Summary
Location of Position: GSA-IT, Office of Acquisition IT Services, Center for FAS Acquisition Systems, Contract Lifecycle Systems Division (IDQBD) and the Market Research and Digital Experience Division (IDQBE). This is a Virtual/Remote position. Duty location will be determined upon selection.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
THIS IS A PUBLIC NOTICE: This Notice is issued under direct-hire authority (DHA) to recruit new talent to this occupation for which there is a severe shortage of candidates. This means that we can hire any qualified candidate, either from this notice or from any source.
NOTE: Current civil service employees will receive new appointments if selected under this Direct Hire Authority.
For more information on DHA, please visit http//www.opm.gov/directhire/index.asp
Duties
Note: We are currently filling two positions (you will need to choose one of the two positions listed below), but additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area.
The Office of Acquisition Information Technology Services (IDQ) provides transformational system development, incremental system development, operational and management services for Federal Acquisition Services (FAS) business applications. The organization advises FAS leadership and program areas on IT tools that support and enhance FAS’s business operations. IDQ is organizationally aligned to the FAS business areas to most effectively deliver the IT services, systems, and functions they need. Additionally, IDQ provides cloud integration technology functions as a shared service for all of GSA IT.
As an IT Project Manager you will perform the following duties for one of the following positions.
Position # 1 - IT Project Manager- Technical Lead with Software development and task management Specialization:
- Serves as an IT Project Technical lead to design, deploy, and maintain full stack Microservices architecture using open source Java,SQL and Python technologies, and related Model-View-Controller(MVC) frameworks.
- Carry out performance analysis of existing and proposed solutions evaluate IT performance requirements.
- Manages architecture and monitors development progress through panning, reviews, scrums, and engagement with individual development teams.
- Design and analyze cloud based microservices applications for functional and nonfunctional requirements to make appropriate design adjustments to integrated technology stacks.
- Communicate design concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders by collaborating with technical personnel and other divisions to ensure organizational goals are met.
Position# 2 -IT Project Manager with Cloud technology Specialization:
- Serves as a Cloud Engineer for high velocity information technology (IT) projects, by leading and implementing specific IT projects to define and structure cloud modernization projects for new and current initiatives within the organization.
- Manages, and evaluates project program portfolios to improve effectiveness and efficiency, by identifying and analyzing proposals and problems related to automated data-processing solutions and designing and implementing improvements to systems.
- Maintains working business relationships with stakeholders to address and resolve quality and program issues, by reviewing technical requirements to determine types of services required.
- Designs and implements highly automated, secure cloud environments to host and modernize business critical applications, including recommending tools, technologies and provide technical oversight to contractor teams supporting orgnaization’s IT cloud and application development efforts.
- Provides subject matter expert level consultation and support to help software development teams with decision making and assisting in developing and maintaining documentation and technical training content, and performing analysis on potential product changes.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
- Direct Deposit of salary check to financial organization required.
- Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
- You may be required to serve a trial period.
- You must apply on-line via the GSA website.
- Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
If selected, you must meet the following conditions:
- Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.
- Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
- Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
- Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
- Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position.
Qualifications
For each job on your resume, provide:
- the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
- number of hours per week you worked (if part time).
If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.
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The GS-14 salary range starts at $122,198.00 per year.
If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service.
Applicants applying for the GS-14 grade level must meet the following requirements: Have IT-related experience demonstrating EACH of the four competencies AND one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service as described below:
IT SPECIALIST COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:
- Attention to Detail - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant investigates and evaluates “state of the art” technology of the industry.
- Customer Service - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant confers with users to evaluate the effectiveness of, or identify the need for, computer programs or management systems.
- Oral Communication - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant persuades others to take a particular course of action or to accept findings, recommendations, changes, or alternative viewpoints.
- Problem Solving - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant identifies and accommodates technology and resource constraints.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Specialized experience is providing project management for an organization’s Information Technology (IT) systems in one of the following areas:
(Position #1) - IT Project Manager with Technical Lead with Software Development and Task Management Specialization:
Specialized experience is defined as:
- Having hands-on experience creating, engineering, deploying and managing custom developed applications and interfaces;
- Planning and coordinating projects that involve multiple stages within systems development life cycle management process; systems analysis;
- Performing business to technical requirements documentation, software development;
- Performing database administration; and
- Providing customer support to meet the business goals and improve processes of an organization’s Information Technology (IT) systems.
Must possess at least three of the following experiences:
- Developing software solutions in one or more of these technologies; JAVA, Python, SQL, Restful API, Spring, Angular, and Nodejs.
- Providing IT program and project management using Agile software development.
- Delivering demanding projects ahead of schedule and under budget.
- Providing acquisition and contract management.
- Providing Agile IT transformations, and Agile coaching and/or agile team facilitator.
(Position #2) - IT Project Manager with Cloud Technology Specialization:
Specialized experience is defined as:
- Serving as an IT Project Manager with an expertise in managing applications that are hosted in a managed containerized environment.
- Incorporating customer feedback into the development cycle and deploying those features within a reasonable time period. AND
- Managing of total cost of operation for each application and articulate return on investment to the business lines for all feature requirements.
Experience must include:
- Business Architecture planning and directing customer engagement in the development of the application feature roadmap, including detailing scope and release of schedules.
- Collaborating with the data evidence boards to define how various data models are defined and leveraged for the application. AND
- Contributing to the standards on how the applications are developed for the organization.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
You will have access to many benefits including:
- Health insurance (choose from a wide range of plans)
- Life insurance coverage with several options
- Sick leave and vacation time, including 11 paid holidays per year
- Thrift Savings Plan (similar to a 401(k) plan)
- Flexible work schedules and telework
- Transit and child care subsidies
- Flexible spending accounts
- Long-term care insurance
- Training and development
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities. Your responses to these questions must be supported by your resume.
Position # 1 - IT Project Manager- Technical Lead with Software development and task management Specialization:
- Knowledge of Cloud-native applications.
- Skill in managing the design, development and delivering of software and IT systems in a virtualized cloud environment.
- Skill in using microservices patterns in architecting and developing cloud-based applications.
- Knowledge of Python technologies and Model-View-Controller (MVC) frameworks.
- Knowledge of Agile principles, practices and methodology techniques.
- Knowledge of IT and acquisitions to evaluate IT requirements, support IT acquisitions, and to develop acquisition strategies.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, lead, manage, and evaluate projects under program portfolio.
- Knowledge of current and emerging cloud and application development technologies (e.g. serverless computing, microservices, containerization, etc)
- Skill in providing effective oral and written communication.
Position # 2 - IT Project Manager with Cloud technology Specialization:
- Skill in project management, operations and maintenance of cloud based applications.
- Skill in leading and implementing IT projects. project.
- Knowledge of IT project methodologies.
- Skill in planning, coordinating, leading, managing, and evaluating projects under program portfolio.
- Knowledge of acquisition regulations, strategies, policies and processes pertaining to IT project management strategies.
- Ability to maintain working business relationships with stakeholders.
- Skill in managing the delivery of solutions to the business both strategically and tactically.
- Knowledge of IT cloud technology.
If you are eligible under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan or GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP), you will receive priority consideration.
Note: Applications will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. You will be evaluated on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your overall possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities. Your responses to these questions must be supported by your resume. Qualified candidates will be considered in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Direct Hire Guidelines. Veterans' Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Certain selections made under this notice will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees will be given new appointments to the civil service. You may not be considered for the position, if any part of the application is incomplete or missing the required supporting documentation. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or dismissing you if hired. You may preview questions for this vacancy.
Required Documents
ALL required documents must be submitted before the closing date. Review the following list to determine what you need to submit.
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Your resume showing applicant's name, email address, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed.
- If you are ICTAP/CTAP eligible - submit a, b, and c: (a) proof of eligibility including agency notice; (b) SF-50, and (c) most recent performance appraisal.
- Current or Former Political Appointees: Submit SF-50.
How to Apply
Submit a complete online application including any required documents prior to 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement. You can modify or complete your application any time before the deadline. Simply return to USAJOBS, select the vacancy, and update your application. For more detailed instructions on how to apply, click here: Apply for a GSA Job. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the vacancy announcement.
- Sign in or register on USAJobs and select a resume and documents to include in your application.
- Once you have clicked Apply for this position now, you will be taken to the GSA site to complete the application process.
- Click the Apply To This Vacancy and complete all steps in the application process until the Confirmation indicates your application is complete. If you click Return to USAJobs or get timed out prior to receiving confirmation, your application will not be submitted and cannot be considered for this job.
- Note: Review the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section of this announcement to determine which apply to you and must be submitted online. You may choose one or more of the following options to submit your document(s): Upload (from your computer) or USAJOBS (click the "USAJOBS" link to complete the transfer process).
Need Assistance in Applying? Contact the HR representative listed on the announcement prior to the application deadline. We are available to assist you Monday-Friday during normal business hours. You must receive HR approval before deviating from these instructions.
Be sure to APPLY EARLY as most assessments must be completed fully and submitted before the announcement closing.
Next steps
After the closing date/deadline:
- ELIGIBILITY/QUALIFICATIONS: Your application will be reviewed for all requirements.
- REFERRAL TO MANAGEMENT: If you meet all the requirements, you may be referred to management for review and a possible interview.
- SELECTION/TENTATIVE JOB OFFER: If you are selected, you will receive a tentative offer and start the suitability and/or security background investigation process.
- FINAL JOB OFFER: Once our security office determines you can come on board, you will be given a final offer, which is typically 40 days after the announcement closes.
- FINAL COMMUNICATION: Once the position is filled, we will notify you of your status. You may also check your application status by logging into USAJOBS and clicking “Track this Application” on the Applicant Dashboard.
Thank you for your interest in working for U.S. General Services Administration!
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