Information Technology Specialist (Network Services)

Summary

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the Regional Cyber Center-Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany. The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months with possible extensions up to 5 years.

Duties

• Selectee proactively coordinates and carries out the activities and processes required to implement, operate, and maintain premier collaboration services as a Network Operations Specialist.
• Troubleshoots and analyzes network problems to include network peripherals such as Cisco - Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) – F5 BIG-IP Load Balancers.
• Optimizes data center information technology fabric and infrastructure (Cisco 9k, 5k, ASRs, Cat9k)
• Engineers and implements Software Defined Networks (SDN).
• Minimizes the impact of incidents and problems on business services caused by errors within the IT infrastructure and prevents the reoccurrence of incidents related to these errors.
• Restores normal service operations as quickly as possible to minimize impact on business services.
• Creates briefs and various network architecture design diagrams
• Independently develops fact sheets, prepares briefs, architectural designs, and drawings. Participate fully in periodic inspections under the supervision of the Team Lead and Branch Chief.
• Serves as a Vulnerability Assessment Analyst responsible for the vulnerability assessment and management of the enterprise voice and video infrastructure.
• Leverages tools and teams to track network device configurations and statuses

Qualifications

Current DoD Employees: If a current permanent CES employee, you shall be granted administrative return rights. If not a current permanent CES employee, you may be granted administrative return rights if agreed to by your CONUS organization. In accordance with DoD CES Personnel System Implementation Guidance for Overseas Rotations and Administrative Return Rights, employees must be able to satisfy the rotation requirement and tour limitations in DoD Instruction 1400.25 Volume 1230. CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Organization is defined as current, permanent ARCYBER/NETCOM employees only. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Applicants must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of 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 or knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Qualifying experience would be demonstrated by one year of troubleshooting and analyzing network problems to include network peripherals such as Cisco - Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) - F5 BIG-IP Load Balancers; optimizing data center information technology fabric and infrastructure (Cisco 9k, 5k, ASRs, Cat9k); engineering and implementing Software Defined Networks (SDN); understanding of advanced virtual route forwarding (VRF) and demilitarized zone (DMZ) architectures; creating briefs and various network architecture design diagrams; conducting vulnerability assessments; and leveraging tools and teams to track network device configurations and statuses. The specialized experience must include, or be supplemented by, information technology related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training, as appropriate) which demonstrates each of the four competencies, as defined: (1) Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending t…

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.