IT Specialist (Automation Architect), CG-2210-13/14 Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. 2024-LEGAL-DB726 Department Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Salary $129,903.00 to $250,360.00 Grade 13 to 14
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 9/10/2024 Close Date 9/23/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Washington, DC


Job Description (Please follow all instructions carefully)

Summary

This position is located in the Corporate Operations Branch, Corporate & Legal Operations Section, Legal Information Technology Unit in the Legal Division and is responsible for providing comprehensive cost effective information technology services.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all United States Citizens. Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under FDIC merit promotion announcement 2024-LEGAL-B726. However, if you desire consideration also under this public non-status announcement, you must apply to both. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.

Duties

  • Plans, execute, and coordinates a range of project management Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities for complex systems development, enhancement and maintenance projects.
  • Identifies business processes that can benefit from automation. Recommends appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership.
  • Advises the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem solving methods and techniques, provide advice on work methods, actionable events, practices and procedures, and assists the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.
  • Develops, implements and maintains quality automation strategies, prototypes, and solutions to streamline tasks that are efficient, supportable and consistent.
  • Develops and maintains scalable Legal business-led developed tools and applications; develops and generates management reports, data visualizations, and other solutions by leveraging FDIC enterprise technology such as Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, ServiceNow and SharePoint to develop FDIC ad-hoc reports, automate workflows and manage information.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Background Investigation (BI) required

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Registration with the Selective Service.

Employment Conditions.

Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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.  Additional qualifications information can be found here.
To qualify at the CG-13 level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the grade 12 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience executing and delivering IT solutions with project management methodologies such as Agile, SCRUM, or Waterfall, including execution of technical tasks related to the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and management of IT systems or applications; developing, implementing and maintaining automation strategies, prototypes, and solutions to streamline tasks; and experience with Microsoft software development technologies including MS Power Apps to deliver web applications. 

To qualify at the CG-14 level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the grade 13 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience executing and delivering IT solutions with project management methodologies such as Agile, SCRUM, or Waterfall, including execution of technical tasks related to the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and management of IT systems or applications; developing, implementing and maintaining automation strategies, prototypes, and solutions to streamline tasks; and experience with Microsoft software development technologies including .NET or MS Power Platform solutions including power apps, power BI and Power Automate and Tableau to deliver web applications.

Applicant must have Information Technology (IT)-related experience which demonstrates proficiency in each of the following competencies:

  • Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 80 or higher in the online assessment to be determined “well qualified” for this position. For more information, click here

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office two days per week.
If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.
To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

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.

In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.

To find out more, click here

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.

Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.

If you are found qualified, you will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

  • Skill in IT project management principles, methods, and practices such as Agile, SCRUM, PMP, and Waterfall and SDLC methodologies, framework and tools.
  • Knowledge of legal technologies and processes including: legal matter systems, legal invoice review systems, practice management, case management software, eDiscovery systems, document management systems, business intelligence and other analytical tools.
  • Skill in business process improvement workflows, evaluation of processes, business process modeling, and tools used to model, build, test and implement IT business process improvement solutions
  • Knowledge of new and emerging Legal IT automation technologies or trends.
  • Ability to solve problems and identify unique and cost-effective approaches to solutions and implementations.
  • Ability to use automation technologies to speed work accomplishment and enhance quality of work.
  • Ability to use a wide variety of available technologies to speed work accomplishment and enhance quality of work.
  • Skill in developing business automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform Suite products such as Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.
  • Knowledge in using technologies with ASP, .NET and Tableau.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs. 


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Required Documents

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status.  Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE:  If you are claiming veterans’ preference, click here.  (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty – or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans’ preference eligibility.)

INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ICTAP): If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for consideration under the ICTAP, you must submit proof of eligibility. For more information, click here

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

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Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.

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You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.

Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.

Agency contact information

Kaitlin McGrath
Phone
781-794-5777
TDD
1-800-925-4618
Fax
000-000-0000
Email
kmcgrath@fdic.gov
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC Human Resources Branch
3501 Fairfax Drive
HRB (PA-1730-5007)
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States
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Next steps

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