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Lead Information Technology Specialist (Software Engineer)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Anchorage, AK - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 125776 - 125776
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
6 October 2026 (15 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
3 January 2027
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Summary
WHAT IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
A description of the business units can be found at: are to be filled in following area(s):
REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS
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.
Conditions of employment
- 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.
- Probationary Period - A person who is required to go through a probationary period and then is transferred promoted demoted or reassigned before he or she completes such period is required to complete the remainder of the probationary period in the new position.
- 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.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN QUALIFICATIONS OR ADDTIONAL INFORMATION SECTIONS
Qualifications
- 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.
AND
You must also meet the following requirement(s):
- PERFORMANCE RATING: Current federal employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating to receive consideration.
- TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to All US Citizens
- TIME IN GRADE (TIG): Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements. For positions above the GS-05applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-05 you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02 03 or 04 positions.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPMs Qualifications Standards.
Education
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here (Section 3 Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).
Additional information
- Consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a location that location will become your official post of duty.
- In the event that a building is closed due to rent management new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.
- Additional jobs may be filled from this announcement or any other source to fill these vacancies.
- Alternative work schedule staggered work hours may be available.
- Salary: General Schedule (GS) Locality Pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.
- Cost-of-Living Allowances (COLA): Puerto Rico includes COLA. See COLA Rates 2026.
- Formal Development Plan - If this position is covered by a formal development plan pay retention will be offered where applicable based on law and regulation.
- Prior IRS Employment - Former employees will be subject to a screening of their prior conduct with the Service. The Taxpayer First Act of 2019 26 U.S. Code 7804 prohibits the IRS from rehiring certain former employees who were removed from service.
- Tax Check - Must undergo a review of income tax verification. To check the status of your tax record go to: ( If you are not in compliance you will be determined unsuitable for employment with IRS.
- Fingerprint/Criminal History Check - This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into Continuous Vetting. Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout ones employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBIs Rap Back service which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g. arrests charges convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information regarding your rights refer to Noncriminal Justice Applicants Privacy Rights - FBI FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI and ().
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.
Required Experience:
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