This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Office (WFO), with one vacancy in Sacramento, California.
This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS WR CA-25-12651882-DE, which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
Summary
This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Office (WFO), with one vacancy in Sacramento, California.
Overview
Duties
As an IT Specialist (SYSADMIN), you will perform the following duties:
- Provide IT systems administration, monitoring, operation, and maintenance of the site's computer systems, diverse in both architecture and platform, to include Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), microcomputers, and associated hardware and software.
- Perform field maintenance services (e.g., installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, calibration, systems administration, reporting on) and related support for a wide range of complex electronic, electro-mechanical, data acquisition, communications equipment and networked computer systems.
- Serve as technical focal point for maintenance on all systems and equipment, as assigned, for local and remote areas.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements:
- Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
- Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation.
- Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period.
- More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.
- Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
- Payment of relocation expenses are authorized.
- This position is in the bargaining unit. This position is covered by NWSEO 1538.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
How to Apply
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- Address the eligibility questions as well as the questionnaire containing questions and/or task statements that address the knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies for this vacancy.
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