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The incumbent is a recognized subject matter expert and provides leadership, guidance and direction for highly complex and challenging activities for the FAA Aircraft Certification Service's information technology (IT) and automation programs, under minimal direction of the manager.
This is a reannouncement of ANM-AIR-20-1117397-68208. If you applied to that announcement, and still wish to be considered, you must apply to this announcement.
Learn more about this agency09/02/2020 to 09/22/2020
$82,632 - $128,103 per year
Salary does not include locality.
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3 vacancies in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time- to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.
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Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
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ANM-AIR-20-1117397-69069
577818800
This announcement is open to current, permanent FAA employees only.
Incumbent develops new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and techniques and acts as a team leader to define and direct challenging projects, programs or activities. This includes AIR's IT Agility which is a holistic system for how AIR addresses its IT needs at the local, national and enterprise levels. These IT and automation programs are intended to increase the ability of the Service's workforce to effectively and efficiently accomplish its daily work activities.
The incumbent applies experience and expert knowledge of state of the art technology and advanced techniques in IT management. Leads the business process side of complex IT projects that involve large segments of AIR's technical workforce. The incumbent works collaboratively with project sponsors to define, validate, document, prioritize and communicate the requirements for IT systems and automation tools. The incumbent works in partnership with the Service's IT business liaisons to ensure activities are properly prioritized and well-coordinated. With the IT business liaisons, the incumbent develops, communicates, and oversees implementation of the Service's IT Agility program and information resource management program and ensures that the Service's IT strategy is aligned with the Service's business goals.
Applies knowledge of FAA's policies and objectives to identify, define, and organize resources for large projects/programs and work activities. The incumbent acquires and allocates resources, gathering and synthesizing budget and staffing requirements to support IT initiatives, collects business performance statistics, and contributes to reports on the Service's IT initiatives. Consults with customers and stakeholders to refine functional requirements and develop design specifications. Defines technical requirements and manages the development of computer based applications for the design and modification of systems.
Contacts are internal and external. Often represents the major subdivision and LOB/SO as a principal point of contact to provide advice and guidance on complex IT projects. The incumbent identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and develops briefings to convey requirements and strategies to internal and external stakeholders. Plans, organizes, and directs team activities for advanced system projects and/or resolving problems in existing systems. Solves problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information using sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and makes recommendations and decisions.
Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but often require the development of new approaches. The incumbent provides expert guidance and instruction both internally and externally to address diverse, complex IT issues which often cross multiple projects, programs, and/or functional areas. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with senior management to identify and resolve problems.
Work is reviewed only at completion for success in achieving planned results. Has broad discretion to ensure the alignment of organizational goals and policies and the requirements of the projects and other work activities. Work typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and/or LOB's/SO's and can impact the objectives of the FAA.
Performs other duties as assigned.
To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience developing and/or tracking requirements for system performance; experience working in IT systems development projects and experience consulting with customers to refine functional requirements and develop design specifications.
QUALITY RANKING FACTOR:
QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies.
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamline the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are not required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application (e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documentation) you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation can also be faxed to (206)231-4150 on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.
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If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must have a status of "Received" by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must have a status of "Received" each time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with register.
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AVIATOR compares your skills and experience as described in your application with the requirements of the position.
If you are found to be an eligible, highly-qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration.
(In some cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be considered and selected before other candidates.)
Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and the judgment of the selecting official.
Important - If you make any change to your application, you must resubmit it.
If you change your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and your previous application will be considered.
All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
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