USA Staffing

Position Title: IT Specialist (APPSW) (Modern Developer)
Agency: Social Security Administration
Announcement Number: SH12470808 Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, July 15, 2024 to Friday, July 19, 2024

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1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?

A. No, I do not claim Veterans' Preference

B. 0-point Sole Survivorship Preference (SSP)

C. 5-point preference based on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces (TP)

D. 10-point preference for non-compensable disability or Purple Heart (XP)

E. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of at least 10% but less than 30% (CP)

F. 10 point preference based on widow/widower or parent of a deceased veteran, or spouse or parent of a disabled veteran (XP)

G. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of 30% or more (CPS)

2. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? Select yes if you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; your permanent grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy; AND your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. (Note: You must submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. Please review the Required Documents section of the announcement for more information.)

A. Yes

B. No

3. Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces?

-OR-

Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired with a disability rating at the time of retirement of 100 percent or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired or separated from the Armed Forces and has a disability rating of 100 percent from the Department of Veterans Affairs?

-OR-

Are you the un-remarried widow or widower of a member of the Armed Forces killed while in active duty status?

For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources..

A. Yes

B. No

4. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? Select yes if you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; your permanent grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy; AND your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. (Note: You must submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of ICTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. Please review the Required Documents section of the announcement for more information.)

A. Yes

B. No

1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.

A. Woodlawn, MD

B. Durham, NC

Please answer Yes or No for each of the following areas that describe your experience and/or training in that task. Applicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies below. You may be asked to provide evidence of supporting documentation that you have had this type of experience. Your responses are subject to verification against the information you provide.

1. I am thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

A. Yes

B. No

2. I work with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; know about available products and services; and am committed to providing quality products and services.

A. Yes

B. No

3. I express information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); make clear and convincing oral presentations; listen to others, attend to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

A. Yes

B. No

4. I identify problems; determine accuracy and relevance of information; use sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

A. Yes

B. No

5. Do you have 52 weeks of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level (or above) in the federal service that is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position? Such IT-related experience must include developing applications to support large scale applications that interface with relational databases or APIs using at least one of the following development languages: Angular, Java, WebFocus, Node.js, .Net, XSLT, PEGA, COBOL, JavaScript, SQL, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, Hadoop or ORM frameworks such as OpenJPA, Toplink, JPA or Hibernate.

A. Yes

B. No

6. Select if you have 52 weeks (1 year) of experience at the GS-11 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled. You may select more than one response.

Please answer yes or no to the statements below. Note: Submission of this electronic questionnaire is certification that all responses are true to the best of your knowledge. Materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations are subject to disciplinary action.

7. Do you have experience developing software using Agile methodologies?

A. Yes

B. No

8. Do you have experience troubleshooting and debugging software application code?

A. Yes

B. No

9. Do you have experience preparing technical documentation, including software design evaluation plans, test results, or technical manuals?

A. Yes

B. No

10. Do you have experience collaborating with project team, defining scope, communicating objectives, submitting deliverables on-time?

A. Yes

B. No

11. Do you have experience writing Web Services utilizing Service Oriented Architecture (i.e., WSDL, WS schema, DataPower)?

A. Yes

B. No

12. Do you have experience using Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP, Representational State Transfer (REST), and Extensible Markup Language (XML) to develop complex, asynchronous, cross-platform communication software?

A. Yes

B. No

13. Do you have experience deploying Spring Boot web services?

A. Yes

B. No

14. Do you have experience using JWT/OAUTH to secure Web Services?

A. Yes

B. No

15. Do you have experience developing Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) applications using relational databases including using SQL, DB2 JDBC, and Java Persistence API (JPA)?

A. Yes

B. No

16. Do you have experience using ORM frameworks (i.e., OpenJPA, Toplink, JPA or Hibernate) to interact with relational databases?

A. Yes

B. No

17. Do you have experience writing SQL and tuning database queries?

A. Yes

B. No

18. Do you have experience utilizing Model View Controller (MVC) frameworks such as AngularJS, Struts or Spring to develop applications?

A. Yes

B. No

19. Do you have experience designing, developing, building, deploying and maintaining enterprise level, cross platform software using the following technologies: Java, JavaScript or ECMAS script?

A. Yes

B. No

20. Do you have experience using Model View Controller (MVC) frameworks such as Apache Struts, AngularJS or Spring?

A. Yes

B. No

21. Do you have experience developing, submitting, and supporting mobile applications in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

A. Yes

B. No

22. Do you have experience developing enterprise applications for Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

A. Yes

B. No

23. Do you have experience creating and executing unit tests and integration tests?

A. Yes

B. No

24. Do you have experience creating/running performance load tests?

A. Yes

B. No

25. Do you have experience using application logs and production performance monitoring?

A. Yes

B. No

26. I acknowledge that I have thoroughly read each question and answered all honestly and to the best of my ability.

A. Yes

B. No

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