Summary You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Qualifications and requirements must be met by the announcement closing date. This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Responsibilities Serves as the Supervisory IT Specialist (SYSADMIN) in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) HQ location. The primary purpose of this position is to supervise as well as provide technical leadership in the planning and coordination of the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of large-scale hardware and executive software systems that support the development, test and production environments for the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). Position responsibilities include: This position is located in the Information Technology (IT) Group. Develops and implements plans for domain and server consolidation to improve efficiency of operations and support DeCA's IT architecture initiatives. Responsible for the coordination and direction of the members of the team, which consists of Information Technology (IT) specialists. Serves as Organizational Unit (OU) Manager for multiple servers in a complex networked environment. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications See the OPM Qualification Standards for more information. Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210 (Alternative A) (opm.gov) To qualify for this position your resume and supporting documents must show that you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level or equivalent to at least GS-12 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Examples of qualifying specialized experience: Recommends and implements corrective action when analysis indicates, in order to improve performance. Provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical executive software and enterprise hardware issues. Evaluates performance of DA civilian/contractor staff and gives advice, counsel and gives instructions on both administrative and technical matters. You must also meet the following requirements by the announcement closing date: Current and former federal employees in either the competitive or excepted service and current federal employees applying under VEOA eligibility are subject to time-in-grade. You must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible for promotion. See the Required Documents section to learn what documents are necessary to show you meet this requirement. The next lower grade level for this position is GS-12. 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." Education You may not use education to qualify. Additional Information We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible. Subject to occasional overtime. Position is exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Position is not covered by a bargaining unit. Position is not obligated. Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position. Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position. This is a Cybersecurity, Workforce Improvement Program (WIP) position. This position requires certification in accordance with DOD 8570.01-M. The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance based on the appropriate background investigation. This position requires access to IT Level I systems.
