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Woodlawn, MD - USA

profile Yearly Salary: $ 121785 - 197200
Posted on: 13 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary

IT Specialist (APPSW) Business Systems Developer positions are being filled through the Office of Personnel Managements delegated Direct Hire Authority open to all U.S. citizens. Selections made will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would therefore be given new appointments to the civil service. Under the provisions of the Direct Hire Authority Veterans Preference and the Rule of Many do not apply.


Duties

  • This announcement serves as public notice. Applications submitted will be placed into a pool and will remain on file for selection as positions become available.
  • Vacancies may be filled for up to 6 months after the closing date of this announcement. Applicants may not receive notifications of referral status until the full 6-month eligibility period has elapsed.
  • Positions filled with applications from this pool will be placed into positions where artificial intelligence duties occupy the majority of the work performed.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • Selective Service Registration if applicable ()
  • Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation may be required
  • Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting and background / security investigation results
  • Selectees may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period
  • Relocation expenses will not be paid
  • All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement

Qualifications

Resumes exceeding two pages in length will not be considered please visit the new resume guidance for more information.

READ ALL SECTIONS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. THIS INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL TO SUBMITTING A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION.

Applicants must qualify for the series and grade of the posted position. Experience must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific intensive training (for example IT certification) as appropriate. Your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education knowledge skills abilities and proficiency of any required competencies to perform the specific position for which you are applying.

To qualify for the 2210 IT Specialist series the applicant must demonstrate the following competencies:


Minimum Qualifications: Grade 13 (Bargaining Unit Position): Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 level or equivalent which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Such IT-related experience must include designing developing and maintaining mainframe applications using COBOL CICS VSAM and JCL; supporting data integration and migration with DB2 SQL and IDMS; and assisting in the architecture or modernization of legacy systems.

Minimum Qualifications: Grade 14: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-13 level or equivalent which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Such IT-related experience must include designing developing and maintaining mainframe applications using COBOL CICS VSAM and JCL; supporting data integration and migration with DB2 SQL and IDMS; and assisting in the architecture or modernization of legacy systems. Experience must also include providing guidance to technical teams preparing technical documentation and collaborating with stakeholders to support modernization initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications: Grade 15: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-14 level or equivalent which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Such IT-related experience must include designing developing and maintaining mainframe applications using COBOL CICS VSAM and JCL; managing data integration and migration with DB2 SQL and IDMS; and architecting or modernizing legacy systems. Experience must also include leading technical teams preparing technical documentation and collaborating with stakeholders to support modernization initiatives.

PLEASE NOTE: This specialized experience is REQUIRED and must be explicitly documented/described in your resume or you will be disqualified from further consideration.

Qualification standards and additional information for this position can be found here: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

See announcement cutoff dates below under How to Apply

Are you ready to power the digital backbone of America The Social Security Administrations technical team is looking for business systems application developers to join us in delivering high-performance solutions on our world-class enterprise-grade infrastructure boasting over 424000 MIPS of processing power. Whether youre a seasoned expert in COBOL or an early-career developer eager to master mission-critical systems this is your chance to help shape the future of digital services for over 330 million Americans.

Forget everything you think you know about COBOL-this isnt your fathers programming language! The latest COBOL release (2023) is packed with modern features robust capabilities and the flexibility to tackle todays most demanding business challenges. COBOL is the engine behind some of the worlds most reliable secure and high-throughput applications and its running on some of the coolest most powerful hardware in the industry. Our COBOL application development environment leverages the most modern Generative AI-driven coding tools in the industry to accelerate the modernization and enhancement of our most strategic business applications. This AI-driven development environment is part of SSAs modern development lifecycle process to enable an agile CI/CD pipeline.

We encourage our developers to actively seek opportunities to integrate and collaborate with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exploring innovative ways to enhance business applications and processes.

If youre ready to take your career to the next level-whether youre a proven expert or an ambitious learner-apply today and discover just how cool modern and powerful COBOL can be as you help us build the future of digital government services!

This announcement serves as public notice. Applications submitted be placed into a pool and will remain on file for selection as positions become available. Vacancies may be filled for up to 6 months after the closing date of this announcement. Applicants may not receive notifications of referral status until the full 6-month eligibility period has elapsed. Applications may be gathered from additional recruitment sources.

Additional selections may be made for this vacancy six months from the closing date of this announcement. This Direct Hire announcement may be used to fill the same or similar position in another office.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31 1959 you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See .

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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SummaryIT Specialist (APPSW) Business Systems Developer positions are being filled through the Office of Personnel Managements delegated Direct Hire Authority open to all U.S. citizens. Selections made will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would ...
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