Lead Information Technology Specialist (APPSW)

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.

- Provide architectural and design guidance to ensure software solutions meet enterprise standards and performance expectations.
- Contribute code when required to support critical releases resolve blockers or validate architectural patterns.
- Conduct detailed code reviews and ensure adherence to security maintainability and accessibility standards.
- Translate complex requirements into implementation plans and coordinate execution across team members.
- Conduct performance testing and lead efforts to optimize system speed resiliency and observability.

• Probationary Period - All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probationary (or trial) period. During this time your performance conduct and suitability for continued employment will be evaluated. You will not automatically convert to permanent status at the end of the probationary (or trial) period. Your supervisor must affirmatively determine that continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certification is made before the probationary (or trial) period ends your appointment will be terminated. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor seek feedback and understand role expectations. Additional guidance and support will be provided during onboarding.
• Government Credit Card - Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

• U.S Citizenship - Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Selective Service Registration - Males born after December 31 1959 are required to be registered with the Selective Service System or prove they are exempt from having to do so.
• Personal Identity Verification (PIV) - Must provide 2 forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies.

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Minimum requirements for Grade 12 and up (GS or Equivalent) Applicants must have Information Technology related experience demonstrating each of the following nine competencies: 1) Attention to Detail 2) Customer Service 3) Decision Making 4) Information Management 5) Interpersonal Skills 6) Oral Communication 7) Problem Solving 8) Teamwork and 9) Technical Competence.

Specialized Experience GS-14 Level: In addition to meeting basic requirements to be eligible for this position at this grade level you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service specialized experience includes:

• Leading or coordinating IT projects application-related efforts operational initiatives or system-related activities that affect multiple users teams programs or business processes.
• Applying advanced IT principles concepts methods and practices to evaluate requirements; resolve technical issues; guide system application or code testing and configuration decisions; and ensure technical documentation and federal cybersecurity privacy or regulatory requirements are addressed.
• Engaging customers stakeholders users product or business owners and technical teams to define business or technical requirements communicate technical impacts and guide delivery of secure reliable scalable IT solutions.
• Evaluating system service or application performance availability reliability security controls usability and operational effectiveness; identifying risks issues defects or gaps; and leading corrective actions or improvement efforts.
• Analyzing competing technical approaches and providing authoritative recommendations to management stakeholders or IT specialists on the selection design configuration implementation or improvement of IT solutions with organizational impact.
• Applying advanced software engineering principles methods and practices to design develop modernize integrate test or maintain software applications and systems to analyze and resolve technical issues and improve IT systems and processes.
• Providing technical leadership by mentoring coaching the team developing and interpreting organizational policies and procedures providing guidance or recommendations on software engineering and systems. integration application modernization cybersecurity or IT service delivery initiatives.
• Leading developing and delivering IT projects or initiatives by planning monitoring and identifying resource requirements and reporting project status to upper management and/or executives.
• Applying systems development life cycles (SDLC) Agile DevOps or CI/CD automation logging or monitoring practices to improve software delivery operational performance or system reliability.
• Evaluating and implementing emerging technologies including cloud-based architecture containerization infrastructure-as-code and Artificial Intelligence (AI) assisted development tomodernize legacy mainframe applications to modern architecture and design patterns.
• Analyzing and resolving IT software engineering technical issues and evaluating or implementing improvements to software applications enterprise systems development processes or IT operations.
• Developing integrating or supporting front-end back-end API cloud-based or enterprise application solutions using programming languages frameworks and development tools.
• Performing detailed code reviews and ensure adherence to security maintainability and accessibility standards.
• Applying project management principles methods and practices including developing plans and schedules estimating resource requirements and training requirements to support organizational performance.
• Communicating technical information recommendations or project updates to upper management/executives stakeholder or technical teams through oral and written communication.

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You must also meet the following requirements:

• MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT: Minimum age for federal employment is 18 years old or at least 16 years old and have:
  • Graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or
  • Completed a formal vocational training program; or
  • Received a statement from school authorities agreeing with your preference for employment rather than continuing your education.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPMs Qualifications Standards.