
IT SPECIALIST (SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION)
Leavenworth, KSFull-time$90–116K/yrPosted 3 days ago
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This National Guard Title 32 excepted-service position is part of the Kansas Joint Forces Headquarters. The IT specialist supports the state’s wide-area command-and-control integrated network, focusing on network administration, optimization, performance, and integration of WAN and LAN systems. The role requires specialized experience or qualifying education, and information assurance certification is a condition of employment, with certification due within six months of assignment.
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Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a IT SPECIALIST (SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION), Position Description Number D2476000 and is part of the KS Joint Forces Headquarters, National Guard.
Duties
As an IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK SERVICES), GS-2210-11, you will function as a technical specialist on issues relating to the wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) systems and their integration in the network. The work involves network administration, optimization and performance in support of the supports the state's wide area command and control integrated network. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications
Military Grades: E-4 through E-6 Compatible Military Assignments: 35T GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade. Must have experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies and summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion. Information Assurance Certification is a condition of employment. This position includes information assurance (IA) work as a paramount duty requirement. Per DoD 8570.01-M, the incumbent of this position must achieve the appropriate IA certification within six months of assignment of these duties. A waiver of this six month requirement may be granted per DoD 8570.01-M, C3.2.4.2 or C3.2.4.3. Failure to receive the proper IA certification may result in removal from this position. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Physical Demands: Work is sedentary. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. Work Environment: Work is performed in a typical office setting. Special safety precautions are not required.
Education
Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: If you are using Education to qualify for this position, At the GS-11 level, a Ph.D. or equivalent, or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Undergraduate or Graduate Education: Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks. You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position. How You Will Be Evaluated
PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC WHEN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Other Information
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). Applicants hired into this position may qualify for a recruiting or relocation incentive. If you are currently receiving a military bonus, prior to applying for or accepting a T32 Technician position please verify with your education/retention and services office to ensure your bonus will not be negatively affected.
How this job compares
Set against the 421 open IT Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–116K/yr
- US median$101–140K/yr263 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 14% below the US median midpoint ($120K) — in the middle half of IT Specialist salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 421 open IT Specialist jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; IT Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (328 postings).
- Education
- 43 of the 421 open IT Specialist jobs (10%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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