Summary
IT Specialist positions are being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's delegated Direct Hire Authority, open to all U.S. citizens. Selections made under this bulletin will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service. Under the provisions of the Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Preference and the "Rule of Many" do not apply.
Duties
This announcement serves as public notice. Applications submitted be placed into a pool and will remain on file for selection as positions become available.
Vacancies may be filled for up to 6 months after the closing date of this announcement. Applicants may not receive notifications of referral status until the full 6-month eligibility period has elapsed.
Positions filled with applications from this pool will be placed into positions where Artificial Intelligence duties occupy the majority of the work performed.
Education
This position does not have an educational requirement. Education cannot be substituted for Specialized Experience.
How you will be evaluated
The evaluation you receive is based on your responses to the online assessment questions completed during the application process. Please make sure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your evaluation. Information not specifically stated in your resume cannot be assumed. Information copied or restated from the vacancy announcement or rating criteria will not be considered. If this occurs, you may be found ineligible. Duties: The employee is the Agency's technical authority responsible for all activities related to one or more of the following major functions: all UNIX Operating Systems, UNIX based security system products, CA Unicenter and related software; all data base management systems (DBMS) such as IDMS, DB2, ORACLE and SQL Server, and related software within the online teleprocessing environment; all teleprocessing and related software such as CICS transaction server, MQ Series and Websphere. The employee, as the Agency's technical authority and expert on teleprocessing software, is the lead analyst in the architecture design, installation, operational application and maintenance of proprietary software associated with one or more of the specialties. As the Agency's technical expert, provides technical guidance and direction to the SSA executive staff, management and subordinates on the specialties. Employee provides the technical capabilities, limitations, problem investigation and new developments regarding the specialties. Serves as personal technical representative of the Division Director and Associate Commissioner at various intra/inter-agency meetings, providing support at technical committees to resolve problems or plan activities regarding the online teleprocessing environment. Develops innovative techniques for assessing software performance and provides technical direction to tuning activities to ensure optimum operational efficiency. Serves as project manager on division-related initiatives. Directs development of overall plans, criteria, and programming specifications; coordinates efforts in accomplishing the work, provides guidance and integrates with other projects underway. Utilizes project management standards to document and provide status to various levels of management. Provides technical direction to the installation of proprietary software and vendor supplied maintenance software, and generation of associated software system components for existing and new management products in one or more of the specialties.