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1. PROGRAM MANAGER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree
Basic Experience: Must have 12 years of IT experience, including at least 8 years of IT and/or telecommunications system management experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 8 years of direct supervision of IT software development, integration, maintenance projects, and/or telecommunications systems. Must be capable of leading projects that involve the successful management of teams composed of data processing and other information management professionals who have been involved in analysis, design, integration, testing, documenting, converting, extending, and implementing automated information and/or telecommunications systems.
Duties: Performs day-to-day management of overall contract support operations, possibly involving multiple projects and groups of personnel at multiple locations. Organizes, directs, and coordinates the planning and production of all contract support activities. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills. Establishes and alters (as necessary) corporate management structure to direct effective contract support activities.
2. PROJECT MANAGER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree
Basic Experience: Must have 10 years of IT or telecommunications experience, including at least 5 years of IT software management experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in direct supervision of IT software development, integration maintenance projects, and/or telecommunications management.
Duties: Performs day-to-day management of assigned delivery order projects that involve teams of data processing and other information system and management professionals who have previously been involved in analyzing, designing, integrating, testing, documenting, converting, extending, and implementing automated information and telecommunications systems. Demonstrates proven skills in those technical areas addressed by the delivery order to be managed. Organizes, directs, and coordinates the planning and production of all activities associated with assigned delivery order projects. Demonstrates writing and oral communication skills.
3. SENIOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE/INTEGRATION ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of progressive working experience as a computer specialist or a computer systems analyst.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience as a computer systems analyst.
Duties: Must be knowledgeable in implementing computer systems in a phased approach of requirements analysis and conceptual design, site survey, system design review, critical design review, installation, integration, and testing. Must be knowledgeable in performing requirements analysis for a wide range of users in areas of office automation and finance and accounting. Must be able to present system designs for user approval at formal reviews. Must be capable of performing configuration management, integrating software, interpreting software test results, and recommending solutions for unsatisfactory test results. Must be knowledgeable in life-cycle support, including maintenance, administration, and management. Must be able to provide solutions to identified software problem reports.
4. SENIOR COMPUTER SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of computer experience in at least two of the following disciplines: system analysis, system programming, application programming, equipment analysis.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience either as a computer hardware or systems software specialist or as a systems analyst with duties relating to the evaluation of third and fourth generation of current state-of-the-art computer hardware and software and its ability to support specific requirements for hardware and software evaluation, system management, or large-scale system development and maintenance.
Duties: Must be able to determine costs for converting computer systems from one language or machine to another by using compilers, simulators, emulators, and/or language translators and to recommend better utilization of operating systems capabilities for improving system efficiency. Develops, manages, maintains, and evaluates current state-of-the-art computer hardware, software, and software development tools; evaluates their ability to support specific requirements and interface with other equipment and systems; determines potential and actual bottlenecks and proposes recommendations for their elimination; and makes recommendations for system improvements that will result in optimal hardware and software use.
5. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, LEVEL 1
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of experience in the IT field.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of combined new and related older technical experience in the IT field directly related to the required area of expertise.
Duties: Develops requirements from a project's inception to its conclusion in the subject matter area for simple to moderately complex systems. Assists other senior consultants with analysis and evaluation and with the preparation of recommendations for system improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts in the following specialties: information systems architecture; networking; telecommunications; automation; communications protocols; risk management/electronic analysis; software; life-cycle management; software development methodologies; and modeling and simulation.
6. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, LEVEL 2
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 12 years of experience in the IT field.
Specialized Experience: At least 8 years of combined new and related older technical experience in the IT field directly related to the required area of expertise.
Duties: Defines the problems and analyzes and develops plans and requirements in the subject matter area for moderately complex to complex systems. Coordinates and manages the preparation of analysis, evaluations, and recommendations for proper implementation of programs and systems specifications in the following specialties: information systems architecture; networking; telecommunications; automation; communications protocols; risk management/electronic analysis; software; life-cycle management; software development methodologies; and modeling and simulation.
7. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, LEVEL 3
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 15 years of experience in the IT field.
Specialized Experience: At least 10 years of combined new and related older technical experience in the IT field directly related to the required area of expertise.
Duties: Provides technical, managerial, and administrative direction for problem definition, analysis, requirements development and implementation for complex to extremely complex systems in the subject matter area. Makes recommendations and advises on organization-wide system improvements, optimization or maintenance efforts in the following specialties: information systems architecture; networking; telecommunications; automation; communications protocols; risk management/electronic analysis; software; life-cycle management; software development methodologies; and modeling and simulation.
8. SENIOR BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have a minimum of 8 years of experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of specialized experience, which may include facilitation, training, methodology development and evaluation, process reengineering across all phases, identifying best practices, change management, business management techniques, organizational development, activity and data modeling, or information system development methods and practices, and supervision of business process reengineers.
Duties: Applies process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conducting process modernization projects. Duties include activity and data modeling, developing modern business methods, identifying best practices, and creating and assessing performance measurements. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and other forms of knowledge transfer. May be under the supervision and direction of a Principal Business Process Reengineering Specialist or may work independently. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
9. PRINCIPAL BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: This position requires a minimum of 10 years of experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 7 years of specialized experience, which may include facilitation, training, methodology development and evaluation, process reengineering across all phases, identifying best practices, change management, business management techniques, organizational development, activity and data modeling, or information system development methods and practices, and supervision of Business Process Reengineering Specialist.
Duties: Applies process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conducting process modernization projects. Responsible for effective transitioning of existing project. Responsible for effective transitioning of existing project teams and for facilitating project teams' accomplishment of project activities and objectives. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and additional forms of knowledge transfer. Key coordinator among multiple project teams to ensure enterprisewide integration of reengineering efforts. Provides daily supervision and direction to Business Process Reengineering Specialist. This labor category shall be used in support an IT effort.
10. COMPUTER SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of computer experience in at least two of the following disciplines: system analysis, system programming, application programming, and equipment analysis.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience either as a computer hardware and/or systems software specialist or as a systems analyst with duties relating to the evaluation of third- and fourth-generation or state-of-the-art computer hardware and software and its ability to support specific requirements for system management or large-scale system development and maintenance.
Duties: Must be able to determine costs for converting computer systems from one language or machine to another by utilizing compilers, simulators, emulators, and/or language translators and to recommend better utilization of operating systems capabilities for improving system efficiency. Must be able to develop, manage, maintain, and evaluate state-of-the-art computer hardware, software, and software development tools; evaluate their ability to support specific requirements and interface with other equipment and systems; determine potential and actual bottlenecks and propose recommendations for their elimination; and make recommendations for system improvements that will result in optimal hardware and software use.
11. JUNIOR COMPUTER SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 3 years of computer experience in at least two of the following disciplines: system analysis, system programming, application programming, and equipment analysis.
Specialized Experience: At least 1 year of experience in evaluating state-of-the-art computer hardware and software and its ability to support specific requirements.
Duties: Participates in the evaluation of state-of-the-art computer hardware and software and assessment of its ability to support specific requirements and to interface with other equipment and systems; determines potential and actual bottlenecks and proposes recommendations for their elimination; and makes recommendations for system improvements that will result in optimization of development and/or maintenance efforts.
12. SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 10 years of financial management experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in financial management with demonstrated ability to supervise or lead a team of analysts.
Duties: Serves as a group leader ensuring that a group of analysts are working in concert to automate complex business practices within the time frame specified by the customer and that all of the requirements are met. Must be able to assess products and procedures for compliance with government standards, accounting principles, and multitiered system application standards. Must be able to grasp interrelationships between financial management requirements and automation solutions, considering the current system environment and the potential integration of added systems concurrently or later. Prepares milestone status reports and presentations for colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives. Coordinates all aspects of complex financial application automation, requesting guidance only in extremely difficult situations. Completes objectives independently within the negotiated budget. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
13. FINANCIAL ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 6 years of financial management experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 4 years of experience in financial management with demonstrated ability in analyzing, designing, and developing automated applications for unique business practices in a fee-for-service environment.
Duties: Must be able to clearly define government financial business practices for integration into the government financial business system. Identifies potential problems and solutions through analysis identifying recommended solutions. Must be able to work with functional specialists, automation specialists, contractors, vendors, and customers to effectively automate the customer's requirements into an automated application. Acts as a focal point for coordinating all disciplines in the recommended solution. Must be able to apply state-of-the-art applications that will effectively automate financial applications in the most effective manner while adhering to the established accounting principles and practices. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
14. JUNIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 3 years of financial management experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 1 year of experience in government financial fee-for-service environment that incorporates financial processes into automated systems.
Duties: Must be able to determine the feasibility of automating government financial business practices. Must be able to define governmental financial business practices and electronic commerce and electronic data interchange (EC/EDI) opportunities and to incorporate the defined processes into an automated solution that includes relational databases and distributed systems. Must be able to either recommend functional requirements for applications to be developed or justify the nondevelopment on the basis of either cost or unavailability of technology. Must be able to communicate with both IT- and financial-oriented individuals to document the flow, recommend opportunities, influence recommendations, and serve as the liaison between the financial specialist and automation specialist that do not have both disciplines. Applies sound accounting and data processing principles while developing automated processes to fit an existing financial application. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
15. SENIOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of computer experience working independently or under general direction on complex application problems involving all phases of system analysis.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in analysis and design of business applications for complex large-scale or mid-tier computer systems, or LAN-based systems, to include experience in database management systems (DBMS), and use of programming languages. Knowledge of current storage and retrieval methods and demonstrated ability to formulate specifications for computer programmers to use in coding, testing, and debugging of computer programs.
Duties: Provides technical and administrative direction for personnel performing software development tasks, including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept and to user standards, and progress in accordance with schedules. Incumbent must be able to coordinate with the Program Manager to ensure solutions problems and user satisfaction. Makes recommendations, if needed, for approval of major systems installations. Prepares milestone status reports and deliveries and presentations on the system concept to colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives. Provides daily supervision and direction to support staff.
16. COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of computer experience in information systems design and management. Must demonstrate an ability to work independently, or under only general direction, on requirements that are moderately complex to analyze, plan, program, and implement.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in analysis and design of business applications for complex large-scale or mid-tier computer systems, or LAN-based systems, including experience in DBMS, and use of programming languages. Knowledge of current storage and retrieval methods; 1 year of system analysis experience designing technical applications on computer systems; and demonstrated ability to formulate specifications for computer programmers to use in coding, testing, and debugging of computer programs.
Duties: Analyzes and develops computer software possessing a wide range of capabilities, including numerous engineering, business, and record management duties. Develops plans for IT systems from project inception to conclusion. Analyzes the problem and the information to be processed. Defines the problem and develops system requirements and program specifications from which programmers prepare detailed flowcharts, programs, and tests. Closely coordinates with programmers to ensure proper implementation of program and system specifications. In conjunction with functional users, develops system alternative solutions.
17. JUNIOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 3 years of computer experience in assignments of a technical nature working under close supervision and direction.
Specialized Experience: At least 1 year of experience in analyzing and programming applications on large-scale or mid-tier computers (or LAN-based) with a minimum of 1 year of experience designing and programming moderately complex IT systems.
Duties: Develops requirements for information systems from a project's inception to its conclusion. Develops required specifications for simple to moderately complex systems. Assists Senior Computer Systems Analyst in preparing input and test data for the proposed system.
18. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of experience in engineering, system analysis, design, and programming.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience in functional and data requirement analysis; system analysis and design; programming; and program design of billing, trouble ticket management, service order entry, and/or configuration management systems supporting operations of large telecommunications support organizations.
Duties: Must be capable of planning, analysis, design, development, and maintenance of operations support systems used by telecommunications organizations. Must be capable of performing business systems planning, information planning, and analysis in support of telecommunications support functions, including billing, trouble ticket management, service order entry, and/or configuration management. Performs process and data modeling in support of the planning and analysis efforts using both manual and automated tools. Provides technical guidance in software engineering techniques and automated support tools. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
19. APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of computer experience in information system design.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience as an application programmer on large-scale DBMS, knowledge of computer equipment, and ability to develop complex software to satisfy design objectives.
Duties: Analyzes functional business applications and design specifications for functional areas such as finance, accounting, personnel, manpower, logistics, and contracts. Develops block diagrams and logic flowcharts. Translates detailed design into computer software. Tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time and improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers, as required, to ensure that program deadlines are met.
20. COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of computer experience in information system design.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in IT system analysis and programming.
Duties: Creates and/or maintains operating systems, communications software, database packages, compilers, repositories, and utility and assembler programs. Modifies existing software and develops special-purpose software to ensure efficiency and integrity between systems and applications.
21. SENIOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of programming experience in software development or maintenance.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in IT system analysis and programming.
Duties: Must be capable of using third- and fourth-generation or current state-of-the-art IT equipment and languages to develop and prepare diagrammatic plans for solution of business, management, communications, tactical, and strategic problems. Must be able to design detailed programs, flowcharts, and diagrams showing the mathematical computations and the sequence of machine operations necessary to copy and process data and print results. Must be able to verify the accuracy and completeness of programs and systems by preparing sample representative data and perform testing by means of cycle and system processing.
22. COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of computer programming experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience in IT system analysis and programming.
Duties: Must be capable of using third- and fourth-generation or current state-of-the-art IT equipment and languages to analyze systems requirements and devise program logic for business, management, communication, tactical, and technical problems. Must be able to develop detailed flowcharts and instructions for programs, develop general run diagrams, and process flowcharts. Must be able to develop tape layouts and record formats and add additional data items necessary to accomplish work products.
23. JUNIOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 3 years of computer programming experience.
Specialized Experience: None.
Duties: Must be capable of translating detailed program flowcharts into program-coded instructions used by third-and fourth-generation, or current state-of-the-art computers.
24. PRINCIPAL INFORMATION ENGINEER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 10 years of experience in managing the implementation of information engineering projects and experience in system analysis, design, and programming.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in information system development, functional and data requirement analysis, system analysis and design, programming, program design, and documentation preparation.
Duties: Must be capable of applying enterprisewide set of disciplines for planning, analyzing, designing, and constructing information systems enterprisewide or across a major sector of the enterprise. Develops analytical and computational techniques and methodology for problem solutions. Must be capable of performing enterprisewide strategic system planning, information planning, business, and analysis. Performs process and data modeling in support of the planning and analysis efforts, using manual and automated tools, such as Integrated Computer-Aided Software Engineering (I-CASE) tools. Must be able to apply reverse engineering and reengineering disciplines to developing migration strategic and planning documents. Provides technical guidance or in software engineering techniques and automated support tools This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
25. SENIOR INFORMATION ENGINEER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of experience in managing implementation of information engineering projects and experience in systems analysis, design, and programming using CASE and IE tools and methods.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in information system development, functional and data requirement analysis, system analysis and design, programming, program design, and documentation preparation.
Duties: Must be capable of applying business process improvement practices to modernization projects. Applies, as appropriate, activity and data modeling transaction flow analysis; internal control and risk analysis; modern business methods; and performance measurement techniques. Assists in establishing standards for information system procedures. Develops and applies organizationwide information models for use in designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
26. INFORMATION ENGINEER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of experience in engineering, system analysis, design, and programming.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience in information system development, functional and data requirement analysis, system analysis and design, programming, program design, and documentation preparation.
Duties: Must be capable of applying a businesswide set of disciplines for planning, analysis, design, construction, and maintenance of information systems businesswide or across a major sector of the business. Must be capable of performing business strategic systems planning, information planning, and analysis. Performs process and data modeling in support of the planning and analysis efforts, using both manual and automated tools, such as I-CASE tools. Must be able to apply reverse engineering and reengineering disciplines to develop migration strategic and planning documents. Provides technical guidance on software engineering techniques and automated support tools. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
27. DATABASE MANAGER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 7 years of experience in the development and maintenance of database systems.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience with database management systems, system design and analysis, operating systems software, and internal and data manipulation languages.
Duties: Must be capable of managing the development of database projects. Must be able to plan and budget staff and data resources. Supports application developers in planning preparation, load analysis, and backup and recovery of data. When necessary, reallocates resources to maximize benefits. Incumbent must be able to prepare and deliver presentations on DBMS concepts. Provides daily supervision and direction to support staff. Monitors performance and evaluates areas to improve efficiency. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
28. DATABASE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 6 years of experience in DBMS system analysis and programming.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in using current DBMS technologies and application design using various database management systems; experience with DBMS internals.
Duties: Must be capable of providing highly technical expertise and support in the use of DBMS. Must be able to evaluate and recommend available DBMS products to support validated user requirements. Defines file organization, indexing methods, and security procedures for specific user applications. Develops, implements, and maintains database backup and recovery procedures for the processing environments and ensures that data integrity, security, and recoverability are built into the DBMS applications. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
29. QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 6 years of experience in quality assurance and quality control of IT Systems.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in verification and validation, software testing and integration, and software metrics, and their application to software quality assessment.
Duties: Must be capable of maintaining and establishing a process for evaluating software and associated documentation. Must be able to determine the resources required for information technology quality control. Must be able to maintain the level of quality throughout the software life cycle. Develops software quality assurance plans. Conducts formal and informal reviews at predetermined points throughout the development life cycle.
Education: Applicable functional area certification or two years undergraduate education.
Specialized Experience: Five years of intensive and progressive experience in the applicable specialty field.
Duties: Applies subject matter knowledge to high level analysis, design, development, modeling, simulation, integration, installation, documentation and implementation. Resolves problems, which require an intimate knowledge of the related technical subject matter. Applies principles and methods of the subject matter to specialized solutions. Includes but not limited to; medical and legal transcription, environmental, scientific, maintenance and repair processes, and logistical support activities.
30. QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 4 years of experience working with IT quality control methods and tools.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience in software testing and integration and a demonstrated knowledge of system and project life cycles.
Duties: Must be capable of evaluating software and associated documentation. Participates in formal and informal reviews to determine information technology quality and in the development of software quality assurance plans. Examines and evaluates the SQA process and recommends enhancements and modifications. Develops information technology quality standards.
31. SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 6 years of experience in system engineering.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in the supervision of systems engineers, and demonstrated use of interactive, interpretative systems with on-line, real-time acquisition capabilities.
Duties: Analyzes information requirements. Evaluates problems in work flow, organization, and planning. Develops appropriate corrective action. Provides daily supervision and direction to staff.
32. SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 3 years of experience as a software engineer.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience working with Ada, standard query language (SQL), or third- and fourth-generation languages in the design and implementation of systems; 1 year of experience working with DBMS.
Duties: Reviews and analyzes system specifications. Prepares programming specifications. Analyzes existing systems and subsystems for reusability benefits and needed changes. Prepares design plans and written analyses, unit and test scripts, and documentation.
33. SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: Must have 3 years of experience in systems engineering.
Specialized Experience: At least 1 year of experience in analytical problem solving related to information technology work flow, organization, and planning.
Duties: Must be capable of analyzing information technology requirements. Evaluates IT system problems of workflow, organization, and planning. Develops appropriate corrective action.
34. SENIOR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER
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35. INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of experience in technical work in the areas of IT system management and system integration.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in IT disciplines involving operating systems software, electronics communications analysis and design, networking, mechanical engineering, or civil engineering.
Duties: Must be capable of translating IT mission requirements and information problems into solutions employing current state-of-the-art information system equipment and software. Must be able to define interactions and interfaces among different categories of requirements and develop appropriate design to support the requirements while employing IT methodologies. Must be able to serve as a liaison for interpreting and translating various disciplines represented on the task team and as a point of contact for evaluation of problems arising from the interdisciplinary nature of the task. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
36. OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 5 years of experience in defining and formulating models.
Specialized Experience: At least 3 years of experience in operations research related directly to economic analysis, cost modeling, and modeling of IT problems.
Duties: Must be able to apply appropriate operations research modeling techniques to problems that model input, output, and logical flow in sufficient detail for programming. Must be capable of monitoring the mathematical and programming aspects of a project for adherence to the objectives of the model. Must be capable of developing models that can utilize simulation. Incumbent must be capable of applying operations research methodology to defining and formulating economic analysis and related benefit, cost, and risk studies. Must have knowledge of principles, theories, procedures, and techniques of cost analysis, including statistical concepts (standard deviation, confidence limits, and expected value), financial analysis concepts (present value analysis, return on investment [ROI], discounting, and inflation), and cost-accounting concepts (depreciation, amortization, overhead identification and distribution). Must have knowledge of principles of cost modeling. This labor category is offered only in conjunction with IT Professional labor categories.
37. NETWORK INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree or 3 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Basic Experience: This position requires a minimum of 8 years of experience.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of specialized experience, including supervision of installation technicians; analysis, design, and installation of local and wide area networks; and analysis and installation of communications systems. Familiar with engineering documentation, network configurations and topologies, X.25, TCP/IP, frame relay, bridges, and routers. General experience includes increasing responsibilities in technical management.
Duties: Organizes and directs network installations on site surveys. Assesses and documents current site network configurations. Directs and leads preparation of engineering plans and site installation technical design packages. Develops installation schedules. Mobilizes network installation team. Directs and leads preparation of drawings documenting configuration changes at each site. Prepares site installation and test reports. Coordinates post-installation operations and maintenance support.
38. TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ENGINEER
Education: B.A. OR B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 4 years of experience in telecommunications network design and management. Must demonstrate the ability to work independently, or under only general direction, on requirements that are moderately complex to analyze, plan, program, and implement.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience in analysis and design of voice networks, LAN and WAN data networks, wireless networks, and/or network management systems to support voice and data services.
Duties: Analyzes and develops telecommunications networks supporting a wide range of capabilities, including voice, data, video, and/or wireless services. Develops designs and plans for installation and maintenance of telecommunications systems from project inception to conclusion. Analyzes the problem and the characteristics of the information to be transported. Defines the problem and develops system requirements and network specifications. Closely coordinates with other information system professionals to ensure proper implementation of network services. In conjunction with functional users, develops alternative solutions and backup plans.
39. SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ENGINEER
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 8 years of telecommunications design and management experience, particularly on complex applications involving all phases of telecommunications network design, implementation, and analysis.
Specialized Experience: At least 5 years of experience in analysis and design of voice networks, LAN and WAN data networks, wireless networks, and/or network management systems to support voice and data services. At least 2 years of experience in managing these activities. Experience in managing the evaluation and cost estimation of voice and data WAN services from telecommunications carriers, designing access and backbone networks using carrier services, or in managing the analysis and design of wireless voice or data networks (using private radio facilities or commercial services).
Duties: Provides technical and administrative direction for personnel responsible for telecommunications network design, implementation, and operations tasks, including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept and to user standards and progress in accordance with schedules. Makes recommendations, if needed, for approval of major network installations. Prepares milestone status reports, and deliveries/presentations on network progress to colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives. Provides daily supervision and direction to support staff.
40. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANALYST
Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.
Basic Experience: Must have 4 years of telecommunications analysis experience involving requirements definition, identification and analysis of alternative designs, and acquisition support involving telecommunications systems and/or services.
Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience that demonstrates ability to analyze, design, and develop telecommunications solutions and applications for business practices. Specialized experience may also include call center design and implementation, and assessing telecommunications and IT systems for call center operations.
Duties: Must be able to understand government business practices and identify telecommunications support requirements. Identifies potential problems and solutions through analysis identifying recommended solutions. Incumbent must be able to work with functional specialists, automation specialists, contractors, vendors, and customers to effectively automate the customer’s requirements into an automated application. Acts as a focal point for coordinating all disciplines in the recommended solution. Must be able to define state-of-the-art telecommunications alternatives for call centers that will effectively automate customer service operations in government business environments.
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