SUPERVISORY IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (D15540000)

Summary

PUERTO RICO NATIONAL GUARD AIR TECHNICIAN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT COLA: 2.49% Duty Location: 156th CBCS/SCO, Punta Salinas, Toa Baja, PR

Responsibilities

Selected applicant(s) will be required to complete an online Onboarding process.

This position requires military membership in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard (PRANG)

Qualifications

AREA OF CONSIDERATION: HRO MUST process and clear the Department of Defense (DoD), Priority Placement Program (PPP), prior to advertising all internal and external job vacancies and promotion announcements. Area 1 = All permanent Officer members employees (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Air National Guard. Area 2 = All indefinite Officer members employees (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Air National Guard. First round consideration will be given to Area 1 Candidates. (All other Areas will be screened only in the event that there are no qualified or recommended Candidates) To prevent a grade inversion, military rank allowed for this position will be determined at the final evaluation of the vacancy announcement considering the military rank of the supervisor. Acceptance of any military technician position may cause the termination of entitlements and eligibility for all military bonuses and student loan repayments. For further information you must contact the appropriate military Education Office. DUTIES: As a SUPERVISORY IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (D15540000), GS-2210-12, you will supervise, direct and manage employees designing, engineering, analyzing, installing, maintaining and operating automated communication systems which include transmission systems and networks for voice and data, in both tactical and fixed base environments. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is mostly sedentary; however physical exertion is periodically required, e.g., lifting 40 lbs., bending, stooping, or kneeling during equipment installation and repair. WORK ENVIROMENT: Work is performed in an office setting involving everyday risks or discomforts that require the normal safety precautions. The area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Visits to production areas are infrequent and relatively free of hazards. QUALIFICATIONS: You will lose consideration for the position if your application does not include all the information/documents requested on the vacancy announcement. The USAJOBS Resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you met the required GENERAL and SPECIALIZED experience. Experiences copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and will disqualify you from the position. National Guard military (part-time) service is considered as full-time experience when evaluated against the qualification requirements. The applicant is credited with actual number of months the member has been in the National Guard provided such service is related to the position to be filled. SELECTED FACTOR: The incumbent must be certified IAW DOD 8570.01-M, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 and Special Experience Identifier (SEI) 264, Information Assurance - Technical Level II (IAT II), IAW current AF directives. (A copy of the certificate must be submitted with your application) GENERAL EXPERIENCE: 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess at least ONE (1) year at the next lower-level GS-11 or the equivalent THIRTY-SIX (36) months of specialized experience performing or supervising duties such as directing the installation, engineering, testing, evaluation, modification, maintenance, and reporting of the full range of Communications-Electronics (C-E) equipment and systems assigned; monitoring quality control practices; evaluating, scheduling, rescheduling or reassigning work; tracking time and work completion that is critical for safety reasons, workload, and manpower requirements; advising the Commander of significant issues and matters affecting the production, control, and effectiveness of the unit's C-E systems function; planning, developing, and implementing local maintenance policies, procedures, and goals for effective operations; ensures the proper use, management, and training of all personnel; requiring specific technical knowledge and skills of The Network Systems flight 5 branches, all 5 branches subordinate positions are at the GS-11 grade level; ensures that position descriptions of subordinates are accurate; realigning duties to ensure efficient use of assigned manpower to accomplish unit's mission; establishing work performance standards, discussing and assigning annual performance evaluations; managing overall personnel program within the section; providing technical assistance to organizations/units in establishing digital communications requirements; input covering the broad range of digital communications support necessary for mission accomplishment, i.e., voice, data, Radio Frequency (RF) and special communications requirements; preparing and submitting budget estimates; identifying resource shortages or projected shortages to the commander and the National Guard Bureau; ensuring formulation of comprehensive training plans for each function; ensuring drill status guardsmen (DSG) are properly trained and able to perform the telecommunications activities; ensuring periodic inspections of work centers are performed, and immediate action is taken to correct unsafe conditions.

Education

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree in an accredited college or university, (30 semester's hours or 20 classroom hours of instruction per week) for SIX (6) months of specialized experience. Courses must be directly related to the work of the position. Undergraduate or Graduate Education: Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks. NOTE: Copy of the Official/student transcripts showing conferred Degree must be included in order to receive credit for education. Unofficial transcripts from internet or with alterations will not be considered. To receive credit for education the information must be included in the education section of the Resume.