IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH) TITLE 32 Job in Springfield, IL

Vacancy No. IL-12744830-AF-25-027 Department Air National Guard Units
Salary $67,867.00 to $96,887.00 Grade 9 to 11
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 6/9/2025 Close Date 6/8/2026
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Springfield, IL


Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH) TITLE 32, Position Description Number D2358000 and is part of the IL 183 WG, National Guard.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

This is an open continuous announcement. Initial cutoff will be 9 JULY 2025. Recruitment will continue through the announcement closing date until the position is filled.

Duties

As a IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH) TITLE 32, GS-2210-9/11, you will provide highly technical expertise to a wide variety of customers to ensure enterprise-level IT solutions are developed and implemented in line with customers' strategic goals. This position requires knowledge and conceptual understanding of existing and theoretical enterprise architectures with the expertise and highly developed communication skills to bridge the gap of understanding when communicating technical solutions to customers at various levels of leadership. Specific responsibilities include translating customer requests for capabilities into IT requirements, conceptual planning, integrating technology sources Government Off The Shelf, Commercial Off The Shelf (GOTS/COTS) into high performing, fully integrated IT enterprise solutions.

Major Duties - This is NOT an all-inclusive list:

  • Generate technical solutions and detailed cost requirements to assist in base funding procedures.
  • Develop detailed design specifications.
  • Research, interpret and apply appropriate technical and policy guidance for each assigned project.
  • Perform administrative support for function personnel including requesting special orders, making travel arrangements and assembling data to support engineering efforts.
  • Provide IT engineering and installation services to DoD, MAJCOM, NGB and base level customers.
  • Perform mission review with customers.
  • Direct activities for installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling, deploying, and modifying cyberspace systems and equipment platforms and evaluates facilities layout and performance standards.
  • Ensure personnel are trained, equipped, and available to perform the assigned mission.
  • Manage and direct engineering and installations training and operations in garrison and at deployed locations by performing duties to develop, sustain, and enhance network and electromagnetic capabilities to defend national interests from attack.
  • Perform IT architectural design and engineering work for complete IT systems, downward directed programs/systems, Internet Protocol (IP)-based systems and circuits, one-of-a-kind systems, routine upgrades, and system enhancements.
  • Analyze capabilities and performance, identifies problems, and directs corrective actions to provide seamless integration, proper configuration, operation, defense, restoration, and improvements.
  • Configure, install, maintain, reconstitute, remove, relocate, overhaul, and modify IP-based systems, circuits, and intrusion detection systems, physical and wireless Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), ground radio, satellite, and telemetry communications, command and control, weather, ground aircraft control and warning radar systems, air traffic control radio, meteorological and navigational aid systems, and airfield systems and other equipment platforms.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • IAW The Fair Chance Act,?Agency employees may not request criminal history information at the point of initial application, upon receipt of an application, or prior to, during or after a job interview.? If an Optional Form (OF) 306, Declaration of Employment is submitted prior to the point of a conditional offer, questions related to background information section may not be asked.
  • This is an excepted service position that requires membership in the Illinois National Guard and in the military grade listed in the announcement. This is required prior to the effective date of placement. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
  • Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
  • Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
  • Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
  • May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
  • This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
  • Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
  • Information Assurance Certification is a condition of employment. This position includes information assurance (IA) work as a paramount duty requirement. Per DoD 8570.01-M, the incumbent of this position must achieve the appropriate IA certification within six months of assignment of these duties. A waiver of this six month requirement may be granted per DoD 8570.01-M, C3.2.4.2 or C3.2.4.3. Failure to receive the proper IA certification may result in removal from this position.
  • Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
  • Recruitment and relocation incentives may be available for this position.

Qualifications

AREA OF CONSIDERATION: The areas of consideration for this position, Title 32 Excepted Service (32 U.S. Code § 709), will be in the following manner and sequence:

  • The FIRST area of consideration for this position will be all excepted permanent and indefinite temporary technicians within the ILNG.

  • The SECOND area of consideration will be all current Federal Employees.

  • The THIRD area of consideration will be all Federal re-employment eligible.

  • The FOURTH area of consideration will be applicants willing to become T32 Dual Status Technicians and gain ILNG membership.

  • The FIFTH area of consideration will U.S. Citizens.



Military Grades: Minimum rank of SSgt, maximum rank of MSgt.


SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-11 Level - MUST possess the experience, education, which includes 12 months at the lower-level GS-09, that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization; experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls; experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment; experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion. GS-09 Level - MUST possess the experience, education, or training for the GS-09 Level, receiving, maintaining, and issuing data storage media for computer operations; experience in scheduling the use of computer time for program processing; experience collecting and sequentially staging input media with associated program instructions for processing; experience in at least one programming language; translating detailed logical steps developed by others into language codes that computers accept where this required understanding of procedures and limitations appropriate to use of a programming language; experience interviewing subject-matter personnel to get facts regarding work processes and synthesizing the resulting data into charts showing information flow; experience in analysis of the interrelationship of pertinent components of the system; experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment; experience scheduling the sequence of programs to be processed by computers where alternatives had to be weighed with a view to production efficiency.

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.

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Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted for this occupational series and grade.

Additional information

  • If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).

Benefits

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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.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

  • Attention to Detail
  • Information Technology Customer Support
  • Oral Communication
  • Technical Problem Solving

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Your resume that clearly demonstrates experience that meets the requirements of this position. Your resume must contain identifiable information such as your name, address, and phone number.? It should also show your work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

  • If you are currently an onboard ILNG technician, then you MUST include your most recent SF-50.

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Other supporting documents (as applicable):

  • Certifications

  • DD-214

  • NGIL Form 73

  • Official Transcript (Copy) - Required if using for substitution of experience.

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https://www.il.ngb.army.mil/Portals/30/Documents/Jobs/NGILForm73.pdf?ver=2019-05-01-161908-260

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*NGIL Form 73 - Illinois National Guard Technician Program Supplement to Application for Dual Status (DS), to reflect military qualifications.

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Complete and accurate data is essential to ensure fair evaluation. Applicants with no military qualifications must submit form stating "not applicable" and signature on page 2 of the NGIL Form 73.

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Documents NOT accepted: photographs, copies of position descriptions, training certificates, performance ratings, awards, and letters of appreciation.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupational Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12744830

A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.

To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.

Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.

You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.


To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.

Agency contact information

Jakob Little
Address
IL 183 WG
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
Springfield, IL 62707-5000
US

Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.


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