JOB SUMMARY: This position is located in the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); Alaska Regional Office (AKRO); Information Services Division (ISD), with 3 vacancies in Juneau, AK. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS AKRO-24-12460893-MAP, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. MAJOR DUTIES: As an IT Specialist (Application Software), you will perform the following duties: Use programming code to create and/or modify internal software to accommodate new or different fishery management program needs such as monitoring fishery statistics, setting limits on catch bycatch, and harvest take allowances, and providing accounting information to recover program costs. Collaborate with customers to develop and implement strategy and project solutions to accommodate customer needs and meet specifications and time constraints. Interact consistently with the customer regarding initial assessment of project feasibility, guidelines, potential constraints, identified risks, obstacles, solutions, and progress. Serve as technical authority to a team of internal and contracted developers to deploy a new component of software on budget and on time within the constraints set by the customer. Note: The duties described are at the full performance level of the ZP-3 grade level, and the duties at the ZP-2 grade level are developmental leading to the ZP-3 level. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.