Information Technology Specialist

Duties
Summary

The Goddard Space Flight Center is seeking to hire a senior IT Specialist to serve as the Center’s Digital Transformation and IT Innovation Lead responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive program designed to seek out, evaluate, develop, secure, and promote the use of innovative, cutting edge technologies and IT practices to integrate and transform mission and business processes and IT services at the pace required in the digital transformation era.

Responsibilities

Travel Required

Occasional travel – Travel may be required for training or other work-related duties

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

15

Qualifications
Applicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies below:

1. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

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.

3. Oral Communication: Express information (for example, idea of facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); and responds appropriately.

4. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

AND

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-14), which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above.

Specialized experience includes utilizing systems engineering approaches to identify, evaluate, architect, integrate, and implement enterprise-scale digital and information technologies in a highly complex mission environment; accomplished visionary and leadership skills to communicate and revolutionize new technological strategies, concepts, and products; building and leading coalitions of technologists and business/mission thought leaders to transform a company or agency’s business or operating model; and/or serving as a company or agency’s senior technology evangelist for information technology to senior internal stakeholders and national, corporate partners.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

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Education

There are no education requirements for this position.

Additional information

This position is announced under Direct Hire authority. Recruitment for this position will follow guidelines established by the Office of Personnel Management for use of Direct Hire authority.

If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must:

Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The USAJOBS resume asks you to identify your ICTAP eligibility; the NASA Supplemental Information asks you to identify your CTAP eligibility.

Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. See ‘How You Will Be Evaluated’ for NASA’s definition of well qualified.

Be prepared to submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP if you are selected for the position. This includes copies of your agency notice, most recent Performance Rating and most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level, and duty location.

As identical vacancies are identified, additional selections may be made.

You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This position is announced under Direct Hire authority. A Human Resources Specialist will review your resume to determine if you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements as listed in ‘Requirements’.

CTAP and ICTAP candidates will be assessed using NASA STARS, an automated system that matches the competencies extracted from your resume to the competencies identified by the selecting official for the position. Based on the competencies you match, you are placed in one of three categories identified as 90, 80, or 70 point quality categories, which are defined as:

90 pt. Category – Tentatively meets (until subsequent confirmation upon referral) the basic qualification requirements identified in the vacancy announcement and has experience in the same or similar job that has demonstrated superior proficiency in the primary requirements of the position.

80 pt. Category – Tentatively meets (until subsequent confirmation upon referral) the basic qualification requirements identified in the vacancy announcement and demonstrates satisfactory proficiency in the primary requirements of the position.

70 pt. Category – Fails to meet criteria described in the 80 pt. category.

For the purpose of the CTAP and ICTAP, candidates rated in the top quality (90 pt.) category are considered well-qualified.

Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test required

No

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