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Position Title
IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (TITLE 32)
Agency
Air National Guard Units
Announcement Number
IL-11717668-AF-22-417 Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 to Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Eligibilities
1. US Citizens.  Are you a US Citizen? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised? (limit characters)
3. Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
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4. Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
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Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
Conditions of Employment
This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions. (limit characters)
1. I have a valid, current state driver's license or I am able and willing to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license. (limit characters)
2. This position requires membership in the IL Air National Guard (IL ANG). If you are not willing or are ineligible to join the IL ANG, please do not apply to this announcement. If selected, you MUST be or become a member of the Selected IL ANG.
Do you possess an IL ANG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ANG?
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3. Please type your current RANK, AFSC/MOS, and UNIT in the space provided below.
 
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
 
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
 
Civilians should type "N/A".
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Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Do you possess experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process; experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems? (limit characters)
2. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Do you possess specialized experience for the GS-09 Level which includes at least 24 months experience, education, or training 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? (limit characters)
3. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Do you possess specialized experience for the GS-11 Level which includes at least 36 months experience, education, or training 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? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
4. Design and engineer data and voice networks carried over various transmission, router-to-router connections utilizing military and commercial protocols, circuit configurations through military and commercial multiplexers.
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5. Plan and design Wide Area Networks (WANs) IAW accepted Information Technology (IT) security policies using automated network planning tools. (limit characters)
6. Identify and correct network and transmission deficiencies in operational networks. (limit characters)
7. Provide network services relating agency requirements to existing technology, policies, priorities, systems capabilities, technology and services, operating practices and procedures, terms/conditions of systems and service contracts, equipment and staffing requirements, costs and funding, and other supporting services required. (limit characters)
8. Determine requirements and request resources from different agencies to support contingency and/or training networks coordinating with the using agencies on Internet Protocol (IP) addressing, area codes, and telephone numbering. (limit characters)
9. Create and disseminate Virtual Private Network Requests and other formal requests. (limit characters)
10. Determine operational, technical, and support requirements for the location, installation, operation, and maintenance of network equipment and systems conducting operational tests and evaluations of designed networks to optimize capabilities. (limit characters)
11. Create and adapt guides and controls for network, system, or total communications programs in support of daily operations, training exercises, and deployments. (limit characters)
12. Ensure local Functional System Administrators, Client Support Administrators, and users comply with security procedures serving as the central focal point for all system vulnerability alerts and making corrections as needed. (limit characters)
13. Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position. (limit characters)