IT Specialist (APPSW)

Description:

This position located in the Office of the Administrator (OA), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Business Solutions Center (BSC). OCIO provides information technology (IT) planning, design, application development, systems administration, telecommunications, information assurance/security, information management, and IT customer support services for FSIS.

Requirements:

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, as defined below:

For the GS-14 level : Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 level) that demonstrates:

• Experience with the design, development, and integration of Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) data engineering pipelines, requiring development of advanced workflows that solve data problems such as cleaning, blending, and joining datasets in a cloud native environment (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Developing web applications, mobile applications, machine learning, AI and other programming or coding that demonstrates expertise in software development.
• Performing application development using programming languages such as C#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, React, Go and SQL.
• Experience working with various frameworks or platforms such as .NET/.NET Core/.NET Maui and Django and/or others.
• Designing, developing, testing, and/or implementing software solutions.
• Utilizing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, industry best practices, and tools.
• Experience working with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems such as Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub and/ or Gitlab
• Working with databases such as Postgres and/or SQL Server.

All applicants qualifying based on experience must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Please refer to the competency definition shown below, when addressing those competencies.

• 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.

For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here: Information Technology (IT) Management Series, 2210

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.