Information Technology Specialist (Entarch)
About The Position
The Information Technology Specialist serves as the Principal Technical Advisor overseeing and directing efforts to design, develop, and maintain reliable computer platforms so NASIC and DoD Intelligence Community agencies can use software in a secure environment. The position provides technical leadership for NASIC platforms and oversees user requirements, system documentation, and troubleshooting to support platform performance, security, reliability, and availability. It directs short- and long-term planning, analysis, design, development, and implementation of IT solutions for platform architecture. This is a GG-14 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS), in the Professional work category at the Senior work level, equivalent to GS-14. It is in the Excepted Service and is designated special-sensitive, requiring eligibility for access to SCI and other specified sensitive information or programs. The position requires cybersecurity certification and passing initial and periodic short-notice drug testing. Employees must maintain current certifications and may be subject to a probationary or trial period. The employee may need to work irregular hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, or shifts; recall to duty and temporary-duty travel may also be required. The work is mostly sedentary and performed in an office setting, with prolonged periods of sitting, reading, and intense data analysis. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in platform engineering is desired. A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is referenced, with specific eligibility and benefits dependent on the position and circumstances.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Meet the IT-related experience basic requirement, demonstrating attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving.
- Demonstrate experience and knowledge related to building, deploying, and maintaining computer platforms for software applications in an agile and secure manner.
- Demonstrate knowledge of NASIC, the Intelligence Community, and DoD organizational structures and environments.
- Demonstrate knowledge of IT principles, system analysis, emerging information technologies, security methods and principles, and customer business processes and operations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of NASIC business intelligence production concepts and processes and the ability to apply that knowledge to diverse situations.
- Demonstrate skill applying analysis principles, concepts, and practices to difficult assignments.
- Be able to communicate orally and in writing with clarity, concision, and technical accuracy; work out solutions; deliver presentations; and lead teams in resolving issues.
- Be eligible for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or specified Top Secret Special Access Programs; sign a nondisclosure agreement.
- Pass initial and periodic short-notice drug testing.
- Achieve the appropriate Information Assurance cybersecurity certification within six months of assignment, unless a permitted waiver applies; maintain current certifications.
- Meet any applicable one-year probationary period or two-year DCIPS trial period.
- Be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
- Have direct deposit, as required for federal employees.
Nice To Haves
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in platform engineering.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership as the Principal Technical Advisor for NASIC platforms.
- Oversee platform user requirements, system documentation, and troubleshooting to support performance, security, reliability, and availability.
- Direct short- and long-term planning, analysis, design, development, and implementation of IT solutions for platform architecture.
- Lead teams to identify problems, develop and present courses of action to senior leadership, resolve issues, and implement necessary modifications.
- Communicate technical information clearly in writing and orally, including presentations for decision-making.
Benefits
- A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is referenced; specific benefits and eligibility depend on the position and individual circumstances.
- Certain foreign-area benefits, such as living quarters allowance or government quarters, post allowance, and home leave, may be available to eligible selectees, subject to approval.
- Disabled veteran leave may be available to qualifying federal employees hired on or after November 5, 2016.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
