Information Technology Specialist (Customer Support)
Washington, District of Columbia
Employer: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Industry: Information Technology Management
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Summary
This position is located in the Department of Technology Services (DTS), Enterprise Operations Center (EOC), Support Services Division (SSD). The Enterprise Operations Center (EOC) supports the AO in fulfilling its missions to courts by providing a customer-focused, central point of contact for internal and external (public) users of the Judiciary's nationally deployed information technology (IT) services while operating and monitoring the Judiciary's national IT infrastructure.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
This announcement is open to applicants who live in the San Antonio, TX or Washington, DC locality and/or federal judiciary employees nationwide.
Duties
The Administrative Office (AO) is the agency within the Judicial Branch that provides a broad range of legislative, legal, financial, technology, management, administrative, and program support services to federal courts. Judicial Conference committees, with court input, advise the AO as it develops the annual judiciary budget for approval by Congress and the President. The AO is responsible for carrying out Judicial Conference policies and for providing staff support and counsel to the Judicial Conference and its committees. Today, the AO and its more than 900 employees provide a broad array of support services to the Judicial Conference and its committees, as well as support to the more than 30,000 Judiciary employees working in more than 800 locations. The agency's lawyers, public administrators, accountants, systems engineers, analysts, architects, statisticians, and other staff provide a broad array of professional services to meet the needs of judges and others working in federal courts nationwide.
The primary mission of the Support Services Division (SSD) within the EOC is to ensure enterprise-wide situational awareness of the Judiciary's IT infrastructure, mission-critical applications, and customer support functions. The Customer Integration Branch's (CIB) Enterprise Communications and Coordination Cell (ECCC) represents the linchpin for EOC enterprise situational awareness. The ECCC is chartered with executing centralized coordination of event detection and response actions to operational and cybersecurity events across all service support tiers via enhanced event correlation/validation and tailored communications. ECCC mission requirements dictate the need to evolve the ECCC into a three shift 24/7/365 operation and thus the incumbent will be required to perform shift work. This includes shifts comprised of non-traditional work schedules, which may include weekends and holidays.
The IT operations manager works under the operational guidance of the ECCC team lead and under the general supervision of a Branch Chief. The incumbent of this position assists the ECCC team lead in working with various AO partners and court staff. Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Qualifications
Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience in BOTH of the following:
Desired, but not required: Applicants who have experience with judiciary court operations, processes, and procedures are highly desirable.
Education
This position does not require education to qualify.
Additional information
The AO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.
You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
Required Documents
For this job announcement the following documents and/or information are required:
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 10/04/2024 to receive consideration.
To begin, click
Agency contact information
Kymberli Camber
Phone
(210) 301-6303
Email
kymberli_camber@aotx.uscourts.gov
Address
Department of Technology Services
One Columbus Circle, NE
Washington, DC 20544
US
Next steps
After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and referral to the hiring official if determined qualified. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This position is located in the Department of Technology Services (DTS), Enterprise Operations Center (EOC), Support Services Division (SSD). The Enterprise Operations Center (EOC) supports the AO in fulfilling its missions to courts by providing a customer-focused, central point of contact for internal and external (public) users of the Judiciary's nationally deployed information technology (IT) services while operating and monitoring the Judiciary's national IT infrastructure.
This job is open to
- Federal employees - Competitive service
Current or former competitive service federal employees. - Federal employees - Excepted service
Current excepted service federal employees. - The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. - Veterans
Clarification from the agency
This announcement is open to applicants who live in the San Antonio, TX or Washington, DC locality and/or federal judiciary employees nationwide.
Duties
The Administrative Office (AO) is the agency within the Judicial Branch that provides a broad range of legislative, legal, financial, technology, management, administrative, and program support services to federal courts. Judicial Conference committees, with court input, advise the AO as it develops the annual judiciary budget for approval by Congress and the President. The AO is responsible for carrying out Judicial Conference policies and for providing staff support and counsel to the Judicial Conference and its committees. Today, the AO and its more than 900 employees provide a broad array of support services to the Judicial Conference and its committees, as well as support to the more than 30,000 Judiciary employees working in more than 800 locations. The agency's lawyers, public administrators, accountants, systems engineers, analysts, architects, statisticians, and other staff provide a broad array of professional services to meet the needs of judges and others working in federal courts nationwide.
The primary mission of the Support Services Division (SSD) within the EOC is to ensure enterprise-wide situational awareness of the Judiciary's IT infrastructure, mission-critical applications, and customer support functions. The Customer Integration Branch's (CIB) Enterprise Communications and Coordination Cell (ECCC) represents the linchpin for EOC enterprise situational awareness. The ECCC is chartered with executing centralized coordination of event detection and response actions to operational and cybersecurity events across all service support tiers via enhanced event correlation/validation and tailored communications. ECCC mission requirements dictate the need to evolve the ECCC into a three shift 24/7/365 operation and thus the incumbent will be required to perform shift work. This includes shifts comprised of non-traditional work schedules, which may include weekends and holidays.
The IT operations manager works under the operational guidance of the ECCC team lead and under the general supervision of a Branch Chief. The incumbent of this position assists the ECCC team lead in working with various AO partners and court staff. Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
- Operating and maintaining a communications and coordination bridge to ensure handling of structured activities targeted at the central management of operational events, incidents, routine operational activities and reporting on the status or performance of IT services.
- Monitoring operational events to allow for normal operation and to detect/escalation exception conditions facilitating proactive incident detection and response.
- Ensuring the measurement and control of IT services is based on a continual cycle of monitoring, reporting, and coordinated operational support/response actions for all IT services.
- Maintaining a working knowledge of the National Service Desk (NSD) supported IT services.
- Operating EOC support systems to include IT service management, communications, web and service monitoring tools.
- Understanding and adhering to EOC standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Maintaining a working knowledge of the of nationally support and emerging IT products and services.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
- All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
- Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
- All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
- New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
- You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
- If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.
Qualifications
Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience in BOTH of the following:
- IT service desk operations experience; and
- Experience using enterprise IT Service Management tools (i.e., ServiceNow, etc.).
Desired, but not required: Applicants who have experience with judiciary court operations, processes, and procedures are highly desirable.
Education
This position does not require education to qualify.
Additional information
The AO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.
You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
- Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered. - Required Documents
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
For this job announcement the following documents and/or information are required:- Resume - Any written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications.
- Citizenship - Include country of citizenship on resume.
- Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) - All applicants outside of the AO must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 to verify current or former Federal employment status.
- Veterans Preference documentation - Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), if applicable Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (SF-15) and an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying to the veteran's present receipt of compensation.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. - How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 10/04/2024 to receive consideration.
To begin, click- Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account.
- You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application.
- You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement.
- To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12520066
Agency contact information
Kymberli Camber
Phone
(210) 301-6303
Email
kymberli_camber@aotx.uscourts.gov
Address
Department of Technology Services
One Columbus Circle, NE
Washington, DC 20544
US
Next steps
After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and referral to the hiring official if determined qualified. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. - Fair and Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.- Criminal history inquiries
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
- Financial suitability
- New employee probationary period
- Privacy Act
- Reasonable accommodation policy
- Selective Service
- Signature and false statements
- Social security number request
Required Documents
For this job announcement the following documents and/or information are required:
- Resume - Any written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications.
- Citizenship - Include country of citizenship on resume.
- Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) - All applicants outside of the AO must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 to verify current or former Federal employment status.
- Veterans Preference documentation - Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), if applicable Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (SF-15) and an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying to the veteran's present receipt of compensation.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 10/04/2024 to receive consideration.
To begin, click
- Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account.
- You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application.
- You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement.
- To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12520066
Agency contact information
Kymberli Camber
Phone
(210) 301-6303
kymberli_camber@aotx.uscourts.gov
Address
Department of Technology Services
One Columbus Circle, NE
Washington, DC 20544
US
Next steps
After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and referral to the hiring official if determined qualified. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
- Criminal history inquiries
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
- Financial suitability
- New employee probationary period
- Privacy Act
- Reasonable accommodation policy
- Selective Service
- Signature and false statements
- Social security number request
Created: 2024-09-21
Reference: 810337000
Country: United States
State: District of Columbia
City: Washington
ZIP: 20010
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