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As an IT Specialist (DATAMGT/INET), you will serve as a Data Analytics Product Specialist providing product strategy and development, design oversight, analytics, data management, and stakeholder engagement for a collection of programs, products, and services for open data, web analytics, and feedback management in federal agencies.
Learn more about this agency09/18/2023 to 09/19/2023
$136,908 - $183,500 per year
If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
GS 15
few vacancies in the following location:
Yes
Not applicable, this is a remote position.
Occasional travel - Travel may be required as needed for training and/or meetings.
No
Term - Term Appointment - GSA may extend appointment up to 4 additional years. No individual hired under this DHA can serve in excess of 8 years with GSA.
Full-time
Competitive
15
No
No
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This Public Notice is issued under Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit new talent to occupations for which there is a severe shortage of candidates. We have a severe shortage of qualified applicants for our IT Specialist positions. To help us fill these jobs, we have been granted “Direct Hire Authority” or DHA. This means that when we have a vacant job, we can hire any qualified candidate, either from this notice or from any source. The benefit of applying to this notice is that your application may be shared with a hiring manager if they request resumes from this notice.
Key facts about this DHA notice:
For information on DHA, please visit https://www.opm.gov/directhire/index.asp.
The IT Specialist (DATAMGT/INET) duties include:
Product Strategy and Development:
Working with government and contractor staff to develop and maintain a product strategy for specific programs in the Data and Analytics Portfolio, such as Data.gov, Feedback Analytics, and others. Ensuring that product strategy and development aligns with agency priorities as well as applicable statutory and policy requirements.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams and providing guidance to team members such as software engineers, data analysts and designers to develop and prioritize product requirements.
Creating comprehensive product roadmaps.
Leading, conducting, or participating in applicable planning, development, implementation and analysis for governmentwide standards such as metadata standards. Coordinating with other federal agencies on using web analytics to improve federal websites. Leading the build of repositories of tools and guidance.
Design and Analytics Integration:
Overseeing product design processes for Data and Analytics Portfolio programs. Working closely with user experience (UX)/user interface (UI) designers to create intuitive and user-friendly data visualization tools and reporting systems pertaining to open data, web analytics and federal website requirements.
Utilizing web analytics, data analytics, and data management tools to inform product strategy, identify user needs, and monitor product performance.
Ensuring that assigned programs meet user needs, provide clear value to stakeholders, and advance policy goals such as open data, web analytics, and customer engagement.
Stakeholder Engagement and Data Management:
Establishing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Participating in interagency and working groups to represent and advance Data and Analytics Portfolio programs and interests.
Developing and implementing processes and best practices for data management, such as metadata standards, data storage, data quality and data security.
If selected, you must meet the following conditions:
For each job on your resume, provide:
If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.
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The GS-15 salary range starts at $136,908 per year.If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected. The total salary will be determined upon selection and based on the associated GS locality pay table for your assigned duty location.
Applicants applying for the GS-15 grade level must meet the following requirements: Have IT-related experience demonstrating EACH of the four competencies AND one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service as described below:
IT SPECIALIST COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:
GS-15 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: In addition to the Basic Competency Requirements listed above, you must have one year of specialized experience.
Specialized experience for this role is defined as:
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
GSA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility that goes beyond our compliance with EEO regulations including:
Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.
Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement as needed; in this or other GSA organization within the same commuting area.
This public notice does not preclude filling this position by other means. Management also has the right not to fill the position.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Qualified candidates will be considered in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Direct Hire Guidelines. Veterans' Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Certain selections made under this notice will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees might be given new appointments to the civil service.
You may not be considered for the position, if any part of the application is incomplete or missing the required supporting documentation. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or dismissing you if hired.
Additional hurdle assessments, such as narrative responses or other assessments, may be administered to applicants who meet the requirements of the first hurdle, e.g., the minimum qualification requirements. If additional assessments are used, you will be provided with further instructions
If you are an Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan eligible or a GSA Career Transition Assistance eligible, you must be considered well qualified to receive priority (ICTAP/CTAP). Well qualified is defined as possession of the majority of competencies required for the position and will be determined, based upon a review of your resume against the competencies required for the position being filled.
Mastery of and skill in applying IT project management principles, methods and practices, including developing product plans, estimating resources, defining milestones and deliverables, and leading development and delivery of products.
Comprehensive knowledge in applying information system architecture, concepts and best practices to develop solutions for goals such as open data, web analytics, and customer feedback.
Ability to lead teams and collaborate with stakeholders in the development of widely used standards such as metadata schemas and web analytics for measuring performance of websites.
Mastery of and skill in applying IT principles, methods, standards and practices in IT customer engagement and user-oriented design and development and web analytics.
Comprehensive knowledge in using UX and UI principles to oversee design and deployment of tools and reporting systems for open data, web analytics, and other federal website requirements.
Mastery of and skill in applying IT principles and concepts for product development for data management and technical systems related to open data, web analytics and customer engagement.
Ability to establish and foster a variety of long term business relationships, such as with stakeholders, customers, and users and developing, collaborating and maintaining strategic relationships within customer agencies and across the employing organization to achieve common goals.
Knowledge of data management policies, tools, metadata standards, and web data policies.
ALL required documents must be submitted before the closing date. Review the following list to determine what you need to submit.
Submit a complete online application including any required documents prior to 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of this public notice. You can modify or complete your application any time before the deadline. Simply return to USAJOBS, select the vacancy, and update your application. For more detailed instructions on how to apply, click here: Apply for a GSA Job.
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