Summary The incumbent of this position will provide second level engineering support for Aeronautical Common Services (ACS). Responsibilities The incumbent of this position will provide support in software requirements analysis, design, development, and testing. Develop technical documentation, system diagrams and presentation materials. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements for software development projects. Analyze and document software requirements. Write code based on design specifications and to implement solutions to software problems. This includes JAVA, XML and SQL. Incumbent will utilize object-oriented programming techniques, client/server development, cross-browser development, and Unix/Linux skills. Develop and execute testing to ensure software meets requirements. Identifie and fix software bugs and troubleshoot issues reported by users or testers. Use version control to track changes to the codebase and collaborates with team members on code integration. Create and maintain documentation for code changes, updates, and features. Support the deployment of software to production environments. Identify and address performance issues in the software. Provide technical support to customers in person or via phone/email. Incumbent will provide guidance to lower-level staff on how to solve difficult analytical problems. Provide policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally. He/She will perform assignments that may include shared responsibility for project/program management. Assignments typically require solutions be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations faced in the past. Provides recommendations to improve procedures. He/She will contribute to the preparation of complex reports and may act as a kay point of contact for both internal and external audiences. Incumbent may communicate the overall results of a study to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, other transportation segments, and other external parties. In addition, the incumbent of this position often represents the FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work activities. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval of FAA environmental protection programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications For additional information, please view the complete OPM qualification standard for the IT Specialist: Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210 (Alternative A) (opm.gov) To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H / FG/GS-10-12. 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 is: Experience working with software programing languages such as JAVA, XML and SQL and experience with object-oriented programming techniques, client/server development, cross-browser development, and Unix/Linux skills. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. You may also be considered for this vacancy based on eligibility under the 30% or More Disabled Veteran Program, and Persons with Disabilities/Persons with Targeted Disabilities. To be considered for one of these special hiring authorities, you must identify your eligibility in your questionnaire in the Applicant-Preferred Conditions of Employment section. In addition, you must submit documentation that provides evidence of eligibility as indicated in the Required Documents section of the announcement. Selection may be made from this announcement or fromACT-ATO-24-AJW1710-88278. Education Additional Information 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. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financialdisclosure_requirements The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining 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. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs listed 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. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFGE 200: OPS Support AT Tech Center. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA