs and special projects.
• Implements various IT and communications programs.
• Updates documentation and maintains listings of all authorized equipment for assigned programs.
• Performs annual inventories.
• Performs special staff and/or feasibility studies and economic analysis.
• May serve on committees or planning groups concerned with future systems, plans, and policy.
• (b) Assists with contracting functions and budget preparation.
• Upon completion of feasibility studies and other projects designed to identify functional needs and changing business requirements for advancements in technology, prepares budgetary data for inclusion in financial plans in support of programs and projects.
• (c) Attends meetings and presents briefings.
• Participates in discussions, meetings, conferences, committees or special projects.
• Analyzes areas of concern, identifies problems, and resolves conflicts through persuasive discussions with management and user representatives.
• Consults with base officials and working groups, customers and other organization personnel on IT and communications concerns.
• Adheres to management control plan requirements by conducting self inspection and staff assistance visits.
• Resolves identified discrepancies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

If you wish to qualify for this position based on your education, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial) or proof of degree with your application package.

Failure to provide supporting educational documentation at the time of application will result in an ineligible rating.

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 documents will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

Plagiarism in an applicant's resume from any position description or qualification standard written by NGB or OPM will result in an automatic disqualification. HRO will not search for missing information or infer about aspects of an applicant's application. The information therein must be clear and unambiguous for an eligibility determination.

DSG and M-Day applicants will be required to include their part-time experience or current status in the West Virginia National Guard in their resume to prove eligibility for Consideration in Area 3. All supporting documentation required for eligibility certification will be explicitly listed in the Required Documents section on USA Jobs.

Applicants that fail to produce all documents listed in this section before the announcement closes will be disqualified. Resumes alone are not sufficient as proof of documentation. If you are found eligible, you will be referred in numerical order of area of consideration to the hiring manager for employment consideration.

If you are found eligible and were not referred to the hiring manager, then your application will be held until the hiring manager requests your respective area.

Documents you must provide

• If you do not submit these forms, you will be deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager.
• Resume Must provide Military Rank/Pay Grade for current members serving in the Armed Forces.
• Include DSG/M-Day assignment information or provide other supporting documentation (v-MPF RIP, NGB 23A, etc.) Cannot exceed 2 pages SF-50, AGR Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the National Guard) Must be up-to-date and current Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on education) Certification (If it is required in this announcement) Your responses to the Qualifications Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through ***
• ALL applications and supporting documents MUST be submitted through *** electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing date.
• Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applications will NOT be accepted or considered.
• Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.
• DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION

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.

In the event you receive a non-eligible notification, and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office.

The appeal will be sent via email to *** and must include the following information: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility that you received from USA Jobs, and your justification as to why this decision was erroneous.

New documentation cannot be accepted after the closing date of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from selecting officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communicate with the selecting official regarding the appeal processes status.

Additional information

DEFINITION FOR AREAS OF CONSIDERATION Area 1: Current On-board Title 32 Technicians (Tenure: 1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia National Guard at the advertised location. Area 2: Current On-board Title 32 Technicians (Tenure: 1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia National Guard.

Area 3: WVNG Army M-Day and Air Force DSG (Drill-Status Guardsmen,) Temporary Title 32 Technicians, Temporary AGR (OTOT), and national guardsmen serving on Full-time National Guard Duty - Operational Support Orders (ADOS).

Area 4: Federal re-employable eligible employees, National Guardsmen outside of the WVNG, and U.S Citizens willing to join the West Virginia National Guard as a condition of employment. Permanent Change of Station: PCS funds are not available for this position. Incentives: Relocation and Recruitment Incentives may be authorized for this position.

All WVNG positions are pending availability of resources and funds.