IT Specialist (SYSADMINSYSANALYSIS)

About the Position - Portland
This position is located in Portland OR which boasts huge spans of amazing trees foliage landscape and everywhere you look you can appreciate beautiful greenery! It is known as the most bike-friendly city in America has a train system that greets you at the airport spanning across the city and is home to the Portland International Rose Garden the oldest in the country! Portland is the one place where you will find lively festivals energetic music mouthwatering food and for you basketball fans the Portland Trail Blazers are a 7 minute walk from the HQs building! There is always something new to experience in this eco-friendly town

As an IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/SYSANALYSIS) you will:

• Lead/conduct studies designed to identify potential improvements in the way information technology is applied to key business functions.
• Assess new systems design methodologies to improve software quality.
• Review the impact of new systems design policies on the systems design process.
• Plan and coordinate BPA-wide implementation of process improvement methods and concepts to improve the quality of software products.
• Develop and standardize systems design methods.
• Plan and conduct simulations to determine capacity requirements and recommend hardware/software replacements or upgrades to meet current and future requirements.
• Generate and run simulation models for future applications.
• Develop and implements migration strategies.
• Develop and present plans for integrating new server technology into existing architecture.
• Plan and coordinate the installation configuration maintenance and upgrade of enterprise management software and related enterprise-level changes to the systems infrastructure.
• Exercise overall responsibility for the continuing functionality of all servers in the enterprise LAN.
• Develop BPA-wide procedures for responding to new threats to systems confidentiality integrity and availability.

In accordance with Executive Order 14170 applicants are encouraged to respond to four short free-response essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.

When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.

Key Requirements:

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.

• This position has been designated as requiring a PUBLIC TRUST background. A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work. Current Federal employees or other individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check.
• In this position you will be required to be in the on-call rotation performing normal duties after hours during emergency situations.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

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. For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. The employing agency is responsible for identifying the specific level of proficiency required for each competency at each grade level based on the requirements of the position being filled.

1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces including the general public individuals who work in the agency other agencies or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs provide information or assistance resolve their problems or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
3. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example technical sensitive controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.
4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations.