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Summary See below for important information regarding this job. Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows: Battle Creek, MI: $86,962 - $113,047 Columbus, OH: $90,669 - $117,866 Dayton, OH: $90,178 - $117,227 Fort Belvoir, VA: $99,200 - $128,956 New Cumberland, PA: $99,200 - $128,956 Ogden, UT: $86,962 - $113,047 Philadelphia, PA: $95,694 - $124,398 Richmond, VA: $90,751 - $117,972 Responsibilities Serves as senior member or coordinator of a project/program support team responsible for business systems requirements assessment, evaluation, analysis, elicitation, interpretation, planning, design, documentation... (cont.) testing, validation, implementation, and maintenance of Software applications running on an IBM Mainframe Z/OS. Monitors Systems and researches issues related to Job Control Language errors, DB2 Database issues, and COBOL software programs Develops test plans/cases, prepares test data sets, and conducts testing of application enhancements and break/fix conditions. Evaluates and analyzes the customer's business system requirements for feasibility, cost-effectiveness, integrity, completeness, compliance, compatibility, and testability. Conducts and/or participates in the research and investigation of technological developments that have the potential to improve the design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation... (cont.) and support of new or existing applications software. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for an IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS), your qualifications must include: 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-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 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 deliverables (Project Schedules, Functional/Technical Specifications, Test Plans, Test Cases, User Guides, and Project Status Reports). Conducts, reviews, tracks and reports status of functional Testing in Pre-Production system Test environments and assists the user community with User Acceptance Testing. Participates in release management, software transition, and deployment activities. Monitors and maintains system performance, identifies and analyzes operational problems, develops solutions, and takes corrective action as appropriate. Creates hierarchical structures, logical process models; module interface plans, functional foundation modules and/or logical data base views. Scopes decomposes and refines requirements using various techniques such as process and data modeling. Develops functional designs, operational concepts; detailed inputs/outputs, system interrelationships, and processing logic. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) 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 experience, including volunteer experience. Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional Information For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources. Information for Veterans is available at: http://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/veterans.aspx. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement. Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.