INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST (APPSW) @ United States Fleet Forces Command

Job Summary

You will serve as an INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST (APPSW) in the FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER of FLT NUMER OCEANGPHY METEO CTR.

Qualifications

Your experience must reflect skill in the following areas: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, and Problem Solving:

• 1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: Developing and maintaining documentation to detail software/code workflows, data movement pipelines, coding comments allow third parties to understand functionality, and documentation of cybersecurity compliance.
• 2. 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. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: Working with customers, with varied technical backgrounds, to ensure FNMOC data customers, both local and distant, are able to send and/or receive data.
• 3. 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. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: Responding to crisis troubleshooting calls and assists in coordinating with personnel both in-house and at remote user locations.
• 4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: Addressing complex or potentially controversial issues and providing technical leadership on group projects.

• For GS-13: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
• Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience mastering program software utilizing the Perl programming language.
• Experience and skill working in a Linux environment.
• Experience managing software development and full life cycle support for software applications.
• Experience managing software development techniques to include software design, supportability, survivability, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Experience utilizing script languages, compilers, loaders, debuggers, and diagnostic tools.
• Experience operating relational database management systems such as SQL.
• For GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Major Duties

• You will serve as an expert on the development and support of the DART data management system and related applications developed enhancing DART functionality.
• You will execute software planning, requirements, risk management, design, development, architecture, configuration management, security, and tests.
• You will work with senior FNMOC data/development architects to develop, maintain, and port the DART software suite between HPCs, operating systems, and infrastructure/software upgrades.
• You will lead and perform data management software transitions to operations. This work includes ensuring code follows all FNMOC configurations standards including documentation, testing, and the version control process.
• You will establish and execute developmental and operational quality assurance and configuration management plans.
• You will propose and develop alternative data structure for enhanced performance, ease of use, and recommend new technology for applications.
• You will Initiate contract requests and act as technical monitor of contract work in support of data management projects.
• You will work with customers, with varied technical backgrounds, to ensure FNMOC data customers, both local and distant, are able to send and/or receive data.