Job summary

DCSA's National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) is looking for a Supervisory IT Specialist with a strong software test, release management and process improvement background. Serves as the lead Test and Release Manager ensuring the software testing and delivery meets developed standards and is delivered in accordance to approved timelines. Visit www.dcsa.mil - America's Gatekeeper!

Major duties

The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table. As a SUPERVISORY IT SPECIALIST (PLCYPLN) you will be responsible for the following duties: - Test Management and Leadership - Lead and manage testing efforts across Dev, Test, and Prod environment, develop test strategies, plans, and schedules tailored to project requirements, coordinate and guide testing teams to execute manual and automated test cases, foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement within the team. - Environment Expertise - Ensure seamless integration and testing between Dev, Test, and Prod environments, collaborate with DevOps teams to maintain test environments and deployment pipelines, troubleshoot and resolve environment-related issues. - Cloud Automation - Design and implement test automation frameworks for cloud-based applications, utilize tools such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or cloud-native testing tools (e.g., AWS Device Farm, Azure DevTest Labs, etc.), optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing in cloud environments, leverage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS Cloud Formation to manage testing infrastructure. - Quality Assurance - Conduct functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing, ensure comprehensive test coverage by designing and executing test cases based on user stories and requirements, use tools like JIRA, TestRail, or equivalent for defect tracking and test management. - Collaboration - Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements, provide test results and defect metrics to inform release decisions, act as the primary point of contact for testing-related queries and escalations.

Qualification

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/gs-2210-information-technology-management-series/ for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 12/20/2024 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-13 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes: Apply advanced knowledge of system life cycle management principles, including software security and usability. Oversee execution of division management processes including management review, continuous process improvement, metrics, independent audits, internal assessments, corrective action management and reporting. Implements strategies for system development, automate testing / application delivery and performance management. Manage and plan sequence of operations on a regular basis for assigned elements. Inform management of anticipated revisions to theories, methodologies or procedures to satisfy non-standard complex program or project support of mission priorities. Provide advice, guidance to leadership, contribute to the effective development, promulgation and execution of programs, projects and operations. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1. Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations. 2. Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change. 3. Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes. 4. Administration and Management: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production. 5. Application Software: Application Software-design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, vulnerability management and support of new or existing applications software. 6. Software Testing and Evaluation: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools for analyzing and developing software test and evaluation procedures.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Evaluations

Read the job opportunity carefully to make sure you have included all required contact information. Include dates, hours, level of experience and examples for each work experience For each work experience you list, make sure you include: Start and end dates (including the month and year). The number of hours you worked per week. The level and amount of experience-for instance, whether you served as a project manager or a team member helps to illustrate your level of experience. Examples of relevant experiences and accomplishments that prove you can perform the tasks at the level required for the job as stated in the job announcement. Your experience needs to address every required qualification. If your resume does not clearly outline details for each position as noted, you may be deemed "not referred" for this position. Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.