What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisory IT Specialist position at Defense Security Service?
Summary Serve as an IT Specialist within the IT Enterprise Operations Division providing IT infrastructure engineering and oversight for enterprise service delivery. Incumbent will leverage industry best practices, emerging technology, zero trust principles and sound engineering strategies to deliver integrated services across physical, virtual and cloud-based solutions. Incumbent will support resource planning, oversight of service sustainment, working groups, and integrated project teams. Responsibilities As a Supervisory IT Specialist you will be responsible for the following duties : Serve as a senior IT Specialist within OCIO IT Enterprise Operations Division providing technical expertise for physical, virtual and cloud system infrastructure designs, implementation, operations and sustainment of IT service delivery. Build and maintain professional relationships necessary to provide operational coordination & collaboration between government, defense, and commercial service providers to ensure daily IT enterprise operations. Direct or participate in complex IT projects, providing expert technical assistance to ensure IT solutions are optimized to maximize the technology's ability to provide confidentiality, integrity and availability. Develop specifications for proposals for the procurement of IT systems. Conducts studies and comparative analyses to assess the effectiveness of IT implementations. Makes recommendations based on findings and presents to upper-level management. Review and evaluate proposals for technical accuracy and fulfillment of requirements. Participates in the operational testing of systems of prior to their acceptance by the agency. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. https : / / www.opm.gov / policy-data-oversight / classification-qualifications / general-schedule-qualification-standards / 0300 / gs-2210-information-technology-management-series / for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 02 / 10 / 2025 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies / knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GG / GS-13 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes : Demonstrated experience with system, infrastructure and cloud engineering principles, methods and strategies to identify, analyze and deliver enterprise solutions. Knowledge of system and infrastructure engineering practices for on premise data centers and major cloud service providers. Ability to leverage data analytics, artificial intelligence / machine learning to improve continuous monitoring / observability across network, infrastructure and system. Knowledge of enterprise system evaluations based on industry testing principles and methodologies to formulate alternative courses of action to address technical challenges. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies : 1.Information Technology Performance Assessment 2.Information Technology Life Cycle Management 3.Information Technology Configuration 4.Competency Information Technology Policy and Planning 5. Infrastructure Design Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional Information VETERANS PREFERENCE / CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria. Other Notes : Re-employed Annuitant : This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at : https : / / www.esd.whs.mil / Portals / 54 / Documents / DD / issuances / 140025 / 1400.25-V300.pdf Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period. If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS.Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status. All current and former Federal employees must submit a copy of your latest SF50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. Resumes should NOT include : Classified information / SSN / Photo of yourself / personal information (gender, religion, affiliation etc / Encrypted digitally signed docs). Resumes with this prohibited information will be automatically ineligible for consideration.
