USA Staffing

Position Title: IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK)
Agency: Army National Guard Units
Announcement Number: NV-12611342-AR-24-150 Opens in new window
Open Period: Friday, November 15, 2024 to Friday, November 14, 2025

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1. All on-board federal employees/technicians within the state for which you are applying (Title 32 and Title 5, Permanent and Excepted Indefinite). Are you a current on-board federal employee or technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Tenure in Block 24 (1, 2,or 3).

A. Yes

B. No

2. All on-board National Guard Title 32 Excepted Technicians within the state for which you are applying (Title 32 Permanent and Excepted Indefinite). Are you a current on-board National Guard Title 32 Excepted Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Tenure in Block 24 (1, 2, or 3).

A. Yes

B. No

3. Current Army M-Day and current Air DSG members within the state for which you are applying. Are you a current Army M-Day or current Air DSG member within the state for which this position is being advertised?

A. Yes

B. No

4. 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?

A. Yes

B. No

5. Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised?

A. Yes

B. No

Dual status military technicians are members of the National Guard, hold the military grades specified for their authorized positions, and wear the uniforms appropriate for the members' grade and component of the armed forces.

1. Are you currently a member of the Nevada Army National Guard?

A. Yes

B. No

2. Are you currently a member of the Nevada Army National Guard in the enlisted military grades of E3-E8

A. Yes

B. No

3. Would you accept a temporary appointment?

A. Yes

B. No

Your responses to this questionnaire, in conjunction with the other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in determining your eligibility to be considered for the position. Choose the response that best represents your education, experience, and training. Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and capability. You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume, transcripts, or application and information provided by your references.

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

1. Do you possess experience, education, and/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?

A. Yes

B. No

2. Do you possess at least 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-09); to include 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?

A. Yes

B. No

Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.

3. Do you possess experience with Squirrel Defender Software; the familiarity with DOD STIGs and regulation for administrating in the DOD Information Network?

A. I have not had education, training, or experience in performing this task.

B. I have had education or training in how to perform this task, but have not yet performed it on the job.

C. I have performed this task on the job. My work on this task was monitored closely by a supervisor or senior employee to ensure compliance with proper procedures.

D. I have performed this task as a regular part of a job. I have performed it independently and normally without review by a supervisor or senior employee.

E. I am considered an expert in performing this task. I have supervised performance of this task or am normally the person who is consulted by other workers to assist or train them in doing this task because of my expertise.

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

4. Do you possess the CCNA and/or CCNP certification?

A. Yes

B. No

Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.

5. Do you possess experience in troubleshooting layers 1, 2, and 3 of the OSI data model; configuration of devices via command line interface; knowledge of Physical vs. Logical topology of networks, IPv4 networking, TCP/IP protocols, virtual local area networks (VLANs), and Access Control Lists (ACLs); understands implementation of IEEE 802.11 protocols utilizing Wireless LAN Controllers?

A. I have not had education, training, or experience in performing this task.

B. I have had education or training in how to perform this task, but have not yet performed it on the job.

C. I have performed this task on the job. My work on this task was monitored closely by a supervisor or senior employee to ensure compliance with proper procedures.

D. I have performed this task as a regular part of a job. I have performed it independently and normally without review by a supervisor or senior employee.

6. Do you possess the knowledge in understanding the Cisco Unified Communications Manager?

A. I have not had education, training, or experience in performing this task.

B. I have had education or training in how to perform this task, but have not yet performed it on the job.

C. I have performed this task on the job. My work on this task was monitored closely by a supervisor or senior employee to ensure compliance with proper procedures.

D. I have performed this task as a regular part of a job. I have performed it independently and normally without review by a supervisor or senior employee.

7. Do you possess the knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory Organizational Units, and the utilization of LDAP, RADIUS, IEEE 802.1x, and TACACS+?

A. I have not had education, training, or experience in performing this task.

B. I have had education or training in how to perform this task, but have not yet performed it on the job.

C. I have performed this task on the job. My work on this task was monitored closely by a supervisor or senior employee to ensure compliance with proper procedures.

D. I have performed this task as a regular part of a job. I have performed it independently and normally without review by a supervisor or senior employee.

8. Do you possess the knowledge of hypervisors, EXSi, VMware, and software that define networking?

A. I have not had education, training, or experience in performing this task.

B. I have had education or training in how to perform this task, but have not yet performed it on the job.

C. I have performed this task on the job. My work on this task was monitored closely by a supervisor or senior employee to ensure compliance with proper procedures.

D. I have performed this task as a regular part of a job. I have performed it independently and normally without review by a supervisor or senior employee.

As previously explained, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the resume and documents you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probationary period, or other disciplinary action, including termination. Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you understand this warning; have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and verified that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.

9. 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 certify that all of my responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate. I 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.

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

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