Information Technology Specialist (SYSANALYSIS)

Defense Security Cooperation Agency•Mechanicsburg, PA

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About The Position

This position is part of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The incumbent receives assignments from a team lead, branch, or division head for functional systems design duties involving development and/or maintenance of one or more business processes, systems, subsystems, or applications. The position serves as an interface between IM&T and its customers—including DSCA Directorates, Military Departments, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and other Security Assistance users—on system design and user requirements, ensuring those requirements are integrated into automated systems. The incumbent designs, develops, implements, and tests assigned business-process elements for the security assistance community; plans and executes assigned testing, including creating realistic, production-quality test data; initiates, reviews, and evaluates proposed changes to automated systems and interfacing applications or databases; and analyzes functional and technical changes to determine their impact on assigned configuration software units. The position is classified at GS-2210-11/12. Applicants must meet the applicable specialized experience, education-substitution, or combination requirements for the grade level. GS-12 requires one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or equivalent; GS-11 requires one year at the GS-09 level or equivalent. GS-12 education substitution is not permitted. GS-11 may qualify through specified doctoral-level or graduate education, or a permitted combination of education and experience. IT-related experience must demonstrate competencies including attention to detail, customer service, interpersonal skills, problem solving, teamwork, and technical competence. The role is full-time with a flexible tour of duty; overtime may occasionally be required. It is telework eligible. The incumbent must complete DoD Security Cooperation Workforce certification requirements and continuing learning, including Basic-level certification courses and Foundational-level requirements within one year, plus 40 hours of continuing education every two years. The position is subject to an initial drug screening and random testing thereafter.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
For applicants subject to Selective Service, registration or exemption as required.
Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
One year of specialized experience at the applicable grade level or equivalent: GS-12 requires GS-11-level experience; GS-11 requires GS-09-level experience.
GS-12 applicants must have specialized experience; education cannot substitute for experience at this grade.
GS-11 applicants may qualify through a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M., or through an allowed combination of education and experience.
IT-related experience demonstrating attention to detail, customer service, interpersonal skills, problem solving, teamwork, and technical competence.
Must meet applicable time-in-grade, time-after-competitive-appointment, minimum qualification, and other regulatory requirements by the announcement closing date.
Must attain DoD Security Cooperation Workforce certification and meet continuous-learning requirements; Basic-level courses and Foundational-level requirements are due within one year, with 40 hours of continuing education every two years.
Subject to an initial drug screening and random testing thereafter.
May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements, including 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

Responsibilities

Serve as the interface between IM&T and customers, including DSCA Directorates, Military Departments, DFAS, and other Security Assistance users, on system design and user requirements.
Ensure user requirements are properly integrated into automated systems.
Design, develop, implement, and test assigned business-process elements for the security assistance community.
Plan and execute assigned testing, including creating realistic, production-quality test data.
Initiate, review, and evaluate proposed changes to automated systems and interfacing applications or databases.
Analyze functional and technical changes and determine their impact on assigned configuration software units.
For GS-12-level work, perform functional IT studies involving requirements analysis, system design, consultation with IT and subject-matter experts, and potentially fact-finding, site visits, simulation studies, benchmark testing, trend analysis, and cost/benefit analysis.
Design business processes for system efficiency and regulatory compliance, and evaluate the efficiency of existing processes.
For GS-11-level work, elicit, document, analyze, and manage functional and non-functional requirements; translate technical information into business language; and turn business rules into developer instructions.
Complete required DoD Security Cooperation Workforce certification and continuing-learning requirements.