Position: IT Specialist, GS 2210-13/14

Division: Operational Technology Division

Unit: Multimedia Exploitation Unit

Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia and Quantico, Virginia

Working Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Flexible)

Salary: Clarksburg, WVA: GS-13: $98,496.00 - $128,043.00 GS -14: $116,393.00 - $151,308.00

Quantico, VA: GS-13: $112,015.00 - $145,617.00 GS -14: $132,368.00 - $172,075.00

Full Performance level: GS-14

Number of Positions Available: 1

Duration: Full Time/

Additional selections may be made from this announcement to fill positions within the same division when the position includes substantially the same duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.

Key Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance
• Travel is required 5% of the time to the Capitol region and may support critical incidents

Mission Statement:

The mission of the FBI is to protect the American People and uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Major Duties:

GS 13 Level:

• Provides advice and guidance to management regarding technical issues which pertain to the planning, designing, developing, procuring, implementing, operating and maintaining of the organization's IT systems.
• Develop, interpret, plan and apply policy and process best practices in the delivery of enterprise-wide, multi-discipline IT network service capacity and performance monitoring.
• Work with myriad customers to develop sustainable strategic plans and tactical, technical solutions for executing effective and efficient network-related problem management.

GS 14 Level (In addition to the above):

• Autonomously coordinates with internal and external partners to plan and implement IT infrastructure.
• Provides technical guidance to junior IT staff members.
• Orally briefs technical and decision briefs to FBI management on complex issues.
• Provides technical budget preparation and interfaces between the technical experts and budget personnel to ensure all requirements are funded.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Please make sure your specialized experience/requirement(s) can be identified in your resume. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Your application will be evaluated and rated under the FBI’s Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared to your responses to the online assessment questionnaire. High self-assessment in the vacancy questions that is not supported by information in your resume, and/or supporting documents may eliminate you from Most Competitive status.

Your application will then be placed in one of three categories: Most Competitive, Competitive, or Least Competitive. Names of candidates in the Most Competitive category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration. Veterans’ preference will be applied.

All applicants will be rated on the following Competencies:

• Customer Service
• Information Management
• Technology Awareness

Specialized Experience (SE):

GS-13: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Experience in technology management, problem solving, and implementation of related activities.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to management regarding technical issues which pertain to the planning, designing, developing, procuring, implementing, operating and maintaining of the organization's IT systems.

GS 14: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. SE is defined as follows (in addition to the above):

• Experience with IT system management including managing systems hosted on Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS or experience with data automation techniques including scripting and database management.
• Experience coordinating major IT system changes with external enterprise partners.
• Experience in coordinating and implementing IT system security processes.
• Experience in writing and reviewing software and scripts in an infrastructure-as-code environment as well as experience in scaling scripts and applications.

How to Apply
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