{"id":2418121,"url":"https://alion.io/job/veterans-affairs-it-specialist-2","title":"IT Specialist","company":{"id":1753110,"name":"Veterans Affairs","domain":"va.gov","url":"https://alion.io/company/va-gov","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Support","role_family":"Support","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Austin, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":92023,"max":null,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":92023},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"PHP","optional":false}],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-10-23T10:04:15Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-10-23T10:04:15Z","days_open":10,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":10},"description":"Summary\nJoin VA's Infrastructure Operations (IO) to deliver and maintain secure, high-availability IT and cloud solutions. Help protect and modernize mission-critical systems and support quality services for Veterans. Work in a dynamic, innovative environment as an Engineering Technician located in Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology (VA). Apply Now!\nDuties\n\n Complies with and enforces data center standards even when work is performed by other entities in the data center.\n\n Develops, directs, implement, administers agency computer security programs, including risk analysis, threat assessment without technical review.\n\n Creates and maintains documentation on information technology infrastructure at the data center.\n\n Coordinates with customers for requirements for installation and troubleshooting support of hardware in the data center.\n\n Performs asset management/inventory of information technology resources in the data center.\n\n Plans, coordinates and installs all cabling and hardware at the data center.\n\n Displays knowledge of installed operating systems, network systems, applications, protocols, and equipment; and the IT infrastructure sufficient to serve as a customer technical analyst with responsibility for resolving the complex customer problems.\n\nThis is a Bargaining Unit Position.\n\nThis position is primarily aligned to the following NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework work roles:\n\nNCWF Code:\n\nCybersecurity Code 441 - Network Operations Specialist: Plans, implements, and operates network services/systems, to include hardware and virtual environments.\n\nCybersecurity Code 802 - IT Project Manager: Directly manages information technology projects.\n\nWork Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 am-4:30 pm\n\nCompressed/Flexible: Available at Supervisors discretion.\n\nTelework: ADHOC, as determined by Agency Policy.\n\nVirtual: This is not a virtual position.\n\nPosition Description/PD#: IT Specialist/PD19143ARelocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized\n\nPermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized\n\nPCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\n\n You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job\n\n Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959\n\n Subject to background/security investigation\n\n May serve a probationary period.\n\n Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.\n\n A complete application package; Resume, SF-50s, etc.\n\n Only resumes up to TWO total pages will be accepted. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for position requirements listed in the job announcement. File size must not exceed 5MB.\n\nSelected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).\n\nEffective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.\n\nAs a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:\n\n your performance and conduct;\n\n the needs and interests of the agency;\n\n whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and\n\n whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.\n\nUpon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.\n\n Qualifications\n\n To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/22/2026.\nYou must meet the Basic Requirements (Individual Occupational Requirement), Specialized Experience, and the Selective Placement Factor to qualify for this series as described below.\n\nBasic Requirements (Individual Occupational Requirement): \n\nApplicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below at a proficiency level equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service:\n\n Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.\n\n Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.\n\n Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.\n\n Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.\n\n-AND-\n\nSpecialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-11, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as experience demonstrating accomplishment of data center management operations that required a range of knowledge of hardware and cable deployment, knowledge of capabilities and applications of network equipment including routers, switches, bridges, servers, transmission media, and related hardware, management of asset inventories and documentation into a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) database to include detailed audits of all data center items and floor layouts with required workflows. To be creditable, accomplishments normally would have involved the following, or the equivalent (1) Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and requirements appropriate to deploy any hardware or cable asset into a designated area to include appropriate documentation for accountability, (2) Planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with stakeholders and/or customers; and (3) Adaptation of guidelines or precedents to the needs of the assignment.\n\n-AND-\n\nSelective Placement Factor: In addition to the minimum qualifications described above, you must meet the following requirement(s) to be considered qualified for the position: Experience supporting and configuring data center infrastructure to include extensive experience in documenting assets, floor layouts, and workflows within a database, supporting IT related customer service calls, conducting physical audits and replacement of assets within a data center. JUSTIFICATON: Position is \"hands-on\" physical installation/removal of hardware and cabling in the data center, as well as providing in-depth inventory accuracy for customer and management use.\n\nEvidence of the selective placement factor must be reflected in your resume.\n\nFor more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.\n\n Education\n\n There is no educational substitution at this grade level.\n\n Additional information\n Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.\n\nReceiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.\n\nThis job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.\n\nThe Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.\n\n Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\n Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:Accountability\nAttention to Detail\nCustomer Service\nDecision Making\nFlexibility\nInfluencing/Negotiating\nIntegrity/Honesty\nInterpersonal Skills\nLearning\nReading Comprehension\nReasoning\nSelf-Management\nStress Tolerance\nTeamwork\n\nUSA Hire Assessments include a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.\n\nAssessment Update Policy: Please be advised that once your application is submitted, the assessment responses cannot be revised or updated. The numerical rating (score) from your initial submission will be final and used for all rating purposes. 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