IT Specialist (Enterprise Architecture)

Summary

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Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows:

Battle Creek, MI: $125,776- $163,514

Columbus, OH: $131,245- $170,624

Dayton, OH: $130,461 - $169,604

Fort Belvoir, VA: $143,913- $187,093

New Cumberland, PA: $143,913- $187,093

Ogden, UT: $125,776- $163,514

Philadelphia, PA: $138,595- $180,178

Richmond, VA: $131,385- $170,806

Duties

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• Analyze, evaluate, and advise on the current and predicted future logistics systems, technical, and data views of the architecture.
• Development, integration, and institutionalization of function requirements into Agency strategic plans and automated information systems.
• Responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of DLA and DoD level compliance certification for component and transformation program level architectures.
• Develop, document, maintain, and evaluate the composition of the technical and infrastructure architecture views.
• Participate in the evaluation of functional concepts as relates to the development and maintenance of enterprise logical and physical data models
• Provide guidance to explain regulatory policies and procedures and initiate recommended changes which impact overall enterprise architecture goals, long-range plans, projects, studies and evaluations.
• Serves on or leads special task forces/projects to address current and future enterprise architecture planning strategy.
• Develops and refines the future Program Objective Memoranda (POM) and budget for the Enterprise Architecture Program.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See for more information.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies for various shifts located anywhere within DLA Information Operations, J-6.

Qualifications

To qualify for an IT Specialist (Enterprise Architecture), your qualifications must include:

A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Providing guidance and direction in reviewing the appropriateness of existing enterprise architecture policies for new and/or highly innovative systems, technologies and fieldings.
• Defining problems and identifies key issues in the development of Enterprise architecture plans and is instrumental in establishing regulatory, policy, procedural and system guidance which become the benchmark for the development of similar plans.
• Facilitating the exchange of concepts, management techniques, technology advances, and logistics management improvements.
• Conducting analysis of transformation program initiative architectures to ensure they support the implementation of agency's strategic goals and business transformation efforts.

B. Education: Applicants may not qualify for this position based on education in lieu of specialized experience.

For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed 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 - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, 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.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

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Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: _vol300.PDF

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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