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Position Title
IT SPECIALIST (CUSTSPT) (TITLE 32)
Agency
Air National Guard Units
Announcement Number
FL-12716746-AF-T32-25-411 Opens in new window
Open Period
Thursday, June 5, 2025 to Friday, June 20, 2025
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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
Read the options below carefully and choose the one that best applies. (limit characters)
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
2. Are you a current member of the state National Guard for which this position is being advertised, or are you willing and eligible to become a member? (limit characters)
3. In the event that you are not found to be NOT qualified, do you consent to the release of your name to the labor organization? (limit characters)
4. While serving as a federal employee, have you ever been terminated for cause or resigned after being notified that you would be terminated/separated? (limit characters)
5. This position is in the Excepted Federal Civil Service "under the authority of 32 U.S.C. 709", and is open to all individuals who qualify for membership in the Florida National Guard and are willing to become T32 Dual Status military technicians. If not already a member, are you eligible and wiling to become a member of the FL National Guard if selected?

Please check with a military recruiter if unsure about guard membership eligibility.
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6. Are you currently receiving Federal Military retirement pay? If you are retired military or planning on retirement within the next year, you will not be eligible to join the Florida Army or Air National Guard.
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7. This position is only open to Enlisted members in the grade of E4-E6. Are you CURRENTLY Enlisted in the grade of E4-E6?

If prior service, you must be able to come in at the listed rank-please verify with a military recruiter if unsure.
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8. Have you completed basic training in at least one branch of the military? (limit characters)
9. Have you ever had a security clearance suspended/revoked? (limit characters)
10. Please ensure to indicate your most current military information on the provided text box.
1. Rank (If Civilian Type : Civilian)
2. Duty Army MOS or Air AFSC
3. Unit of assignment
4. Branch of service
5. Current state
6. DoD- Email
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Assessment 1
For each of the following tasks, chose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Darken the oval corresponding to that statement. Please select only one letter for each item. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Do you have 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? (limit characters)
2. GS09. Do you have at least one year of specialized experiences at the GS-07 level or the equivalent which provides knowledge and/or experience, education, or training receiving, maintaining, and issuing data storage media for computer operations; experience in scheduling the use of computer time for program processing; experience collecting and sequentially staging input media with associated program instructions for processing; experience in at least one programming language; experience with detailed logical steps developed by others into language codes that computers accept where this required understanding of procedures and limitations appropriate to use of a programming language; experience interviewing subject-matter personnel to get facts regarding work processes and synthesizing the resulting data into charts showing information flow; experience 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? (limit characters)
3. GS11. Do you have at least one year of specialized experiences at the GS-10 level or the equivalent which provides knowledge and/or 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? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
4. Knowledge of applying analysis concepts to IT network systems and independent IT platforms, integration methods, performance tuning methods, test and evaluationmethods and procedures, IT security principles and methods plus, project management principles and methods sufficient to plan and coordinate the installation of new products or equipment. (limit characters)
5. Ability to analyze, apply methods and practices for recovering, adjusting and modifying IT systems to solve complex problems, while improving customer support practices, that minimizes interruptions in service. (limit characters)
6. Knowledge of network operations, security methods, and network architecture optimization techniques; the capabilities and limitations of the IT systems, infrastructure and software configuration in order to manage the tenant network, carry out network and/or independent platform projects and coordinate efforts with others affected in the organization. (limit characters)
7. Knowledge of systems development, modification, testing, installation, operations, and support concepts as well as the organization's network and infrastructure architecture and protocols to provide support related to: test, evaluation, installation, configuration and modification of hardware and software for operating systems, network platform, and interface connectivity. (limit characters)
8. Knowledge of the interrelationship of multiple IT systems, utilizing methods, principles, and practices covering restoral from complex computer and infrastructure system failures, recovery of systems, adjusting, modifying, and improving systems to include hardware and software components. (limit characters)
9. Knowledge of methods and practices involved in the integration of system components sufficient to optimize system performance. (limit characters)
10. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and maintain effective relationships. (limit characters)