SUPERVISORY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NETWORK) at Washington

JOB SUMMARY:

Do you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while building a meaningful and rewarding career? If so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling. DHS components work collectively to prevent terrorism, secure borders, enforce and administer immigration laws, safeguard cyberspace and ensure resilience to disasters. The vitality and magnitude of this mission is achieved by a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services secures Americas promise as a nation of immigrants by providing accurate and useful information to our customers, granting immigration and citizenship benefits, promoting an awareness and understanding of citizenship, and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system. Visit us at http://www.uscis.gov/.

Everyday our Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Network) Associate Chief of Engineering collaborates to identify and implement more effective and collaborative cross-program processes, and integrate programs across disciplines. This position of SUPERVISORY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NETWORK) starts at a salary of $123,758.00(GS-15 step 1), to $155,500.00 (GS-15 step 10).  Apply for this exciting opportunity to become a member of the Office of Information Technology, Washington DC within DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

 

For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here

You may be eligible to apply through CIS-929335-OIT. 

USCIS will not pay relocation expenses.
This position is not in the bargaining unit.
This position is not considered "essential" for purposes of reporting to work when the facility might otherwise be closed.

Note: USCIS may fill one or more positions using this vacancy.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National to apply for this position
• Successfully pass a Background Investigation including financial disclosure
• You must pass a drug screening
• Meet relevant experience and/or education requirements
• You must submit resume and supporting documentation
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service

DUTIES:Back to top

As a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Network) Associate Chief of Engineering, your duties will include the following: 

·  Implement all aspects of enterprise level IT management for infrastructure engineering, architecture and planning, including policy formation and application, influencing IT management initiatives and developments for an entire organization and defining scope and detail for plans and policies.

·  Maintain current and in-depth IT knowledge and skills pertaining to enterprise infrastructure engineering,  to include networking,  cloud-based services, unified communications, and the business needs of the organization to determine contractual support needs.

·  Manage and provide guidance for an enterprise level IT programs with significant financial and human capital resources; provide leadership to Division level (or equivalent) employees, promoting and leading collaboration efforts within the organization, imparting thoughtful insight and experience, and assisting with identifying qualified candidates for vacant positions.

·  Formulate, execute and monitor budget targets and program goals, objectives, and funding levels; ability to recommend, persuade, and implement alternatives or changes to complex issues.

·  Establish value producing relationships with peer organizations, leadership, stakeholders and customer organizations; collaborate to identify and implement more effective and collaborative cross-program processes, and integrate programs across disciplines.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

GS-15: You qualify at the GS-15 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have experience performing the following duties:

·  Providing leadership and guidance within an information technology organization;

·  Managing an enterprise-level (agency, corporate, departmental) information technology engineering program, to include network / virtualized infrastructure, cloud-based services, and unified communications;

·  Developing  and implementing enterprise wide information technology policies and ensuring compliance, defining policy scope, detail and implementation;

·  Developing, operating, executing  and monitoring a complex annual budget for an  organization  at an enterprise-level with responsibility for multiple, integral infrastructure  and engineering services;

·  Designing or improving enterprise infrastructures, to include networking, cloud-based services, and unified communications.

 

EDUCATION: THERE ARE NO EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THIS GRADE LEVEL.

Probationary Period: You may be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year

Supervisory/Managerial Probation Period:  You may be required to serve a one (1) year probationary period upon appointment to this position.  You may also be required to complete an appropriate supervisory training course within one year of assignment to this position.

The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59pm (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement (Friday, July 26, 2013).

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, we will place you in one of three categories based on your responses to the on-line questionnaire regarding experience, education and training.

• Best Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a superior level of all evaluation criteria.
• Well-Qualified: Applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a satisfactory level of the evaluation criteria.
• Qualified: Applicants possessing the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.

The competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job are:

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Oral Communication
• Problem Solving
• Leadership

NOTE: Your resume and supporting documentation will be verified. If you rated yourself higher than what is supported by your application material, you may be excluded from consideration for this job. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment

 

If you fall into best qualified category, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.  To preview the job questionnaire, click here View Assessment Questions

 

Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles:  If you have never worked for the Federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible.  Information about ICTAP or CTAP eligibility can be found by clicking here to access OPM’s Career Transition Resources website.  To be considered well qualified under CTAP/ ICTAP, you must be placed in the Well-Qualified category for this position, as described above.  In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement.

 

Veterans:  Veterans with 5-point preference who meet the eligibility and qualification requirements are placed above non-preference eligibles within the category in which they qualify.  Veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10% are listed in the best qualified category, except when the position being filled is scientific, professional at the GS-09 grade level, or higher.  This position is not considered scientific/professional.  For information on veterans’ preference, please click here. 

 

On November 21, 2011, The President signed the VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56).  The VOW Act amended chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) by adding section 2108a, “Treatment of certain individuals as veterans, and preference eligible.”

 

This job opportunity announcement (JOA) includes Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56).  Active duty service members who have begun their civilian job search prior to discharge or release from active duty will know how their application will be considered.

 

·  Applicants who are active duty service members and apply for federal employment shall be considered for competitive service positions and granted tentative veteran’s preference status when they submit a certification, in lieu of a DD214, when applying to a federal job.

·  A certification is any written document from the armed forces that certifies that the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no later than 120 days from the date of the certification is signed.

·  Based on the immediate need to fill this position, the service member must be within the 120 day timeline and an actual expected date of discharge or separation must be clearly defined, or they will not be considered at this time.

 

 

Country: USA, State: Dist of Columbia, City: Washington, Company: Citizenship and Immigration Services.