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Position Title: IT SPECIALIST (DATAMGT)(T32)
Agency: Army National Guard Units
Announcement Number: AL-12694671-AR-25-036 Opens in new window
Open Period: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 to Wednesday, March 19, 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

All current (nationwide) federal employees. Are you a current federal employee?

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 or 2).

A. Yes

B. No

4. 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.

A. Yes

B. No

5. 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.

A. Yes

B. No

6. National Guard- All On-Board In-State National Guard Title 5 Excepted Employees (NG T5 Perm Empl).

A. Yes

B. No

Please answer the following multiple choice questions below to the best of your knowledge.

1. Are you currently a full-time technician in the Alabama Army National Guard?

A. Yes, I am currently a full-time technician in the Alabama Army National Guard.

B. No, I am currently a temporary technician or Drill Status in the Alabama Army National Guard.

C. I am not currently in the Alabama Army National Guard.

2. Do you currently possess the required rank for this position? (Please see job announcement for the minimum and maximum ranks listed for this position.)

A. Yes, I am currently within the required ranks for this position.

B. No, I am not currently within the required ranks for this position.

C. I am not currently in the Alabama Army National Guard.

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

3. Do you currently possess: 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 AND 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

4. This position requires at least 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in each of the following tasks: In addition to the OPM IORs (Alternative A) specialized experience examples, specialized experience includes 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. Do you currently possess the required experience for this position?

A. Yes

B. No

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

Knowledge of a wide range of standards, principles, concepts, methods, policies, system testing principles and methods, and authorized system approaches pertinent to database management.

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.

Skill in analyzing organization's data needs to identify, develop and implement a database management system that provides the most effective support for the organization.

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.

Knowledge of IT resources and infrastructure including automated systems, IT equipment and software, system technology, provisions and requirements of a variety of standardized administrative and technical database systems. Applies this knowledge in serving as the technical expert concerning the application, implementation, and maintenance of the organizations automated database system and the resolution of associated system problems.

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.

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