Total 724 Information Technology job vacancies in WA - Remote - Karratha Region

Major Duties:
-Plans, coordinates, develops, improves, and implements efficient and economical management of information systems in support of Service Line activities.
-Accomplishes long and short-range projects in the modification of systems and software.
-Provides guidance for the solution of difficult and unprecedented problems resulting from new or modified operational management information concepts and requirements.
-Applies limited functional knowledge of material, in implementing new and/or improved information systems.
-Applies extensive knowledge of changes in the state-of-the-art regarding integrated information and control systems analysis and other scientific management techniques used in the implementation of information systems.
-Provides feedback to the Supervisor on information gained.
-Researching and testing products and services to support the information plan and directives to determine requirements, life-cycle management to determine support and replacement resource requirements.

Promotion Potential: This position is at full performance level.

Work Schedule: M-F, 8:00-4:30 pm
Virtual: This is a remote position.
Position Description/PD#: IT Specialist/19423A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Work Environment: The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions.

This announcement will close on 11/27/2024. The first 100 applications received will receive first consideration. Applications that are submitted after the initial cut-off number has been reached will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

This is a temporary promotion, not to exceed 1 Year and may be extended at the needs of management. This specific announcement will not be able to be made permanent. Upon termination of the promotion, you will be returned to your original position of record, or to a different position of equivalent grade and pay. Temporary promotions may be terminated at any time based on the needs of management. If you are currently employed at a grade equivalent to, or higher than the advertised position, the action will be considered a detail for processing purposes, and no salary increase will be associated with accepting the position. Upon termination of the detail, you will be returned to your original position of record. Details may be terminated at any time based on needs of management.

Major duties include, but not limited to:

Program Administration

• Responsible for providing expert support to the Executive Director, Deputy Executive Directors, Portfolio Directors, and leaders within ONS for program matters pertaining to evaluation of the effectiveness of programs and operations.
• Prepares comprehensive reports, presentations, publications, and responses to incoming task/action requests.
• Produces complex analyses and written reports; organizing special committees, workshops, or other gatherings; initiating program reviews; developing or fostering cross-agency activities.
• Serves as a technical expert and programmatic consultant for assigned mission areas that have impact across the enterprise.
• Reviews portfolio/program area budget initiatives, subsequent justifications and defends for the clinical or administrative area to the ONS executive leaders as needed.
• Actively participates with upper management in defining strategic goals, developing, and implementing administrative and clinical programs, and education of staff regarding processes related to operations, research, assisting in measurements of those goals, and contributing to the success of projects.
• Independently plans and initiates fact finding, analyzing data, and developing recommendations from a variety of alternatives.
• Works closely with VA Central Office and Consortia/Networks to ensure the ONS performance levels meet the national criteria.
• Identifies system development issues and/or data capture issues (i.e., absence of data, quality of data, and timeliness of data collection), develops and implements plans for addressing issues.

• Develops thorough, administrative, and strategic operational initiatives of ONS enabling the specialist to identify problems, analyze data, and recommend resolutions based on specific knowledge of the organizational objectives, priorities, resources, and oversight area.
• Uses databases and registries, formulates tools to support the program, and ensure quality management and administrative oversight.
• Provides technical expertise in the field of health care planning; provides advice and assistance regarding possible need for revision of regulations and policies governing planning activities.
• Analyzes and interprets data to identify the effectiveness of initiatives and programs within the ONS to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensures that proposals/initiatives submitted for ONS approval are complete and all implementation requirements are accurately identified.

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 100 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 100th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.  

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As an IT Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-15, you will be responsible for:

• Oversees Identity and Access Management (IAM) projects which support Federal Student Aid (FSA), enterprise and other services which facilitates information sharing and collaboration between FSA, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) other federal agencies and stakeholders.
• Provides critical reviews and recommendations for the design strategy, implementation, management, monitoring, and accountability for IAM solutions.
• The incumbent serves as a professional with specialized knowledge in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Division providing users, identity, and access management for two major enterprise systems and one data center system.
• Develops long-range IT plans which anticipates, identifies, evaluates, mitigates, and minimizes risks associated with Identity Credentialing and Access Management IT systems.
• Researches and defines mission needs, life cycle of data, and the protections needed for provenance, pedigree, and access control of data and meta data in the enterprise environment.

As an Information Technology Specialist (Applications Software) at the GS-2210-12, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• The design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new or existing applications software.
• Interactive communication with end users and OCA management.
• Evaluating new technologies, especially upgrades to existing development tools, to assure backwards compatibility with existing applications, to justify acquisition based on cost/benefit analysis, and potential for unresolved bugs which is common in new applications.
• Designing applications architecture and program codes to multi-tier client/server model that isolates and optimizes components for data access, business rules and user interfaces.

• The Term Appointment does not confer competitive status, reinstatement rights, or eligibility for non-competitive conversion to a permanent job to the individual(s) selected. You may be promoted or reassigned to another term position within SBA's Office of Capital Access; however, you may not be non-competitively appointed to another Federal position. You will be given an initial Term Appointment lasting more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years. If all other conditions of employment are met, this appointment may be extended, up to a total of four (4) years in increments determined by SBA.
• If selected, employees work on an intermittent (on-call) work schedule. This means that employees are in a pay status only when activated to respond to workload needs, especially in response to heightened disaster activity. When no longer needed, employees return to a non-pay status until the next event necessitates additional staff.
• However, depending on the workload and/or level of disaster activity, your work schedule may be changed to full-time. Subsequently, if the workload decreases, your work schedule may be changed back to intermittent.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.