IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS/APPSW)

IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS/APPSW) Department of Energy Western Area Power Administrion Chief of the Informion Officer, A2603 Summary As an IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS/APPSW), you will serve as a systems business analyst and technical expert in the applicion of WAPA policies, regulions, specificions, guidelines and procedures to operions, control areas, and merchant business to include supporting interrelionships between the business environments and the Informion Technology systems.

THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. YOU WILL HAVE TO PHYSICALLY REPORT TO ONE OF THE DUTY LOCATIONS LISTED IN THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.

Learn more about this agency Summary As an IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS/APPSW), you will serve as a systems business analyst and technical expert in the applicion of WAPA policies, regulions, specificions, guidelines and procedures to operions, control areas, and merchant business to include supporting interrelionships between the business environments and the Informion Technology systems.

THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. YOU WILL HAVE TO PHYSICALLY REPORT TO ONE OF THE DUTY LOCATIONS LISTED IN THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.

Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/13/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $106,437•$154,280 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Folsom, CA Loveland, CO Wertown, SD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number 26-WA-00571-12957290-IMP Control number 869245700 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This position is only open to current Western Area Power Administrion employees on a career or career-conditional competitive service appointment. Duties Help As an IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS/APPSW), some of your duties will include, but are not limited to: Provides business insight to IT personnel involving design applicions th meet customer/business partner needs. Develops and administers policies, standards, specificions, guidelines, and procedures governing IT management, reliability, and merchant activities. Acts as the project manager lead for multiple, simultaneous, multifunctional IT projects for an assigned region or WAPA for the purpose of identifying and resolving IT systems and/or applicions issues. Serves as an expert consultant and business liaison in areas affecting users and customers/business partners, their functional interfaces, and the impacts of procedural modificions. Provides day-to-day support for assigned systems, applicions, equipment, and/or modules, to include development of formal reports or ad-hoc queries, design and development of extensions for the purpose of additional functionality, reconciliion, or integrion with other applicions, troubleshooting user problems/questions, and analyzing and resolving da issues. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. This employer participes in the e-Verify program. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary/trial period. Employees serving on a probionary or trial period may be termined any time during the probionary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-reled reasons in the interest of Federal service. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualificions. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or red. Your answers reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection considerion. You may be required to complete a financial disclosure (OGE-450). Shift work and emergency overtime may be required. Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays. Total salary varies depending on locion of position. Qualificions Qualificion requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualificion standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website loced : https://www.opm.gov/policy . Applicants must meet the Individual Occupional Requirements (IOR) for the 2210 Series as described below: Applicants must have IT-reled experience demonstring each of the four competencies listed below: Attention to Detail•Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about tending to detail. Customer Service•Works with clients and customers (th is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products th your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizions outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide informion or assistance, resolve their problems, or sisfy their expections; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communicion•Expresses informion (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nure of the informion (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentions; listens to others, tends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriely. Problem Solving•Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions.

Specialized Experience:

Applicants must possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the GS-13: In addition to meeting the IOR above, applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service.

This experience includes:

Developing and implementing IT applicion systems through all phases of the lifecycle, including requirements ghering, system design documention, software development, testing, and deployment. Managing IT projects, coordining stakeholders, defining requirements, monitoring schedules, and ensuring successful delivery of project outcomes. Providing technical support for IT systems and applicions by troubleshooting user issues, analyzing da, and maintaining compliance with security protocols and organizional IT standards. Key systems experiences include least two of the following: Physical access control systems, video surveillance systems, and/or transmission line inspection systems.

Time-in-Grade :

Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizions. 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 There is no educion requirement for this position. 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. Additional informion This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE. For general informion on government-wide Telework polices : www.telework.gov . Applicants may request Reasonable Accommodion (RA) when applying or competing for a job due to a medical condition or to exercise religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodion in the applicion or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. This position is the full performance level. Upon reporting, and annually thereafter, the selectee may be required to file one or more financial stements and/or a procurement integrity certificion. These certificions may be subject to public disclosure. The selectee for this position may be eligible to receive a relocion incentive. You will need to sign an employment agreement to be eligible for this incentive. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs are not authorized.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is sedentary.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work is done in an office. Periodic travel to WAPA field offices and/or HQ, Department of Energy Headquarters, other Power Marketing Administrions, vendor training sites and offices, and vendor/user group conferences may be required.

ADDITIONAL SALARY INFO

Folsom, CA:

$117,984•153,382

Loveland, CO:

$118,675•154,280

Wertown, SD:

$106,437•138,370 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 . 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, the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions.

Structured Resume Review :

Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required competencies. SMEs will review ONLY the first two (2) pages of your resume. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume). The Department of Energy uses an applicion tracking system to evalue the scores provided from the SME resume review or USA Hire Assessment to place you into an initial quality cegory via OPM's Cegory Ring procedures. These cegories are "Best Qualified", "Well Qualified", and "Qualified."

Minimum Qualificions:

Once the applicion process is complete, the Human Resources Offices or Subject Mter Expert (SME) will review the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualificions. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documention before the vacancy closes, you may be red 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Configurion Management Informion Resources Stregy and Planning Informion Technology Program Management Technical Competence All qualified Non-competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion applicants referred to the hiring manager for considerion.

Career Transition Assistance Programs:

To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be red "well-qualified". You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de (05/22/2026) of this announcement. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12957290 . 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 . 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 To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete applicion package which includes: Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de).

Current Federal employees:

Most recent non-award SF-50 (Standard Form 50•Notice of Personnel Action). To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility. Full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your current position SF50 does not indice you have competitive service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. . If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility.

If applicable:

Veterans:

DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members•certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter. For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW informion. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable(e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more informion see the OPM Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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 Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into

USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select

Upde Applicion:

https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each applicion stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the

USAJOBS Help Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Agency contact informion PMA Careers PMACareers@wapa.gov Address WAPA Headquarters 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete applicion package which includes: Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de).

Current Federal employees:

Most recent non-award SF-50 (Standard Form 50•Notice of Personnel Action). To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility. Full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your current position SF50 does not indice you have competitive service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. . If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility.

If applicable:

Veterans:

DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members•certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter. For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW informion. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable(e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more informion see the OPM Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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 Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into

USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select

Upde Applicion:

https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each applicion stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the

USAJOBS Help Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion PMA Careers PMACareers@wapa.gov Address WAPA Headquarters 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 05/13/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $106,437•$154,280 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Folsom, CA Loveland, CO Wertown, SD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-WA-00571-12957290-IMP Control number 869245700