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Position Title
ITSPEC (NETWORK)
Agency
Air National Guard Units
Announcement Number
NY-12109482-AF-23-574 Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, September 8, 2023 to Monday, October 9, 2023
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Eligibilities
1. Current nationwide military/prior members willing and eligible to become National Guard members.  Are you a current military or prior member willing and eligible to become a National Guard member? (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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5. Are you a current Temporary 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 Temporary 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)
Miscellaneous
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. If you do not have an answer, please type in NA.
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1. What is your current Air Force Specialty Code or Military Occupational Specialty Code? (limit characters)
2. What is your current unit of assignment and location?
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3. What is your current military rank?
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4. Are you currently an Officer, Warrant Officer, Enlisted Member, or a Civilian (Non-Dual Status)?
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5. Retirement Date, if applicable. (limit characters)
6. Have you retired, or are you preparing to retire, from military service? (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the ITSPEC (NETWORK), GS-2210-9/11, position at our Agency. We will evaluate your resume and your responses to this Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this questionnaire. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Do you meet the following General Experience requirement(s)?

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.
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2. Do you meet the following Specialized Experience requirement(s) for GS-09?

Must have 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.
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3. Do you meet the following Specialized Experience requirement(s) for GS-11?

Must have 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.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
4. Do you have experience providing guidance and direction pertaining to AOC communications equipment/systems and the operating characteristics of communications equipment, services, and systems? (limit characters)
5. Do you have experience planning and designing Wide Area Networks (WANs) consisting of Commercial Off the Shelf(COTS) and Military Specification (MILSPEC) components to operate IAW accepted Information Technology (IT) security policies using automated network planning tools? (limit characters)
6. Do you have experience developing plans for employment of communications systems to support in-garrison and deployed operations? (limit characters)
7. Do you have experience designing and engineering data and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as cable systems, fiber optic as well as copper? (limit characters)
8. Do you have experience utilizing a broad knowledge of IT concepts, principles, methods and practices to (a)provide network services that support a requesting agency's requirements; (b) relate 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; and (c) identify, direct, and coordinate the actions required to provide needed services? (limit characters)
9. Do you have experience determining requirements and requests resources from different agencies to support contingency and/or training networks? (limit characters)
10. Do you have experience identifying and correcting network and transmission deficiencies in planned or currently operational networks? (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
11. 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 that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application or 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 eligibility 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.
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