- Position Title
- IT Specialist (Recent Grad)
- Agency
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Announcement Number
- DE-12012780-23-TW Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, July 17, 2023 to Friday, July 28, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a recent graduate who has, within the previous two years, completed a qualifying Associate's, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, professional, vocational or technical degree or certificate program? Note: Veterans unable to apply within two years of receiving their degree due to military service obligation have up to six years after degree completion to apply.
For more information, reviewUSAJOBS Student and Recent Graduate resources.
To verify your eligibility, you mustsubmit a copy of your transcripts. If you are a veteran, please submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of service which includes character of service.
For more information, reviewUSAJOBS Student and Recent Graduate resources.
To verify your eligibility, you mustsubmit a copy of your transcripts. If you are a veteran, please submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of service which includes character of service.
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in an IT Specialist Pathways Recent Graduate position with the Federal government.
Please respond to the following question regarding the Basic Requirement for the Recent Graduates Program.
1.
Select the response below that most accurately describes your eligibility for the Recent Graduate Program, as described in the vacancy announcement. Note: You MUST provide documentation (e.g., an academic transcript or other documentation showing the date you completed the requirements for a diploma, degree or certificate; applicable veterans' documents; etc.) to support your answer to statements A and B indicated below. FAILURE TO SUBMIT REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT MAY RESULT IN AN INELIGIBILITY RATING.
2.
From the descriptions below, please select the best response that most clearly and accurately describes the experience that demonstrates how you meet the experience requirements for the IT Specialist Pathways Recent Graduate position. Read each response carefully and select only one.
Please respond to the following questions regarding the Minimum Qualifications for the GS-07 & GS-09 IT Specialist Pathways Recent Graduate position.
3.
From the descriptions below, select the response that best describes the experience you have that demonstrates your ability to perform IT Specialist Pathways Recent Graduate GS-2210-07 work. Read each response carefully and select only one.
4.
From the descriptions below, select the response that best describes the experience you have that demonstrates your ability to perform IT Specialist Pathways Recent Graduate GS-2210-09 work. Read each response carefully and select only one.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Follow established criteria to install, configure, and maintain appropriate systems software and common off the shelf products (COTS) and to install updates and temporary fixes to existing programs.
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Determine solutions for problems related to systems software and common off the shelf products (COTS).
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Extract and compile information about problems in order to recommend necessary changes to resolve the problem.
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Perform acceptance tests, integration tests, maintenance diagnostic tests in order to help to analyze system failures as indicated by the different tests.
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Perform work involved in maintaining the functionality and availability of the system, such as maintaining, optimizing, and troubleshooting hardware and software.
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Monitor systems performance using performance-monitoring tools.
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Assist with the configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of hardware and system and COTS software to ensure optimal system performance.
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Evaluate options for hardware within pre-determined specifications as to required capacity, number of units, and compatibility requirements.
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Participate in identifying and writing specifications to meet IT security requirements at the system or network server level.
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Serve as the system or application security resource, providing for various controls including software licensing, virus protection, user access, audit control, monitoring and STIG activities.
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Support a system security awareness program with such elements as security training, bulletins, and briefings to foster an awareness of information resources security.
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Develop routine security procedures to be used by project officers, systems programmers, operations personnel and/or managers.
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Identify relevant information including industry standards and practices in order to provide input to drafts of position papers on IT issues.
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Conduct extensive research and compilation of data from diverse sources.
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Recognize situations or issues that require the attention of a more experienced specialist or are potentially precedent setting.
20.
Review information and apply standard analytical techniques.