IT SPECIALIST (POLICY AND PLANNING/ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE) chez Department of the Air Force

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Duties

A GS-2210-11, IT SPECIALIST (POLICY AND PLANNING/ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE): Implements IT programs and special projects and supports air defense mission assurance. Reviews project plans and specifications to ensure adequate analysis and justification of requirements, realistic cost estimates, scheduling, and consideration of all associated constraints and restraints. Provides guidance on capabilities, limitations, and peculiarities of the solutions under consideration. Keeps abreast of emerging technologies and develops plans, designs, and specifications for various types of communications and computer systems projects considering facility and infrastructure of the organization. Provides IT expertise in estimating the installation, modification, maintenance, operation, and support of both existing and new IT systems. Recommends solutions to resolve difficult and controversial issues arising from unusual IT and mission assurance requirements. Works with customers to assess and help refine mission requirements in terms of capability gaps. Performs analysis of capability gaps and evaluates various equipment for feasibility and compatibility. Prepares plans, drawings, manuals, and technical evaluations/specifications. Resolves unusual emergency problems, researches trends and patterns to deviate from traditional methods, and to implement new or improved communication methods and procedures. Creates and maintains local Configuration Management plan along with associated documents. Applies current directives for operating networks, executing missions, and controlling cyberspace operations activities. Performs duties to develop and enhance cyberspace capabilities to defend IT and special mission systems from cyber-attack. Conducts DCO using established tactics, techniques, and procedures to achieve Service, Combatant Command and national objectives. DCO includes passive and active cyberspace defense operations to preserve the ability to utilize friendly cyberspace capabilities and protect data, networks, net-centric capabilities, IT and special mission systems. Assists in IT and special mission system DCO risk and vulnerability assessments; ensures IT and special mission system DCO policies fully support all legal and regulatory requirements and ensures DCO policies are applied in new and existing IT resources. Assists in identifying DCO weaknesses and provides recommendations for improvement. Monitors IT and special mission system DCO policy compliance and provides recommendations for effective implementation of IT security controls. Responsible for IT DCO oversight during all phases of the IT life cycles, which include but not limited to installation, maintenance, updating…etc. Assesses policy needs and reviews, revises, and develops policies to govern IT activities and presents recommendations to higher-level management. Analyzes IT system development as it relates to the organization and ensures policy and guidance are available for its use, that necessary controls are in place, and systems operate as intended and provide all necessary capabilities. Independently plans the methods to portray and prepares engineering drawings involving original and complex designs. Works from engineers' sketches, marked up prints, and verbal instructions. Translates ideas, rough sketches, specifications, and calculations of engineers, architects, and designers into complete and accurate working drawings for use in structure and system maintenance, repair, or new construction. Performs material estimates/takeoffs from construction drawings. Makes arithmetic computations by using standard formulas for dimensions, scale, and area. Prepares drawings for major contractual projects utilizing computer design software. Uses software and associated equipment to prepare sets or groups of drawings for new construction, modification, alteration, or renovation of base facilities. Monitors the performance of computer design system(s) to ensure it is operating properly and makes adjustments to resolve minor software problems. Prepares drawings for visual presentation programs using computer programs. Mounts drawings and sets up appropriate presentation tools. Based upon findings, recommends IT funding priority adjustments to meet new business needs. Conducts periodic analysis of projects and their funding for consistency with overall IT architecture and infrastructure and how they contribute to meeting business requirements. Makes definitive budget recommendations to higher-level management to enable the organization to improve its IT status. Assists management and senior IT specialists in developing SOW and PWS (statements of work/performance work specifications) for contracts involving IT systems or service. Reviews completed solicitation packages and serves as advisor to the Contracting Office on technical aspects of contracts. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience or 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. Experience includes, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion.

Education

Education Requirements: None If you are using Education to qualify for this position, you must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position. Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree -OR- 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks.

Other Information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). - Certain incentive(s) may be available pending funding and approval but are not guaranteed. - Incumbent is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DOD Publication 8570.01-M Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program, dated 19 December 2005 (incorporating change 3, 24 Jan 2013 or current version).Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 and obtain Special Experience Identifier (SEI) 264, IAW current AF directives. Information Assurance - Technical Level II (IAT II), IAW current AF directives.) Personnel assigned to this position must obtain the appropriate certification within six months of being assigned. Failure to satisfactorily obtain and/or maintain updated certifications in accordance with publication listed are grounds for termination. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: The WA National Guard is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. If you are unable to upload a document online please send the document via email to our WA HRO Distro Box.