Information Technology Specialist (Applications Software)

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Qualifications & Requirements

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Minimum requirements for Grade 12 and Up (GS or Equivalent) Applicants must have Information Technology related experience demonstrating each of the following nine competencies: 1) Attention to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Decision Making, 4) Information Management, 5) Interpersonal Skills, 6) Oral Communication, 7) Problem Solving, 8)Team Work and 9) Technical Competence. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-14 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Specialized experience for this position includes: Leading or coordinating IT projects, application-related efforts, operational initiatives, or system-related activities that affect multiple users, teams, programs, or business processes. Applying advanced IT principles, concepts, methods, and practices to evaluate requirements; resolve technical issues; guide system, application, or code testing and configuration decisions; and ensure technical documentation and federal cybersecurity, privacy, or regulatory requirements are addressed. Engaging customers, stakeholders, users, product or business owners, and technical teams to define business or technical requirements, communicate technical impacts, and guide delivery of secure, reliable, scalable IT solutions. Evaluating system, service, or application performance, availability, reliability, security controls, usability, and operational effectiveness; identifying risks, issues, defects, or gaps; and leading corrective actions or improvement efforts. Analyzing competing technical approaches and providing authoritative recommendations to management, stakeholders, or IT specialists on the selection, design, configuration, implementation, or improvement of IT solutions with organizational impact. Translating business and systems requirements into applications prototypes, technical designs, and production-ready software solutions. Designing application architecture, user interface, data flows and output format to integrate with external partners. Applying software development principles to design, develop, implement, and modernize full-stack and cloud native applications; designing scalable and observable software architectures that support mission critical business operations. Utilizing programing languages and frameworks such as but not limited to Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET, Spring, React, Node to develop and integrate enterprise solutions. Implementing and delivering CI/CD practices, infrastructure as code, deployment processes and automated testing methodologies use automation to improve software quality, release reliability, and delivery efficiency. Utilizing automated enhanced development, automate documentation and code generation tasks to improve testing and troubleshooting processes, and increase overall engineering productivity. Communicating technical information clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing to non-technical audiences, including stakeholders, customers and leadership. AND You must also meet the following requirements: MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT: Minimum age for federal employment is 18 years old, or at least 16 years old and have: Graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or Completed a formal vocational training program; or Received a statement from school authorities agreeing with your preference for employment rather than continuing your education. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Position Overview

WHAT IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in the following area(s): IT - Data and Platform Engineering Consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a location, that location will become your official post of duty. REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Duties

• The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and maintains secure and scalable applications using modern engineering practices across one or more delivery domains. Analyzes and refactors codebases to derive undocumented requirements, modernize architecture, and aligns systems with current frameworks, accessibility and security standards. Delivers cross-layer functionality, spanning user interfaces, Application Programming Interface (API) services, backend workflows, and cloud-based infrastructure. Conducts performance testing and recommend architectural or infrastructure improvements based on system profiling and metrics. Serves as a technical lead for large-scale or cross-product initiatives, independently resolving technical Ambiguity and setting implementation direction. Collaborates with one or more delivery teams with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align on requirements, triage issues, validate implementation plans, and ensures technical cohesion and consistent standards across the enterprise.