CIVILIAN PAY TECHNICIAN

CIVILIAN PAY TECHNICIAN

Department of Defense Defense Security Cooperion Agency Summary This position is part of the Defense Security Cooperion Agency. The incumbent responsible for assisting payroll rules, regulions, procedures and techniques to work with resolving accounts in payroll systems. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Defense Security Cooperion Agency. The incumbent responsible for assisting payroll rules, regulions, procedures and techniques to work with resolving accounts in payroll systems. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/18/2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Salary $70,623

• $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 9 Job family (Series) 0544 Civilian Pay Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

DSCA-26-12956329-MP

Control number 868487800 This job is open to Help Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Clarificion from the agency Agency means current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service; Displaced employees (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan

• ICTAP eligible) within the Local Commuting Area; and individuals eligible for the following

Special Appointing Authorities:

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA), and Military Spouses. Duties Help As a

CIVILIAN PAY TECHNICIAN

the

GS-0544-7/8/9

some of your typical work assignments may include: Investige and resolve payroll issues associed with various types of civilian appointments such as career, career conditional, and temporary, part-time, and intermittent employees. Research and analyze da; consolide input for response to Inspector General complaints, audits and/or congressional inquiries. Oversee special studies or projects which address pay problems/issues encountered across functional lines to elimine or reduce similar problems in the future. Establish routine and special timelines and cutoff schedules to assure timely transmission of da to meet DFAS computer schedules and Audit Readiness requirements. Cree reports for leave availability, missing timecards, and invalid transactions for a segment of the overall Defense Civilian payroll System (DCPS) Program Reviews. Review and interpret a wide range of payroll law, policy, regulion, directive, DCPS Payroll Office Advisory Releases regarding the DCPS Applicion System. Review, verify, and process a variety of payroll and time and tendance da impacting pay, electronic funds transfer (EFT) payroll deposits, leave, taxes, benefits, other deductions, and master payroll record informion. Serve as a technical authority with full administrive responsibility for the support of Federal civilian employee payroll accounts across CONUS and OCONUS employees. Provide technical assistance and training to all activity users, timekeepers and certifiers regarding the operion and setup of the online DAI OTL account. Communice both orally and in writing sufficient to deal effectively and piently with employees, supervisors, timekeepers, and DFAS customer service representives. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply) Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period

Work Schedule:

Full Time Overtime:

Occasionally Tour of Duty:

Flexible Recruitment and Relocion Incentives:

May be Authorized Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):

Exempt Financial Disclosure:

Not Required Telework Eligibility:

This position is telework eligible Qualificions You may qualify the GS-07, if you fulfill the following qualificions: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service: Assisting payroll rules, regulions, procedures and techniques to work with resolving accounts in payroll systems, processing payroll, and demonstring timekeeping knowledge; OR You may qualify the GS-08, if you fulfill the following qualificions: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service: Using a wide body of payroll rules, regulions, procedures and techniques to work with compliced accounts in payroll systems; understanding Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) regulions and procedures sufficiently to identify and resolve pay problems, processing payroll, and demonstring timekeeping knowledge. ; OR You may qualify the GS-09, if you fulfill the following qualificions: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service: using a wide body of payroll rules, regulions, procedures and techniques to work with compliced accounts in payroll systems; understanding Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) regulions and procedures sufficiently to identify and resolve pay problems; reviewing and processing a variety of payroll and time and tendance da impacting pay, electronic funds transfer (EFT) payroll deposits, leave, taxes, benefits, other deductions, and master payroll record informion; providing technical assistance and training to all activity users, timekeepers and certifiers regarding the operion and set up of their accounts within a time keeping system, processing payroll, and demonstring timekeeping knowledge. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional informion Incumbent must tain DoD Security Cooperion Workforce (SCW) Certificion and complete reled continuous learning requirements in accordance with the Nional Defense Authorizion Act (NDAA) 2017, Title 10 United Stes Code, Section 384 and Security Cooperion Workforce Certificion Program 2.0 requirements. Incumbent must complete DoD SCW Basic-level certificion courses within one year. Requirements for Proficiency Level 1

• At least 1 year of successful SC work experience with a performance appraisal ring of 3 or better.

Incumbent must complete DoD SCW Foundional level certificion requirements within one year of entering the SC position. In addition, 40 hours of continuing educion (CUE) every two years. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separed after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs :

This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience th exceeds the positions minimum qualificions. and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility.

For more informion:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ .

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities :

For more informion on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Persons with Disabilities

• Schedule A Special Hiring Authority for Veterans Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Other Special Appointment Authorities
• Subpart F Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.

sss.gov/register/ ) The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy.

Selective Service Requirement:

Please http://www.sss.gov for more informion. For more informion, please https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d

Other Notes:

Re-employed Annuitant:

This position Does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF?ver=LQ7feWw-8-5DI2tceUpmgA%3d%3d Stus candides must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks the next lower grade level). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the applicion process is complete, your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the Occupional Questionnaire. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

Competencies:

Administrion and Management Customer Service Problem Solving Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP):

This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria AND 2) be red well-qualified for the position AND 3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. Well-qualified means you possess the type and quality of experience th exceeds the position's minimum qualificions. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the (RGP) eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP DoD MRNG):

In order to receive this preference, you must choose the (PPP DoD MRNG) eligibility, and fill out and submit the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist and copies of the approprie documention. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) (PPP MSP): In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the(MSP) (PPP MSP) eligibility. If you are claiming MSP (PPP MSP) and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED 1.

Resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job?

The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2 . SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.

Veteran's Documents:

If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12956329 . Review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Agency contact informion DSCA Servicing Team Phone 614 692-0252 DHRS-D-DSCA@DLA.MIL Address Defense Security Cooperion Agency 1851 S. Bell Room 501 Arlington, VA 22240 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED 1.

Resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job?

The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2 . SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.

Veteran's Documents:

If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12956329 . Review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DSCA Servicing Team Phone 614 692-0252 DHRS-D-DSCA@DLA.MIL Address Defense Security Cooperion Agency 1851 S. Bell Room 501 Arlington, VA 22240 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/18/2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $70,623

• $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 9 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

DSCA-26-12956329-MP

Control number 868487800