Mainframe Storage Architect

IT Specialist positions are being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's delegated Direct Hire Authority, open to all U.S. citizens.

Duties: Conducts and/or leads analyses for proposed hardware, network, or software applications as they relate to integration into SSA computing environments. Represents OTSO as its ranking member(s) on the Agency's Architecture Review Board. Conducts and/or leads analyses of proposed improvements or enhancements to SSA operations. Engineers studies and analyses to ensure SSA's IT systems are consistent with the mission, goals and operations of the Agency. Resolves the most difficult and intricate IT performance problems. Leads procurement and implementation efforts of new software and hardware. Plans, directs, and/or conducts complex, sensitive and/or confidential studies which involve resolving critical problems in existing or future systems, and which require innovative solutions in many aspects of the studies. Evaluates and recommends data design and storage techniques that result in effective, flexible, scalable, reliable, manageable, maintainable and secure data solutions using knowledge of the existing and emerging technologies, as well as, best industry practices relating to the use and management of data; and leads efforts to document recommendations and resource requirements.

U.S. Citizenship required. Selective Service Registration, if applicable. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

To qualify for the 2210 IT Specialist series, you must demonstrate the following competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, Problem Solving.

In addition, to qualify for this GS-15 position you must have specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 level or above, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled, that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience must primarily consist of work that involves mastery of the implementation of a mainframe high availability storage infrastructure and expert mainframe data storage administration skillsets including: backup/recovery, disaster and cyber resilience, storage maintenance, and storage operations.

This position does not have an educational requirement. Education cannot be substituted for Specialized Experience.