IT Development and Analysis (Enterprise Applications Engineer)

Summary

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is one of the best places to work in the Department of Justice and is one of the premier inspector general offices in federal government. The OIG's Audit Division is seeking highly motivated technology professionals to support the agency's mission to promote integrity, efficiency, and accountability within the Department of Justice. The incumbent will serve as an Applications Engineer in the Office of Management Services.

Duties

As a GS-13 IT Development and Analysis (Enterprise Applications Engineer), your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Managing and modifying new or existing enterprise applications in Power Platform or equivalent platforms. Maintaining databases, schema, and views used by reporting tools. Managing database management systems, including data entry, retrieval, and maintenance. Administering day-to-day enterprise applications to facilitate organizational project management while ensuring attention to details related to compliance, user needs, and mission objectives. Integrating reporting components from multiple data sources. Analyzing and documenting existing data, data flows, data requirements, and reporting needs. Quickly responding to customer needs by adjusting reports that meet and exceed customer expectations. Communicating information to technical and non-technical audiences. Anticipating, identifying, and resolving issues during the change design phase to prevent problems in the development and deployment stages, thereby avoiding costly rework. Assessing complex data scenarios and choosing strategies that provide solutions aligned with business objectives. Demonstrating strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, facilitating clear communication and understanding of reporting and analytics needs. Collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment to ensure seamless integration of enterprise-wide solutions and cross-functional alignment. Contributing to solution design documentation, such as governance, architecture, data management, and access control documents, including presenting this information to end users and other stakeholders. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. Qualifications

Specialized Experience GS-13 To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or above the GS-12 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to work of the position to be filled and has equipped and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. For this position your application must demonstrate experience: Serving as an applications engineer, solutions architect, and/or administrator for enterprise applications built using Power Platform or equivalent platforms, Designing, developing, and modifying Power Platform solutions to support changing business processes, and Applying database management best practices to ensure data integrity, performance, and security. Do NOT copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Your resume must describe your work and experience, in your own words. Your resume must display that you possess IT related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (e.g., IT certification), as appropriate) demonstrating each of the below 12 competencies: Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced 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; Minimum Proficiency Level: Intermediate Information Management - Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately; Minimum Proficiency Level: Intermediate Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Teamwork - Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Technical Competence - Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Application Development - Uses programming languages to script and automate tasks; applies programming languages and skills across multiple platforms or frameworks; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Enterprise Report Development - Rapidly develops customer facing visualizations, dashboards and reusable components using Power BI. Works in DataOps delivery environments such as Agile, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics. Ability to integrate maps from ArcGIS into PBI dashboards, connect external data sets from APIs for dynamic data updates; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced Database Management Systems - Uses of database management systems and software to control the organization, storage, retrieval, routing, security, and integrity of data; Minimum Proficiency Level: Advanced For OPM's definitions of proficiency levels search for "Proficiency Level Scale" at OPM's Proficiency Level Scale

Education

There are no education requirements for this position. How You Will Be Evaluated

USA Hire Assessment: Applicants will be required to complete a USAHire Assessment. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the USAHire assessment. This assessment is online and measures the following competencies: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Information Management Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Oral Communication Problem Solving Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Technical Competence You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. You will be evaluated by a panel of subject matter experts through the following assessment process: Resume Review: Your resume will be reviewed to determine your technical qualifications. Interview: Applicants who pass the resume review may be invited to an interview with an interview panel and/or selecting official. For Category Rating: At the conclusion of the assessment process, qualified candidates will be placed into one of three categories. Best Qualified, Well Qualified, and Qualified. Best Qualified Category = Meets the basic qualifications requirements described in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and excels in the Competencies. The category assignment is a measure of the degree in which your background matches the competencies required for this position. Well Qualified Category : Meets the basic qualifications requirements described in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and demonstrates proficiency in the Competencies. (This category must be met to be considered under ICTAP procedures) Qualified Category = Meets the basic qualifications requirements described in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and demonstrates proficiency in the Competencies. (This category must be met to be considered under ICTAP procedures) The Category Rating Process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three," but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent or higher will be listed in the highest quality category. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. If your resume or transcript is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. Applicants must complete the USA Assessment and score above the cut score of fail, meet and display in the application package that you meet the Specialized Experience per GS-grade selection, and meet the IT related Competencies listed in this vacancy announcement. To preview the application questionnaire, click the following link:https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13101495 Other Information

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and (for scored examining) score 85 or better on established ranking criteria OR (for category rating criteria) rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at: https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition DOJ EEO Statement/Policy: http://www.justice.gov/jmd/eeos/08-eeo-policy.pdf As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Additional information is found at: www.sss.gov.