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Position Title: Information Technology Specialist (SYSANALYSIS/APPSW) 12 month Register
Agency: Internal Revenue Service
Announcement Number: 23-11846185M-ITB-2210-05 Opens in new window
Open Period: Thursday, February 16, 2023 to Thursday, February 15, 2024

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Eligibilities

1. IRS CTAP Candidate - Are you a current displaced or surplus IRS employee and:

you are located either within or outside the local commuting area of this vacancy, AND
your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of this vacancy, AND
your position has the same or higher promotion potential of this vacancy, AND
your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent?

If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Certificate of Expected Separation (CES) AND a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal AND a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

For more information, review Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP).

A. Yes

B. No

2. Treasury CTAP Candidate - Are you a current displaced or surplus Department of Treasury (non-IRS) employee and:

you are located within the same local commuting area of this vacancy, AND
your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of this vacancy, AND
your position has the same or higher promotion potential of this vacancy, AND
your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent?

If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Certificate of Expected Separation (CES) AND a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal AND a copy of your latest SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

For more information, review Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP).

A. Yes

B. No

3. IRS Internal Candidate - Are you a current career or career-conditional, Competitive Service Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee? You can view a copy of your most recent SF-50 to determine if you are Competitive Service. (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should be a "1" or "2".)

If you indicate "Yes" for this question, submit a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal.

A. Yes

B. No

4. IRS RPP Candidate - Are you a current IRS employee who has received a Reassignment Preference Program (RPP) notice and:

you are located either within or outside the local commuting area of this vacancy, AND
your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of this vacancy, AND
your position has the same or higher promotion potential and the same work schedule (e.g., permanent, seasonal, etc.) of this vacancy, AND
your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent?

If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of RPP eligibility such as a RPP notice AND a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal AND a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

For more information, review IRS Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) 6.330.1.

A. Yes

B. No

Assessment 1

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must meet the qualification requirements outlined below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION GS-05: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must meet the following requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. IT related experience for this position includes: Basic knowledge of IT processing functions to understand the stages to automate a work process. Experience must have also included work with clients and customers to assess and/or address their needs and provide information or assistance relative to the products or services; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; and identify and resolve problems, determine relevant information, demonstrate using sound judgment, and making recommendations. 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.

OR

EDUCATION: A bachelor's degree or equivalent degree at an accredited college or university in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management OR bachelor's degree in one or more of the fields identified above that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks.

COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION At least one (1) year of combined graduate education and experience as defined in paragraphs above.

Thank you for your interest in applying for this position. Your responses to the following questions supplement the information provided in your resume.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

1. Do you have experience leading teams that design and develop agency-wide applications; reviewing and approving technical requirements for projects; developing project plans; providing technical guidance to team members; serving as primary liaison between customers and vendors and IT management throughout the development process?

A. Yes

B. No

2. Do you have experience planning and coordinating agency wide implementation of process improvement methods and concepts to improve the quality of software products; serving as the principal advocate within the agency for the application of process improvement concepts and practices; consulting with senior specialists and IT managers throughout the agency in the implementation of process improvement practices?

A. Yes

B. No

3. What is your experience providing assistance to co-workers?

A. Assisted in the development of training materials or job aids.

B. Served as an on-the-job training (OJT) coach.

C. Volunteered to assist a co-worker in the completion of their tasks.

D. Served as a mentor and/or -the-job training (OJT) coach.

E. Served as a team or project leader.

F. Developed training materials or job aids

G. None of the above.

4. What types of teams have you lead?

A. Lead a workgroup team.

B. Lead a special project team.

C. Lead a process improvement team.

D. Lead a cross functional team.

E. None of the above.

5. What role have you taken when working on a team?

A. I have taken a leadership role on a team.

B. I have led a team meeting.

C. I have participated as a team member.

D. None of the above.

6. Which do you have experience working with?

A. Using Unisys or IBM mainframe.

B. Procedures for Unisys or Copybooks for IBM.

C. Subprograms.

D. Executive Control Language (ECL) for Unisys or Job Control Language (JCL) for IBM.

E. None of the above.

7. What type of COBOL coding experience do you have?

A. Authored COBOL program.

B. Maintained COBOL program by making significant updates.

C. Maintained COBOL program by making minor changes.

D. No COBOL coding experience but have coded in another language.

E. No COBOL coding experience but have taken a class in COBOL.

F. None of the above.

8. What is your highest level of experience preparing written work-related documents?

A. I have prepared written documents using existing templates or guides.

B. I have updated/revised existing documents.

C. I have composed documents independently.

D. None of the above.

9. Have you ever had to discuss or document an issue for a customer or client?

A. I have participated in meetings with customers or client to determine needs.

B. I have documented customer or client needs.

C. None of the above.

10. What is highest level of experience writing technical documentation, or other documents to support the Application Development Life Cycle)?

A. I have authored a technical document.

B. I have modified an existing technical document.

C. I have prepared documentation for executive committees (for example, position paper, business case).

D. I have written a Function Specification Package (FSP), Program Requirements Package (PRP), Computer Program Book (CPB), or other documents to support the Application Development Life Cycle.

E. I have consolidated multiple technical documents into a single report.

F. None of the above.

11. What is your experience giving formal IT related presentations?

A. I have given a formal IT related presentation to upper management or executive groups.

B. I have given a formal IT related presentation to customers.

C. I have presented technical information tailored to the level of the audience.

D. None of the above.

12. What is your experience providing technical information orally?

A. I have provided technical information to upper-level management.

B. I have provided technical information to first line management.

C. I have provided technical information to customers or client.

D. I have provided technical information to my peers.

E. None of the above.

13. Which of the following have you done when determining the activities required to complete an Information Technology IT task or request?

A. I have analyzed a large work task and broken it up into smaller components to simplify the task.

B. I have independently researched work assignments prior to asking for assistance

C. I have analyzed, defined, and researched requirements to complete the IT task or request.

D. I have determined costing and/or resources necessary to complete an IT task or request.

E. I have created schedules with deliverables and dates to complete an IT task or request.

F. I have interviewed the customer to obtain their business requirements and write a requirements document.

G. I have broken the high-level requirements down to subsets and distributed amongst team members.

H. None of the above.

14. Which of the following have you used for the identification of potential problems?

A. Unit testing.

B. Systems testing.

C. Compatibility testing.

D. Coding walk throughs.

E. Peer review.

F. Participate in a lesson learned meeting.

G. Review change requests for impact on my projects.

H. None of the above.

15. Most of my experience has been:

A. Multiple, complex work assignments and specific deadlines.

B. Two or more similar/related tasks and specific deadlines.

C. One assigned task to complete before receiving another.

D. None of the above.

16. Do you have experience in resolving problems arising from your computer programs?

A. Yes

B. No

17. Which best describes your experience working a customer or client request?

A. I have led the coordination of customer or client requests.

B. I have assisted in the coordination of customer or client requests.

C. I have not participated in the coordination of customer or client requests but have performed other activities related to customer or client requests.

D. None of the above.

18. Have you created or developed a process improvement or new technique that improved the work environment?

A. Yes

B. No

19. I have experience successfully:

A. Provided direction and assistance to team members while completing multiple, complex assignments with competing deadlines.

B. Provided assistance to team members while completing multiple complex assignments with competing deadlines.

C. Completing multiple complex assignments with competing deadlines.

D. None of the above.

20. What roles have you played in a project?

A. Served as a project manager or leader for a project or working group.

B. Served in a leadership role in coordinating several project activities or meetings with various team members or stakeholders.

C. Served as a team leader in a small project or working group.

D. Served as a technical advisor or subject matter expert for a project or working group.

E. None of the above.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

21. To qualify for this position and receive full credit for your relevant experience you must list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. Your resume must support your responses to the questions. Do you understand that failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified determination?

A. Yes

B. No

22. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand 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 cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand 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.

Failure to agree or respond to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for the position. Select the most appropriate response below.

A. Yes, I verify that all of my responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate and accept that if my supporting documentation and/or later steps in the selection process do not support one or more of my responses to the questionnaire that my application may be rated lower and/or I may be removed from further consideration. I understand that any false statements or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for not hiring me or firing me after I begin work. I also understand that false or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).

B. No, I do not accept this agreement and/or I no longer wish to be considered for this position.

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