This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in the Operational Virtualization & Infrastructure (JOV) organization of Operational Services (JO), Information Technology (J). A successful candidate in the IT Specialist position will serve as an IT specialist and subject matter expert, providing expert technical knowledge on mission critical and business critical data systems necessary to support a 7x24 operation.
Major duties: As an IT Specialist, you will: Plan and coordinate projects that involve multiple stages in the systems development life cycle management process. Define and concur in overall project requirements; plans and coordinates systems design, development, and implementation. Oversee support of installed systems and services, and resolves a wide range of technical and management issues. Apply new developments to previously unsolvable problems, and makes decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important IT policies or programs.
Ensure the integration of IT programs and services, and develops solutions to integration and interoperability issues. Make decisions that involve major uncertainties with regard to the most effective approach or methodology to be applied, responding to changes typically resulting from continuing changes in customer business requirements and/or rapidly evolving technology. Provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues.
Requirements: In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration. When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically.
You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully. Key Requirements: You must be a United States Citizen. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements. You will be required to report in person to the official duty location. Conditions of Employment: This position has been designated as requiring a PUBLIC TRUST background.
A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work. Current Federal employees or other individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check. Positions located in Information Technology are required to be 24/7 on call. Response at any time of the day or night, seven days a week, may be required for emergency callout to address sudden failures or complex problems.
Education: There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.