IT Specialist (Applications Software)

IT Specialist (Applicions Software) Department of Commerce U.S. Census Bureau Multiple Directores Summary This vacancy is for an IT Specialist (Applicions Software) position in the multiple directores loced the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland . The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line

• Suitland Stion. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other IT Specialist (Applicions Software) , 2210
• 13 , positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical locion with the same qualificions and specialized experience. Learn more about this agency Summary This vacancy is for an IT Specialist (Applicions Software) position in the multiple directores loced the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland . The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line
• Suitland Stion. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other IT Specialist (Applicions Software) , 2210
• 13 , positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical locion with the same qualificions and specialized experience. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/17/2026 to 04/24/2026 Salary $121,785
• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Suitland, MD 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 Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number 26-BOC-12937142-DOC-KC Control number 865657500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Current Department of Commerce employees (includes any Bureau under Commerce) on a permanent competitive appointment; Current Department of Commerce employee (includes any Bureau under Commerce) on a term, temporary or excepted service appointment with reinstement eligibility; and Surplus and displaced Commerce employee (CTAP). Duties Help Analyzes and evalues work concerned with integred systems of computer programs and/or computer equipment. Applies available technologies and basic management principles to adapt computer methods to a variety of subject mter situions. Supports subject mter users by developing or designing applicions for computers and/or in selecting, or assisting in selecting computer equipment. Responds to and resolves problems with software, hardware, and systems management. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. U.S. Citizen. Suitable for Federal employment. Registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov). Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by closing de. This is a

BARGAINING

unit position. This position may be covered by one or more of the following bargaining units: American Federion of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2782(HQ) or AFGE Local 1438(DN). If you have specific questions, please contact the HR Specialist. A USA Hire assessment is required. An email sent with additional informion after you submit your applicion. You will have 48 hours from the closing de of this announcement to complete the assessment. A one-year probionary period may be required

Qualificions Specialized Experience:

For the GS-13 , you must have one year of experience a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service.

Experience for this position includes:

Providing technical guidance in designing, coding, testing, debugging, and maintaining programs; Coordining efforts to enhance software reliability; Transling and interpreting functional requirements; Testing, installing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining software and source code; Developing software code using cloud nive technologies. In addition to the above specialized experience, your resume must demonstre one year of Informion Technology (IT) reled experience in the federal service or prive or public sector demonstring the following four competencies, as defined: 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.

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. After you submit this applicion, you will receive an e-mail informing you th a USA Hire assessment is required. You will have 48 hours from the closing de of this announcement, 04/24/2026, to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your applicion. Educion Educion cannot be substituted for experience this grade level. Additional informion Applicants who apply under this Job Opportunity Announcement may opt-in ( their request) to allow the sharing of their resume, and other associed documents with other Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureaus/Offices who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade and pay band (or its equivalent), and full performance level in the same duty locion or commuting area of the duty locion listed on the Job Opportunity Announcement. Additionally, the following link provides informion on the hiring authority th may enable you to apply through merit assignment procedures or be eligible for a non-competitive appointment. CTAP Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . The Department of Commerce also provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. TTY users can contact the Human Resources Office via the Federal Relay Service, 1-800-877-8339. 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. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume , supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. The best qualified candides identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview.

Online Assessment:

Applicants must complete the online USA Hire Competency Based Assessments measuring critical general competencies required to perform the job. Examples used in the assessment may include general situions not directly reled to this position. The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion.

CTAP and ICTAP candides:

CTAP and ICTAP candides eligible for selection priority if it is determined th they have exceeded the minimum qualificions for the position by taining least a ring of 85 out of 100. Informion about CTAP and ICTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website, The Employee's Guide to Career Transition . If you are invited for an interview, you may be asked to bring a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. Due weight shall be given to performance appraisals and awards in accordance with 5 CFR § 335.103(b)(3). You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiing Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork We recommend th you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the applicion process. Do NOT include the following types of informion in your applicion if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position : Social Security Number (SSN) De of Birth (DOB) Photos of yourself Personal informion: such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12937142 . 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply. Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. Your applicion package should include the following documents:

Resume:

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you deemed disqualified and removed from considerion. Your resume must include your educional and relevant work experience for the position for which you are applying to include the title and des (mm/yy) of employment along with the number of hours worked per week. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you will not receive considerion for this position. SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action," supporting your eligibility, with the exception of current Census Bureau employees. You must provide the most current Notificion of Personnel Action (Form SF-50) th verifies career/career-conditional stus, title, series and grade, such as within-grade increase/within-range increase, promotion, initial appointment, reassignment, realignment (Performance Award and General Adjustment SF-50s do not sisfy this requirement) . Also provide the SF-50 th reflects the highest grade level held on a permanent basis or the full performance level of your current position, whichever is higher. Failure to do so will result in an ineligible ring. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) documention, if applicable: CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents: A copy of your RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a directed geographic relocion outside of the local commuting area; a Certifice of Expected Separion (CES); or certificion th you are in a surplus organizion or occupion (this could be a position abolishment letter, a notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement, or similar notice); A copy of your SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action", noting current position, grade/band level, and duty locion; A copy of your lest performance appraisal including your ring; and Any documention from your bureau/opering unit th shows your current promotion potential.

Educion Documention:

If this position requires proof of higher educion, or you are substituting educion for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses th includes the following informion: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned. This also includes Census Bureau employees. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to OPM's Qualificion Policy for more informion. You are not required to submit official documents this time; copies are sufficient. Special Instructions for

Foreign Educion:

Qualifying educion from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evalued in terms of equivalency to th acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educed in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited prive organizion for an equivalency evaluion of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluion with a course-by-course listing along with your applicion. Failure to provide such documention when requested will result in lost considerion. For further informion on the evaluion of foreign educion, refer to the U.S. Department of Educion's web site Academic and Professional Mobility | Internional Affairs Office (ed.gov) .

NOTE:

You will not be considered if you fail to provide all required documents. Resume 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 and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 04/24/2026 to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your

USA JOBS

account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit USAJOBS Help Center

• How to see your applicion and job stus .

Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online; however, if you are unable to apply online, please email the Agency contact. Agency contact informion Kyva Carroll kyva.carroll@census.gov Address Human Resources Division 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 US Next steps You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website https://usajobs.gov and clicking on "Applicions." The stus visible next to the corresponding positions. The four points of notificion are: Applicion Received or Applicion Incomplete; Minimum Qualificion Requirement Met or Minimum Qualificion Requirement Not Met; Referred or Not Referred; and Selected or Not Selected. By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be termined after you begin work; or you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention prior to appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, veterans' preference, disability, etc.). 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. Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. Your applicion package should include the following documents:

Resume:

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you deemed disqualified and removed from considerion. Your resume must include your educional and relevant work experience for the position for which you are applying to include the title and des (mm/yy) of employment along with the number of hours worked per week. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you will not receive considerion for this position. SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action," supporting your eligibility, with the exception of current Census Bureau employees. You must provide the most current Notificion of Personnel Action (Form SF-50) th verifies career/career-conditional stus, title, series and grade, such as within-grade increase/within-range increase, promotion, initial appointment, reassignment, realignment (Performance Award and General Adjustment SF-50s do not sisfy this requirement) . Also provide the SF-50 th reflects the highest grade level held on a permanent basis or the full performance level of your current position, whichever is higher. Failure to do so will result in an ineligible ring. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) documention, if applicable: CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents: A copy of your RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a directed geographic relocion outside of the local commuting area; a Certifice of Expected Separion (CES); or certificion th you are in a surplus organizion or occupion (this could be a position abolishment letter, a notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement, or similar notice); A copy of your SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action", noting current position, grade/band level, and duty locion; A copy of your lest performance appraisal including your ring; and Any documention from your bureau/opering unit th shows your current promotion potential.

Educion Documention:

If this position requires proof of higher educion, or you are substituting educion for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses th includes the following informion: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned. This also includes Census Bureau employees. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to OPM's Qualificion Policy for more informion. You are not required to submit official documents this time; copies are sufficient. Special Instructions for

Foreign Educion:

Qualifying educion from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evalued in terms of equivalency to th acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educed in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited prive organizion for an equivalency evaluion of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluion with a course-by-course listing along with your applicion. Failure to provide such documention when requested will result in lost considerion. For further informion on the evaluion of foreign educion, refer to the U.S. Department of Educion's web site Academic and Professional Mobility | Internional Affairs Office (ed.gov) .

NOTE:

You will not be considered if you fail to provide all required documents. Resume 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 and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 04/24/2026 to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your

USA JOBS

account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit USAJOBS Help Center

• How to see your applicion and job stus .

Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online; however, if you are unable to apply online, please email the Agency contact. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Kyva Carroll kyva.carroll@census.gov Address Human Resources Division 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 US Next steps You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website https://usajobs.gov and clicking on "Applicions." The stus visible next to the corresponding positions. The four points of notificion are: Applicion Received or Applicion Incomplete; Minimum Qualificion Requirement Met or Minimum Qualificion Requirement Not Met; Referred or Not Referred; and Selected or Not Selected. By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be termined after you begin work; or you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention prior to appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, veterans' preference, disability, etc.). 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 04/17/2026 to 04/24/2026 Salary $121,785

• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Suitland, MD 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-BOC-12937142-DOC-KC Control number 865657500