IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK)

IT SPECIALIST

(NETWORK) Department of the Navy Naval Systems Management Activity

NAVAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY

Summary You will serve as an

IT SPECIALIST

(NETWORK) in the

NAVAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive stus. Learn more about this agency Summary You will serve as an

IT SPECIALIST

(NETWORK) in the

NAVAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive stus. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/07/2026 Salary $108,019 - $140,426 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Dam Neck Naval Facility, Virginia Beach, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situional telework the discretion of management. Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—Relocion incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable regulions. PCS is not authorized. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

ST-12953839-26-RLP

Control number 867885600 This job is open to Help Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Preference eligibles and DoD Retained Grade Preference eligibles Duties Help You will serve as a technical lead for LAN/WAN communicion infrastructure. You will manage communicion programs identified as potential solutions to shortfalls. You will review proposals submitted submitted by vendors for technical capability with current networking and software applicions. You will establish and develop points of contact major technology development center having either the resources or knowledge th can be leveraged in order to sisfy command requirements. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a US Citizen. Must be determined suitable for federal employment. Must participe in the direct deposit pay program. New employees to the Department of the Navy required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, e-verify.gov Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediely following retirement de to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United Stes Code 3326. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. You must acknowledge in writing th you are accepting an appointment in the excepted service which does not confer competitive stus, prior to appointment. You required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance. This is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code (441), proficiency level (I) the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualificions in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualificion and Department of Navy policies. Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentive offer of employment rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You subject to random testing. This position may require travel from normal duty stion to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isoled sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time. Qualificions Your resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the prive or public sector. Specialized experience includes duties reled to the following: Identifying, evaluing, installing, maintaining, and administering communicions infrastructure, virtual environments, and mobile communicions; Managing communicions programs; Developing detailed long range plans, goals, and objectives for various communicions technology development programs; Interpreting and adapting specific guidelines to address operional and technological deficiencies. Your experience must reflect skill in the following areas: tention to detail, customer service, oral communicion, and problem solving. Additional qualificion informion can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-standards/2200/informion-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternive-a/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (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. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentive offer of employment rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the applicion process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organizion and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit stus, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocion expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certifice, your resume available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the de the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.

Federal annuitant informion:

The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy informion may be found : http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants placed the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority considerion, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediely prior to separion. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocion or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocion incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocion costs experienced by the selectee. A relocion incentive may be authorized. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive stus. 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. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or educion, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being Your resume is the key means we have for evaluing your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they rele to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the applicion process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements listed in this announcement. You red based on the informion provided in your resume and applicion package, along with your supporting documention to determine your ability to demonstre the following competencies: You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as th informion may be taken into considerion during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documention. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion is made th you infled your qualificions and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurely reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. All eligibility, qualificions, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. 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 You are required to provide documention th supports the eligibility and qualificion claims made in your resume. You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your applicion package. Applicants who do not provide supporting documention th fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager. Cover letter is optional. A complete resume is required. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.

GS-0201-09

) for relevant federal experience.

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A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. Are you applying for a promotion? For GS positions, to be considered for a promotion, you must provide SF-50(s) th shows you have held the next lower GS grade for least one year. SF-50s th have an effective de within the past year (e.g., General Adjustment SF-50 from this year or Within Re/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI) SF-50 within a year) do not clearly show th you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Th means if you submit an SF-50 ded within the last year, you must submit another SF-50 ded more than one year ago to clearly demonstre you meet the time-in-grade requirements. If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz . Are you claiming membership in any professional organizions, or possession of a license, certifice or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certificion, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your applicion package. Are you using educion as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic educion requirement for this position? Check the Educion section above to see wh is allowed and wh is required. Any claims you make in your resume regarding educion or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your applicion official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial applicion, an official transcript will ultimely be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your lest DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy th shows all des of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter th shows des of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned informion on the DD-214 you must submit th too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, the Department of Labor's website: Veterans' Preference Advisor Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documention of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15).

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//www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf . Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a stement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The stement of service must provide the branch of service, re/rank, all des of service, the expected de of discharge and anticiped character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Applicion documents, including supplemental ones, may be shared outside the Human Resources Office. Supplemental documents may contain your SSN, DOB, or personal informion of others (e.g., on military orders, marriage certifices). You may redact this informion before submitting; however, if selected, you mustprovide unredacted originals. How to Apply Help Click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your applicion package: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.

GS-0201-09

) for relevant federal experience.

TIP:

A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. 2. Supporting documention Failure to submit a complete applicion package will result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Your complete applicion must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/07/2026. Applicions received after 05/07/2026 will generally result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed reviewed. For additional informion on viewing your applicion stus, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th all informion in their resume and documents are legible and accure. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Agency contact informion Department of Navy EIC doneic@us.navy.mil Address

NAVAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY

Department of the Navy Washington, DC 20373 US Next steps When the applicion process is complete, your complete applicion reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements for which you requested considerion. You red based on the informion provided in your resume and technical assessment(s), along with your supporting documention to determine your level of knowledge, skill, and ability reled to the job requirements. Generally, only best qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. Sometimes well qualified andminimally qualified candides are referred. Occasionally, candides eligible for priority considerion are referred, and no other candides are referred. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews. You notified of our ring and referral decision. If you are referred, you notified when a hiring decision is made.

NOTE:

If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the DON Employment Informion Center DONEIC@us.navy.mil 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 You are required to provide documention th supports the eligibility and qualificion claims made in your resume. You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your applicion package. Applicants who do not provide supporting documention th fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager. Cover letter is optional. A complete resume is required. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.

GS-0201-09

) for relevant federal experience.

TIP:

A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. Are you applying for a promotion? For GS positions, to be considered for a promotion, you must provide SF-50(s) th shows you have held the next lower GS grade for least one year. SF-50s th have an effective de within the past year (e.g., General Adjustment SF-50 from this year or Within Re/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI) SF-50 within a year) do not clearly show th you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Th means if you submit an SF-50 ded within the last year, you must submit another SF-50 ded more than one year ago to clearly demonstre you meet the time-in-grade requirements. If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz . Are you claiming membership in any professional organizions, or possession of a license, certifice or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certificion, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your applicion package. Are you using educion as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic educion requirement for this position? Check the Educion section above to see wh is allowed and wh is required. Any claims you make in your resume regarding educion or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your applicion official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial applicion, an official transcript will ultimely be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your lest DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy th shows all des of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter th shows des of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned informion on the DD-214 you must submit th too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, the Department of Labor's website: Veterans' Preference Advisor Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documention of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15).

http:

//www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf . Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a stement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The stement of service must provide the branch of service, re/rank, all des of service, the expected de of discharge and anticiped character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Applicion documents, including supplemental ones, may be shared outside the Human Resources Office. Supplemental documents may contain your SSN, DOB, or personal informion of others (e.g., on military orders, marriage certifices). You may redact this informion before submitting; however, if selected, you mustprovide unredacted originals. How to Apply Help Click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your applicion package: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.

GS-0201-09

) for relevant federal experience.

TIP:

A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. 2. Supporting documention Failure to submit a complete applicion package will result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Your complete applicion must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/07/2026. Applicions received after 05/07/2026 will generally result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed reviewed. For additional informion on viewing your applicion stus, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applicions to the Contact Informion or Agency Informion listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th all informion in their resume and documents are legible and accure. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Department of Navy EIC doneic@us.navy.mil Address

NAVAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY

Department of the Navy Washington, DC 20373 US Next steps When the applicion process is complete, your complete applicion reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements for which you requested considerion. You red based on the informion provided in your resume and technical assessment(s), along with your supporting documention to determine your level of knowledge, skill, and ability reled to the job requirements. Generally, only best qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. Sometimes well qualified andminimally qualified candides are referred. Occasionally, candides eligible for priority considerion are referred, and no other candides are referred. The hiring manager may choose to conduct interviews. You notified of our ring and referral decision. If you are referred, you notified when a hiring decision is made.

NOTE:

If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the DON Employment Informion Center DONEIC@us.navy.mil 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 05/05/2026 to 05/07/2026 Salary $108,019 - $140,426 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Dam Neck Naval Facility, Virginia Beach, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situional telework the discretion of management. Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—Relocion incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable regulions. PCS is not authorized. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 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

ST-12953839-26-RLP

Control number 867885600