IT Specialist; CUSTSPT Security Clearance

Position: IT Specialist (CUSTSPT) with Security Clearance
Location: Cherry Point

Duties Help
* Provides technical and analytical IT support that involves providing customer support in response to customer request.
* Assesses system shutdowns/software defects and coordinates with IT management to recommend replacement/modification/other action and safeguard existing systems hardware, software and automated information.
* Develops, installs, and troubleshoots customer hardware and software issues.
* Assists in the installation, configuration, troubleshooting, surveillance, and maintenance of a variety of hardware and software and integrates a wide range of Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) software packages.
* Identifies recurring, problematic and/or unprecedented IT deficiencies and investigates their cause(s) and recommends remedial action to operating officials to ensure continuity of operations, satisfy end-user requirements and customer service.
* Coordinates with hardware contractors, software vendors and end users to monitor/assure hardware/software system quality, reliability, and information security. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
* Must be a U.S. citizen
* Tour of Duty:
Set Schedule
* Security Requirements:
Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
* Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
* Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Non-Exempt
* Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
* Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized
* Bargaining Unit Status:
Yes

* Please note:

This position may be transitioning to DISA in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025; the candidate selected for this recruitment may be reassigned to DISA with the position in FY 25.
* Pre-employment Physical

Required:

Yes Qualifications To qualify for an IT Specialist (CUSTSPT), your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Specialized

Experience:

One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
* Develops, installs and troubleshoots customer hardware and software issues.
* Diagnoses and resolves problems in response to customer IT problems and issues.
* Loads customer computers with the required software packages(s) and keeps lead officials informed regarding installations, quality of software, and customer service
* Provides user training on PC hardware and software operations via telephone, email, remote access, and/or through on-site customer visits.

B. Education Substitution:
Education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, applicants must possess:
* GS-11: A Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

C. Combination:
Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the GS-11 grade level, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level;

and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying…