Information Technology Specialist

This position is located in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate would have extensive experience working on an agile IT Program in the Federal Government with an understanding of the processes and requirements for ensuring that the program is compliant and able to maintain compliance by maintaining and updating technology.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as an Information Technology Specialist. The primary purpose of this position is to perform work that utilizes expert knowledge of advanced IT principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices sufficient to lead multifunctional development projects in software analysis, design, development, and implementation for new system or major enhancements to existing systems. This work requires a thorough understanding of application software design concepts and methods, interrelationships between IT disciplines, the IT infrastructure, and project management principles and methods. The incumbent must be knowledgeable of new software design technologies in order to review the impact of new systems design policies on the system design process; and the have the ability to assess the feasibility of adopting new software design technologies within the current systems environment and lead implementation activities throughout FEMA.Typical assignments include: Provide expert guidance on IT projects for subordinate staff. Ensure FEMA policies and standards are followed during development. Lead design reviews of applications. Support the collection and analysis of data on the effectiveness of acquisition programs. Apply applications software design concepts and methods to lead applications development. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for a Secret Clearance as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below. Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. Selective Service registration required. Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.