It Specialist; Sysadmin

Overview

Position: IT Specialist (Sysadmin)

Location:

San Antonio, TX

Direct Hire Solicitation. Salary: $75,025 to $97,528 per year (GS-11).

Telework:
No. Travel:
Occasional up to 5%.

Permanent full‑time position.

• Serves as the Installation Agency IT End‑User Specialist responsible for Desktop Technologies planning, coordination, modification, implementation, operations, maintenance, support, and troubleshooting to support DHA customer needs.
• Plans and schedules the installation agency of new or modified hardware, operating systems, and software applications.
• Administers accounts, user rights, and access to systems and equipment.
• Maintains systems configuration and resolves hardware/software integration and interoperability problems.
• Develops, coordinates, and implements plans for the recovery of system data in the event of hardware or software failure.
• Develops guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOPs), bulletins and flyers concerning the operation/use of end‑user IT systems, services, and activities.
• Analyzes planned logic and workflow through the computer and related equipment and develops planned approaches or revisions as necessary.
• Represents the organization at meetings and seminars designed to arrive at solutions to laptop, desktop, and associated system problems and to provide knowledge and information concerning state‑of‑the‑art techniques, software, and hardware.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination through a completed background investigation.
• This is a cyberspace Workforce position. Certification requirements may be found in DODM 8140.03 (Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program). Security will need to be obtained within six months of employment.
• Approximately 5% travel may be required. Travel may involve local, remote, and/or overnight stays.
• Requires ability to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance for the duration of employment. Background investigation and credit check are required.

Who may apply: U.S. Citizens.

Education and experience requirements:

• One year of specialized experience that includes installing hardware and/or software systems, implementing security policies, and assisting with resolving IT equipment and/or software interoperability problems (typical of GS‑09).
• Experience must demonstrate the four competencies:

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management; or three full years of graduate education that include at least 24 semester hours in the above fields.
• Foreign education credentials must be evaluated by a private organization and deemed equivalent to U.S. education.

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre‑Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Proof of U.S. citizenship is required.
• One‑year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions from the Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or local market supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized.

Federal government of the United States.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the federal government, uphold the ideals of the American republic, and adhere to the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.