IT Specialist

WHAT IS THE
ONLINE SERVICES DIVISION?

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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

ONLINE SERVICES
The following are the duties of the GS-9T12 position at the full working level of GS-12.
This position has career progression up to GS-12.

If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level of GS-12, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses.

For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.

Plans, develops, schedules and conducts systems acceptability tests of modernization and production systems including Tier I and Tier II applications for mission critical tax processing and internal support systems.

Provides technical guidance during a significant project in designing, coding, testing, debugging, and maintaining programs, translating and interpreting functional requirements.

Translates and interprets functional requirements involved with the local phase of national project.
Tests software during a significant local project or as needed to support applications which have a broad impact.
Provides guidance to less experienced coworkers in solving programming problems.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

The following are the duties of the GS-13 position at the full working level:

This position does not have career progression.

Plan, develop, schedule and conduct systems acceptability tests of modernization and production systems.
Draft project plans for a multifunctional development project in software analysis, design, development and implementation.

Identify resource requirements and assigning tasks to project members; reporting progress; ensuring customer and management involvement throughout the software development process.

Resolve critical issues affecting the configuration of the IT infrastructure and coordinate the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management.

Identify and correct weaknesses in critical performance parameters, and variances in achieving cost, schedule, and performance goals.
Investigate, evaluate and select tools and methods for improving productivity and software quality throughout the life cycle.
Assess the feasibility of adopting new systems analysis techniques or software design technologies within the current systems environment; and
Developing best practices guides for use by other systems analysis or applications software specialists.

The following are the duties of the GS-14 position at the full working level:

This position does not have career progression.

Plan, develop, schedule and conduct systems acceptability tests of modernization and production Systems

As part of a large mission, draft project plans for a multifunctional development project in software analysis, design, development and implementation.

Identify resource requirements in conjunction with a major national project and assign tasks to project members; report progress; ensure customer and management involvement throughout the software development process.

Resolve critical issues involving an IRS IT mission, affecting the configuration of the IT infrastructure and coordinating the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management.

Identify and correct weaknesses in critical performance parameters, and variances in achieving cost, schedule, and performance goals involved with a major national project.

Investigate, evaluate and select tools and methods for improving productivity and software quality
throughout the life cycle of a broad range of IRS IT applications.
Assess the feasibility of adopting new systems analysis or software design technologies within the
current IRS IT systems environment; and
Develop best practices guides for use throughout IRS by other systems analysis or applications software
specialists.

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