Who may apply: Current permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service and current DFAS VRA employees. Position is located in I&T Directorate, Payroll Services, ZTB. This job announcement may be used to fill similar positions on other teams in the I&T Directorate. Applicants on Cleveland list may be considered for positions in Bratenahl. MUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE COBOL (COMMON BUSINESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE) AGENCY LED TRAINING
In addition to OPM qualifications stated below, management requests submission of an essay, approximately 500 words long, highlighting your information technology background and experience. Essay content should include: Why are you interested in participating in this COBOL training program and how do you think it would help DFAS achieve its mission 'to be a valued partner in financial management by delivering first class services and products'? You MUST submit this essay in order to be selected. Essays should be submitted as an additional attachment in your application package, at the time of application. FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-7 LEVEL: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-5) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing routine data analysis and utilizing financial systems to support of an organizations' finance mission. FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-9 LEVEL: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-7) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Analyzing and evaluating reports and data from financial and accounting systems to identify issues and discrepancies; applying financial management principles as they relate to automated financial systems processing and operations. FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-11 LEVEL: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-9) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Assisting with implementing system change requests and planning system testing; providing input to developing and designing test plans; applying financial management principles as they relate to automated financial systems processing and operations. FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-12 LEVEL: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Consulting customers to determine system functional requirements and implementing system change requests; planning, managing, and performing system testing; developing and designing test plans; and analyzing and evaluating test results to recommend and monitor corrective action. You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
This position is in a COBOL (COMMON BUSINESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE) programming language training cadre.
Selected applicants will initially spend approximately 12 weeks learning COBOL (COMMON BUSINESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE) and related software development disciplines.
Additional disciplines may include, but are not limited to, JCL, CICS, DB2, IDMS, Agile, DevSecOps.
Supports a team of software engineers engaged in program analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation for major accounting and finance systems.
Duties will be developmental in nature when the position is filled below the full performance level.