- Position Title
- Information Technology Specialist (Applications Software)
- Agency
- Treasury, Departmental Offices
- Announcement Number
- 24-DO-846-P Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, July 18, 2024 to Sunday, July 28, 2024
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Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
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Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)? Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
Preferences
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Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government?
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Where did you learn about this Department of the Treasury job opportunity?
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If you were born a male after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, have you registered with the Selective Service System (select "Not applicable" if this question does not apply to you)?
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Are you a current Federal employee?
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If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held.
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Assessment 1
Specialized Experience: For the Band 60 (GS-14 equivalent) You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the Band 53 (GS-13 equivalent) grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) experience in ALL of the following:
* Experience architecting, developing, and deploying Web based applications and data manipulation using PySpark; AND
* Experience integrating systems by creating or consuming web APIs in front-end web development technologies including: HTML5, CSS3, and JS frameworks; AND
* Experience administrating, configuring, operating and maintaining libraries in Anaconda for Python and/or R.
* Experience architecting, developing, and deploying Web based applications and data manipulation using PySpark; AND
* Experience integrating systems by creating or consuming web APIs in front-end web development technologies including: HTML5, CSS3, and JS frameworks; AND
* Experience administrating, configuring, operating and maintaining libraries in Anaconda for Python and/or R.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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For the GS-14, select the answer that best describes your experience.
In addition to meeting specialized experience, applicants must have IT-related proficiency in each of the four competencies listed below:
1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
3. Oral Communication - Expresses 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); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
3. Oral Communication - Expresses 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); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
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Do you have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed above?
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) experience architecting and developing Web based applications in PySpark?
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(Branch) Please indicate where in your resume this experience may be found.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) experience integrating systems by creating or consuming web APIs in front-end web development technologies including: HTML5, CSS3, and JS frameworks?
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(Branch) Please indicate where in your resume this experience may be found.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) experience planning, evaluating, and implementing new application software technologies?
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(Branch) Please indicate where in your resume this experience may be found.
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Do you have hands experience with the following? (select all that apply)
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Select the statement that best describes your experience and expertise implementing and supporting analytics in SPARK using Python (PySpark).
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What is your experience developing code to on board data with schema evolution?
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Of the following, which do you have experience in?
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List the scripting & Programing languages for which you are proficient. Select all that apply.
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Select the statement that best describes your experience and expertise implementing and supporting analytics in SPARK using R (R-Spark).
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Which of the following Python skills have you mastered? Select all that apply.
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Which of the following best describes your experience within the last three years evaluating requirements, analyzing alternatives and recommending solutions?
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Choose the statement that best describes your experience analyzing problems and developing solutions with minimal supervision or guidance.
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Which statement best describes your teamwork experience?
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From the following list, identify all activities you have routinely performed in your employment.
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Which of the below best describes your experience effectively communicating orally providing technical advice, guidance and recommendations to other technical specialists and senior management on critical IT issues?
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A stack trace typically includes which of the following?
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Which of the following strings would be matched by the regular expression "[0-9][0-9]\.csv$"
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On the Linux command line, which of the following tools can be used to inspect the contents of a file?
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Files containing data in which of the following character encodings can be concatenated together safely without any additional character encoding related processing?
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Which of the following are advantages of UTF-8 over UTF-16?
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Which SQL statement would return only the most frequently occurring value of the lastname column from a table named "people":
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Which data structure would best meet the needs of storing customer information indexed by customer phone number to ensure quick lookups?
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How could you convert a gzip file to a zip file if the uncompressed contents are too large to fit on disk?
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In Linux, program error messages are by convention sent to which file descriptor?
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What exit code typically indicates a program encountered errors or failed?
You will now be asked to complete the second assessment comprised of two narrative responses. The following question will be reviewed and assessed by a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to determine your level of proficiency. There is a 10,000 character limit on each response. Please allow sufficient time to complete before midnight on the close date of the announcement. The narrative responses are expected to take one hour, at a minimum. Non-detailed answers such as N/A, See Resume, etc. will be deemed ineligible.
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