it specialist

2 months ago


Seaside, California, United States Defense Human Resources Activity Full time

This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated October 15, 2021.

As a IT SPECIALIST (APPSW/DATAMGT/SYSANALYSIS) at the GS some of your typical work assignments may include:
This position is in the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), Enterprise Human Resource Information Systems (EHRIS) Program.

The division is responsible for managing HR automated systems, including the enterprise-wide Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS) and Defense Civilian Human Resource Management System (DCHRMS).

Participates in the design, development, documentation, testing, and implementation in support of DCPDS and DCHRMS, which is common, integrated system for supporting the DoD-wide civilian human resource (HR) functions (Payroll, Staffing, Entrance on Duty, eOPF, HR Shared Service Delivery, Performance Management, etc.).

Prepares plans in accordance with Project Management Principles and makes recommendations for implementation of these activities.

Reviews and staff's recommendations for the continued sustainment of DCPDS and improvement of DCHRMS, which will be used by the DoD civilian workforce.

Ensures that recommendations meet the criteria of a sound business case and performs economic analysis showing benefits.

Participates in the preparation of new system requirements or modifications to existing requirements, preparation and/or analysis of functional system change request and the development of functional requirements from a technical perspective, including changes to the current or future system.

Reviews systems change requests submitted by DoD users, Services, and agencies, as well as other non -DoD agencies. Recommends acceptance, revision, or rejection.

Reviews the DOD strategic plans, proposals, and requirements from the Components for further risk analysis, enhancement, and modification of the DoD-wide civilian HR management system.

Reviews Component plans and makes recommendation for improvement and adjusts the plans and activities to coordinate these various plans.

Conducts work groups with representatives of the DoD civilian HR community for the purpose of the designing a broad range of future human resource management policies, programs, and supporting information systems.

Understanding of general data warehouse concepts to include data dictionary and data conversion.