Information Technology Specialist (Systems Analysis)

• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify, define, and document business needs and objectives, current operational procedures, problems, input and output requirements, and levels of systems access.

• Analyzing project requirements to determine scope, affected teams, and milestones.

• Reviewing, validating and preparing functional requirements/design/system description documentation packages, and modification requests.

• Translating requirements into clear functional specifications.

• Collaborating with project managers to develop and maintain project plans, work breakdown structure, project schedule, supporting plans, and other documentation required for successful project completion.

• Utilizing Agile/Agile Kanban methodologies to develop formal project documentation.

• Developing wireframes to visually depict the layout/flow of business requirements.

• Liaising between end-users, analysts, consultants and developers in the analysis, design, configuration, testing and maintenance of enterprise systems with a goal of optimal operational performance.

• Briefing management and stakeholders on the status of current and upcoming projects.

• Tracking and fully documenting changes for functional and business specifications; writing universally understood procedures for permanent records.

• Ensuring test plans are prepared and executed to ensure systems are not adversely impacted.

• Testing new and existing functionality; performing integration testing of pre-release versions of applications, develops use cases and test cases, and working with developers/engineers and analysts to resolve problems.

• All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.

• Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.

• All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.

• New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

• All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.

• You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.

• If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Education

This position does not require education to qualify.

Additional information

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

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.

For this job announcement the following documents and/or information are required:

• Resume - Any written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications.
• Citizenship - Include country of citizenship on resume.
• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) - All applicants outside of the AO must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 to verify current or former Federal employment status.
• Veterans Preference documentation - Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), if applicable Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (SF-15) and an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying to the veteran's present receipt of compensation.