Summary
IT Specialist positions are being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's delegated Direct Hire Authority, open to all U.S. citizens. Selections made under this bulletin will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service. Under the provisions of the Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Preference and the "Rule of Many" do not apply.
Duties
This announcement serves as public notice. Applications submitted be placed into a pool and will remain on file for selection as positions become available.
Vacancies may be filled for up to 6 months after the closing date of this announcement. Applicants may not receive notifications of referral status until the full 6-month eligibility period has elapsed.
Positions filled with applications from this pool will be placed into positions where Artificial Intelligence duties occupy the majority of the work performed.
Education
This position does not have an educational requirement. Education cannot be substituted for Specialized Experience.
How you will be evaluated
The evaluation you receive is based on your responses to the online assessment questions completed during the application process. Please make sure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your evaluation. Information not specifically stated in your resume cannot be assumed. Information copied or restated from the vacancy announcement or rating criteria will not be considered. If this occurs, you may be found ineligible. Duties: Conducts and/or leads analyses for proposed hardware, network, or software applications as they relate to integration into SSA computing environments. Represents OTSO as its ranking member(s) on the Agency's Architecture Review Board. Conducts and/or leads analyses of proposed improvements or enhancements to SSA operations. Engineers studies and analyses to ensure SSA's IT systems are consistent with the mission, goals and operations of the Agency. Resolves the most difficult and intricate IT performance problems. Leads procurement and implementation efforts of new software and hardware. Plans, directs, and/or conducts complex, sensitive and/or confidential studies which involve resolving critical problems in existing or future systems, and which require innovative solutions in many aspects of the studies. Evaluates and recommends data design and storage techniques that result in effective, flexible, scalable, reliable, manageable, maintainable and secure data solutions using knowledge of the existing and emerging technologies, as well as, best industry practices relating to the use and management of data; and leads efforts to document recommendations and resource requirements.