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Information Technology Specialist

John Glenn Research Center At Lewis Field

Job Location:

Cleveland, TN - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 131331 - 131331

Posted: 6 October 2026 (20 days ago)

Application Deadline: 17 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary

You will serves as the Network Infrastructure System Manager at the Glenn Research Center. Responsibilities include advocacy planning designing developing operating and maintaining facility network infrastructure equipment components and systems used to support research and development facilities at the NASA Glenn Research Center.

Duties

Plans coordinates and manages all activities associated with the engineering operations and maintenance of assigned systems.
Works with branch chief in developing long range and short range plans for improvements in engineering operations and maintenance for assigned systems.
Oversees multi-discipline designs for assigned systems providing feedback and design review at critical milestones to include constructability and reliability for assigned systems.
Conducts conceptual definition studies and analyses and establishes preliminary design requirements and alternatives for assigned systems.
Makes recommendations on projects operations and maintenance and budgets. Reviews reports and documentation for agency including in the areas of engineering inspections investigations and laboratory analyses to evaluate agency impacts.
Prepares and presents reports incident documentation presentations and advocacies for assigned systems.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
Current Federal employees must meet qualifications time in grade and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Financial Disclosure Drug Testing and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
Current Federal employees must meet qualifications time in grade and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability skill and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-14 you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level:

Supporting the maintenance and operations of institutional or research communications network infrastructure;
Interfacing with GRC OCIO contracts and vendors to successfully implement communications network infrastructure repairs or upgrades; and
Supporting Construction of Facilities (CoF) communications network infrastructure projects.

AND

IF you are qualifying based on experience you MUST also have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below:

Network Systems and Technology - Plans coordinates and manages all activities associated with the engineering operations and maintenance of assigned systems.
Planning and Evaluating - Works with branch chief in developing long range and short range plans for improvements in engineering operations and maintenance for assigned systems.
Teamwork - Works with branch chief in developing long range and short range plans for improvements in engineering operations and maintenance for assigned systems.
Technical Competence - Conducts conceptual definition studies and analyses and establishes preliminary design requirements and alternatives for assigned systems.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description in your own words of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

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Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement.

If you are applying for a GS-12 or higher level and are a current federal employee you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title series and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined your application will be rated ineligible.)

Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary competitive service GS position in the past year.

If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) you must:
- Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility.
- Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the Best Qualified category are considered well-qualified. Please see How You Will Be Evaluated for more information.
- Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in Required Documents

For additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility click here - https:// NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.

per Executive Order 14343 this position is not part of a bargaining unit.

Probationary Period

You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. If selected the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 11.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:

your performance and conduct;

the needs and interests of the agency;

whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and

whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

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.

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