Lead IT Specialist (Applications Software)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Lakeland, Florida • $103.41k - $158.86k / year • 1d ago

JOB SUMMARY: This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Marine and Aviation Cyber Center (MACC), with one in vacancy in Lakeland, FL. This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO-25-12652138-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. MAJOR DUTIES: As a Lead IT Specialist (Applications Software), you will perform the following duties: Plan, develop, and implement complex system and application architecture including web-based applications and application program interfaces (APls), specifically related to data acquisition, digital workflows, and cloud applications. Work closely with science and engineering project teams to create solutions in support of the collection of Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) navigation and remote sensing systems data. Advise on and devise solutions to a wide range of aircraft systems' issues. Recommend system improvements, optimization, or maintenance for operational efficiency, risk management, and contingency planning for mission applications. Assure software and systems quality and functionality and integrate components. Lead the design, coding, and testing of systems and upgrade code. Serve as senior expert and consultant to ensure the rigorous application of cybersecurity policies, standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements to deliver application systems and software services. Develop new plans, techniques, or policies to include playing a lead role in drafting new policies, processes, or procedures. Perform the full range of Team Leader functions. Ensure that the office's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated and integrated into the strategies, objectives, work plans and work products and services. Articulate and communicate assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion. Provide advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assists in identifying the parameters of a viable solution. Identify, distribute and balance workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established work flow and skill level. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.