GS-07: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Experience utilizing software tools and related mechanisms to maintain established IT systems. Experience analyzing and resolving problems and needs to accomplish IT and business objectives. GS-09: In addition to the above, applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-07 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Experience analyzing work processes and perform maintenance in assigned areas that are of limited scope and difficulty. Experience supporting the development of various IT applications and software, providing testing support, and offering recommendations regarding potential enhancements. GS-11: In addition to the above, applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-09 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Experience providing advice to various levels of personnel regarding administrative and technical matters related to IT programs and/or services. Experience applying IT principals, methods, and programming languages focused on the design, development, testing, and implementation of software for programs. GS-12: In addition to the above, applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Experience preparing presentations, formal and informal reports, correspondence, briefings, charts, tables, and graphs to distribute throughout an organization. Experience reviewing operational needs to detect, diagnose, and resolve significant problems or error conditions relating to computer or related IT products and services. Experience providing information, guidance, and instruction on the use of desktop computer hardware and software products; as well as mainframe applications and systems. GS-13: In addition to the above, applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Experience managing and successfully completing complex IT projects. Experience leading a team-based environment of technical personnel in complex and mission critical projects. Experience providing expert advice and guidance to management regarding technical issues which pertain to the planning, designing, developing, procuring, implementing, operating and maintaining of the organization’s IT systems. Desired Skills Desired skills are NOT mandatory and will NOT be utilized to minimally qualify applicants. Desired Skills are experience and/or knowledge with one or more of the following: Agile (scaled) Sec/Dev/Ops Ansible, Jenkins or other automation software ASP.NET Core 2.0+ Atlassian Tool Suite AWS, Azure, and other Cloud concepts C++ IaaS/PaaS/SaaS Java Oracle APEX Unix/Linux Software Architecture