Mainframe Storage Engineer

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

Duties: Serves as the Agency's expert in the deployment mainframe or client server computer system data storage infrastructure and uses this expertise to develop addressing schema and hardware/software configurations to obtain the optimum configuration for a given project or workload Serves as the leading technical authority in area of data storage, data recovery and data storage management and provides advice to SSA components on technical capabilities and limitations, configuration, and other related matters. Participates as required in all major mainframe or client server computer system and data storage procurement efforts, providing expert configuration data to ensure any proposed complement and configuration of hardware and software results in meeting predetermined Agency processing requirements. Resolves the most difficult and intricate computer hardware/software configuration or performance problems resulting from design and/or deployment inadequacies of the melding of new design and/or deployment inadequacies or melding of new technologies with Legacy operating methods/procedures or software. Evaluates new mainframe or client server data storage infrastructure technologies and determines their functionality relative to SSA's plans.

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-14 position you must have specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 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 managing the implementation of mainframe storage infrastructure, advanced mainframe data storage administration skillsets, mainframe storage maintenance, and mainframe storage operations.

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