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Open to Career/Career Conditional Employees Government-wide, including IRS and Non-IRS employees. Open to Treasury and IRS CTAP; Interagency ICTAP; Former Federal Employees with Reinstatement eligibility; Land & Base Management; Military Spouses; 30% or more disabled Veterans, Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA), Veterans' Recruitment Authority (for grades GS-11 & Below), Other Interchange Agreements, and Individuals with Disabilities Schedule A.

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.

The work of this position requires ensuring the integration of IT programs and services; developing solutions to integration/interoperability issues; designing, developing, and managing IT security systems that meet current and future business requirements, and apply or extend, enhance, or optimize the existing architecture; managing assigned projects; communicating complex technical requirements to non-technical personnel; and preparing and presenting briefings to senior management officials on complex/controversial issues. Such work assignments include leading IT development projects in software analysis, design, development, and implementation for a new system or major enhancement to an existing system. Specific assignment areas include work such as the following assignments:

• Identifying resource requirements and assigning tasks to project members, reporting progress, and ensuring customer and management involvement throughout the software development process.
• Resolving critical issues affecting the configuration of the IT infrastructure and coordinating the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management.
• Drafting project plans for a multifunctional development project in software analysis, design, development, and implementation.
• Identifying and correcting weaknesses in critical performance parameters, and variances in achieving cost, schedule, and performance goals.
• Investigating, evaluating, and selecting tools and methods for improving productivity and software quality throughout the life cycle.

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD94355
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Conditions of employment

• U.S Citizenship - Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Selective Service Registration - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Prior IRS Employment/Tax Check - Must undergo a review of conduct and an income tax verification. To check the status of your tax record go to: (https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript). If you are not in compliance, you will be determined unsuitable for employment with IRS.
• Personal Identity Verification (PIV) - Must provide 2 forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies.
• Fingerprint/Criminal History Check - This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information regarding your rights refer to Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights - FBI, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI, and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov).
• Probationary Period - All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probationary (or trial) period. During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment will be evaluated. You will not automatically convert to permanent status at the end of the probationary (or trial) period. Your supervisor must affirmatively determine that continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certification is made before the probationary (or trial) period ends, your appointment will be terminated. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expectations. Additional guidance and support will be provided during onboarding.

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Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:

BASIC REQUIREMENT
Applicants must have Information Technology related experience demonstrating each of the following four competencies: 1) Attention to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Oral Communication, and 4) Problem Solving.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience GS-14 Level: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Leading or coordinating IT projects, application-related efforts, operational initiatives, or system-related activities that affect multiple users, teams, programs, or business processes. Applying advanced IT principles, concepts, methods, and practices to evaluate requirements; resolve technical issues; guide system, application, or code testing and configuration decisions; and ensure technical documentation and federal cybersecurity, privacy, or regulatory requirements are addressed. Engaging customers, stakeholders, users, product or business owners, and technical teams to define business or technical requirements, communicate technical impacts, and guide delivery of secure, reliable, scalable IT solutions. Evaluating system, service, or application performance, availability, reliability, security controls, usability, and operational effectiveness; identifying risks, issues, defects, or gaps; and leading corrective actions or improvement efforts. Analyzing competing technical approaches and providing authoritative recommendations to management, stakeholders, or IT specialists on the selection, design, configuration, implementation, or improvement of IT solutions with organizational impact.Experience leading teams that design and develop agency-wide applications which included review and approval of technical requirements for projects; developing project plans; providing guidance to team members and serving as primary liaison between customers and vendors and IT management throughout the development process.

• Leading, coordinating, or providing technical direction for the modernization, design, development, integration, testing, deployment, maintenance, or enhancement of enterprise applications and related technology platforms.
• Guiding technical decisions involving APIs, web services, microservices, application integrations, databases, automated testing strategies, CI/CD and DevSecOps practices, containerized or cloud-based architectures, observability, performance monitoring, code quality, vulnerability remediation, and secure software development practices.
• Evaluating, guiding, or supporting the appropriate use of modern software engineering tools, including approved AI-assisted development tools where appropriate, to improve software delivery, documentation, testing, code quality, analysis, or maintainability while ensuring alignment with federal cybersecurity, privacy, accessibility, records management, and organizational policy requirements.
• Advising management and stakeholders on technical strategy, modernization opportunities, risk mitigation, architecture tradeoffs, operational resilience, scalability, and long-term maintainability of agency-wide applications.

AND

MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-5 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks.

AND

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12974770

Rating:
Your application will be evaluated on the competencies of the position to be filled per the IRS Merit Promotion Plan, assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Referral: You may be referred on one or more of the below certificate types based on eligibility.

Competitive Applicants: You will be assigned to one of three quality groups. Each group represents a quality level (i.e., Superior/Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, Qualified). Candidates will be considered in quality group order. If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements and current employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating to receive consideration.

Non-Competitive Applicants: Competitive rating, ranking, preference procedures do not apply. Applicants who are non-competitively eligible and meet the basic qualification requirements may be considered for the position(s) and grade level(s) for which you are determined eligible and qualified.

You may be required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring polices). We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.

The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English. Incomplete or insufficient information may result in a not qualified or ineligible determination. Please view Application Preparation Or How to write a resume for federal job.

1. Resume
… Your resume should include:

• Your name and contact information.
• Relevant work experience - Employer Name, Job Title, Employment dates (start month/year to end month/year or present), number of hours worked per week, and a brief description of duties that clearly demonstrate your qualifications.
• If including federal service, you must provide the pay plan, series, and grade (e.g., GS-0301-09).
• Be limited to two (2) pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages will be removed from consideration. If you update your application, only the most recent resume received will be considered.

… Your resume should not include:

• Photographs, classified or sensitive information, SSN, encrypted/digitally signed documents, or other inappropriate content. Resumes containing prohibited information will be deemed ineligible.
• Do not include embedded links as they will not be opened or considered when determining qualifications.
• Do not include personal information such as age, sex, religion, race, or disability.
• Do not copy the specialized experience from the announcement or position description into your resume, as this is not a demonstration of your experience.

2. Education -

• See the Education Section above for requirements
• High School Diploma (or equivalent) - If you are 16 or 17 years of age, you MUST submit documentation of graduation from high school (or equivalent); OR completion of a formal vocational training program; OR statement from school authorities agreeing with your decision to pursue employment rather than continuing your education.

4. Veterans' Preference (if applicable)

• MUST submit a copy of your DD-214 (Member 4 copy), or other official documentation from a branch of the Armed Forces or the Department of Veterans Affairs showing dates of service and type of discharge.
• If you are serving under active duty, provide certification from the Armed Forces that you will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of certification. The certification must indicate your dates of service, rank and that you will be separated under honorable conditions.
• 10-point preference eligible - Submit an Application for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15, along with the required documentation listed on the back of the form if you are a 10-point preference eligible. For more information on claiming veterans' preference view here.

5. Current and Former Federal Employees Documentation (if applicable) - You MUST submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade and competitive service status (Position Occupied/Block 34 should reflect "1" and Tenure/Block 24 should reflect "1" or "2"). Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement, block 34 may contain a "1" or "2". Note: If applying for a higher grade, it is recommended that you provide an SF-50(s) or equivalent which clearly demonstrates you meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirement (e.g., Promotion with an effective date more than one (1) year old, Within-Grade-Increase at the highest grade held). Failure to provide an SF50 showing time-in-grade may result in an ineligible determination.

6. Veterans Employment Act (VEOA) of 1998 (if applicable) - You MUST submit a copy of your DD-214 (Member 4 copy), or other official documentation from a branch of the Armed Forces or the Department of Veterans Affairs showing dates of service and type of discharge. If you are serving under active duty, provide certification from the Armed Forces that you will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of certification. The certification must indicate your dates of service, rank and that you will be separated under honorable conditions. 10-point preference eligible - Submit an Application for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15, along with the required documentation listed on the back of the form if you are a 10-point preference eligible. For more information on claiming veterans' preference view here.

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