ITSPEC (NETWORK) (Title 32)

ITSPEC (NETWORK) (Title 32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a ITSPEC (NETWORK) (Title 32), Position Description Number D2181P01 and is part of the

AR ANG 189 CMN

FT, Nional Guard.

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED

•If you are not currently a member of any military service (Brach/Stus), please provide a letter sting intent to join. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a ITSPEC (NETWORK) (Title 32), Position Description Number D2181P01 and is part of the

AR ANG 189 CMN

FT, Nional Guard.

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED

•If you are not currently a member of any military service (Brach/Stus), please provide a letter sting intent to join. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/07/2026 to 04/30/2026 Salary $88,120•$114,563 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Little Rock

AFB, AR 1

vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No 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 Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Security clearance Top Secret Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number

AF-26-138-12927709

Control number 864176400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency (1) Arkansas Air Nional Guard (AR ANG) Technicians; (2) All members of the AR ANG, (3) Individuals who are not members of the Nional Guard but who are eligible to acquire membership in an available and compible military grade for excepted technician positions. (Upon selection, must be a member of the AR Air Nional Guard). Duties Help 1. Administers the base Local Area Network (LAN). Implements new network opering systems hardware and software and develops base wide network opering procedures. Analyzes LAN utilizion stistics through da collection and performance measures to ensure the smooth, reliable, and robust operion of LANs to include classified and unclassified networks. Coordines LAN installion, maintenance, troubleshooting, and reviews, evalues, and fine-tunes components such as virtual servers, hubs, switches, and routers to achieve peak efficiency within the overall network connectivity. Assists in the development, configurion, installion, and maintenance of network systems to include the LAN/WAN. Receives network, communicions, and reled opering systems from various sources such as design centers and commercial vendors. Maintains an inventory of all network hardware and software. Installs, configures, and troubleshoots network and applicion server hardware, network opering system software, and peripheral network equipment such as routers, bridges, cabling system, network interface cards, modems, multiplexers, and concentrors. Develops and maintains base wide procedures for networks, system operions, backups, and product assembly and installion. Implements network opering system and/or network applicion software, and maintain contact with software suppliers to ensure th current releases of software products are in use. Conducts testing of network systems to ensure current network software products are compible with system configurions and to ensure operability, efficiency, and compliance with existing standards. Monitors operion of the LAN/WAN and ensures hardware and network opering software are functioning properly and th operion standards are met. Function tests systems components to identify and resolve technical problems, analyze system malfunctions, implement necessary corrective actions, and provide ongoing support for the resolution of complex problems and opering malfunctions. Performs system backups to ensure expedient restorion of the dabase for the respective network equipment. Assists customers on the use of office automion computers, local and wide area networks, and other automed tools. Ensures backups of network equipment configurion da are current. Resolves LAN reled problems for the base. Recommends and prepares opering policies and procedures for networks, system operions, and product assembly and installion. Provides customer assistance and training for new network systems. 2. Conducts problem analysis to identify trends, ineffective practices or procedures, and equipment shortcomings. Identifies and documents network requirements for specific needs of customers. Determines if the facility environment can provide for network system requirements, and if infrastructure is in place to support the system. Conducts in-depth analyses of network usage, user complaints, traffic interruptions, hardware and software capabilities, and other relevant factors. Changes the components of existing equipment for efficient operion or recommends major modificions to existing systems. Recommends methods and procedures and coordines corrective action to optimize utilizion of present equipment. Uses benchmarks, performance measurement, and evaluion da, in conjunction with modeling and simulion techniques in planning for increased capacity and to support additional workloads. Identifies potential performance or capacity problems and plans for changes to avert problems. Works with technical support personnel in resolving problems. When required, participes with design team on new initiives, contributing technical expertise on existing LANs. Ensures upgrades to the base infrastructure are identified and submits requests for equipment and funds. Cooperes and works with base communicion agencies in planning and developing new or additional network infrastructure capabilities. Provides cost analyses for new and upgraded network infrastructure capabilities. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Compible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective de of placement . This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership in the military grade listed below. Selectee required to wear the military uniform.

Military Grades :

Enlisted Military Grade:

E-5/

SSgt Compible Military Assignments :

Selectee must be a member of the Arkansas Air Nional Guard.

IMPORTANT NOTES

(AS

APPLICABLE

): Upon selection for this position, individual must possess or initie a Nional Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigion. A favorable determinion based upon investigive results is mandory for this position. Failure to meet these requirements will result in terminion of employment. A pre-placement physical is required if not already current. Upon selection, must complete mandory Full-Time Support (FTS) Training the Professional Educion Center (PEC) within six months of assignment (if applicable, training coordined by the supervisor). Individual must meet all military requirements of the position without creing a grade inversion, as determined by the Human Resources Office (HRO). Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (Grade Inversion). Enlisted members currently a higher grade than allowed by the position (see Military Grade Requirement above) may apply; however, they must administrively reduce prior to appointment and provide confirmion of the reduction to

HRO. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Qualificions

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Work in this series includes managing, supervising, leading, administering, developing, delivering, and supporting informion technology (IT) systems and services. This series covers only those positions for which the paramount requirement is knowledge of IT principles, concepts, and methods, e.g., da storage, software applicions, networking.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: GS-11•1-year specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade. In addition to the OPM IORs (Alternive A) specialized experience examples, specialized experience includes experience, educion, or training th approaches techniques and requirements approprie to an assigned computer applicions area or computer specialty area in an organizion. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordinion with others outside the organizional unit and development of project controls. Experience th required adaptions of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documention on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the merial and organizing it in a logical fashion. Educion 3. Plans for current and future technology integrion and works issues for compibility and standardizion based on current and projected customer needs. Analyzes LAN utilizion stistics, performance measures, and system profiles to ensure network robustness in serving the business needs of the installion. Forecasts future needs and prepares recommendions, justificions, and specificions for LAN equipment. Determines when improvements in networking capability are needed and makes detailed technical recommendions to the senior system specialist. Develops test procedures and participes in progress reviews with opering officials, system programmers, computer users, and others to determine the reliability and productivity, ascertain user friendliness, applicability to the work environment, and compibility of system hardware and software with existing networks. Ensures applicable operion and maintenance policies and standards are maintained. Reviews literure, assesses reports of ste-of-the-art advances in software/hardware, and assesses applicability and impact of introducing new developments to current configurions. Ensures th inquiries and problems are expeditiously resolved. Examines and evalues alternive means of sisfying user requirements and makes recommendions to users regarding the most effective and efficient automion approaches. As deemed necessary for efficient operion, reconfigures various peripheral equipment to include, multi-function print/scan/fax devices, tape drive units, terminals, and PCs within the LAN. Maintains and tests system software to ensure reliable and accure availability. Identifies and analyzes system hardware or software failures, arranging for hardware and software repairs when necessary. Installs and troubleshoots LAN da cables to transmission equipment to ensure proper connectivity. Assists in determining the feasibility of proposed revisions or the development of new program applicions. Monitors and documents system performances before and after new programs are loaded. Provides informion and recommendions of improvements to management. 4. Maintains required informion assurance certificion IAW DoD 8570.01-M, Federal Informion Security Management Act of 2002, Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 in order to ensure the rigorous applicion of informion security and assurance policies in the delivery of network services. Serves as a network security administror for a large number of users on the installion. Ensures the optimum performance of the base firewall. Implements directed technical solutions provided by the Informion Assurance Specialist required to bring the network into compliance with current network and/or opering system security measures. Sets up and maintains account restrictions and user rights. Establishes password controls and procedures. Maintains user access controls (physical, personnel, software, and informion security) using applicable security policies and regulions. Assists IT security specialists with applicable security policies and regulions and conducts risk analyses and security tests and evaluions. Tracks network security pches and ensures completion. Accomplishes risk analyses, accredition, and certificion packages. Develops reports and submits to approprie activities as required. 5. Adheres to management control plan requirements by conducting self inspection and staff assistance s. Resolves identified discrepancies. 6. Performs other duties as assigned. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ).

REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Must be able to obtain/maintain approprie security clearance 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 announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the above general and specialized experience, to include following competencies•knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of IT network systems design principles, methodologies, and approaches used in developing, testing, installing, opering, managing, and maintaining network services th support functional requirements. Knowledge of the organizion's network architecture, topology, and protocols sufficient to plan, design, develop, and integre network systems and security plans and procedures consistent with existing or planned network infrastructures. Knowledge of methods, techniques, and processes for the integrion and optimizion of LAN/WAN components, infrastructure requirements, and test and evaluion methods sufficient to install and opere base wide programs and provide technical guidance to others in designing, testing, opering, and maintaining network programs. Knowledge of a wide variety of established commercial network design programs and how they interrele and function within various environments. Skill in applying IT network development concepts and techniques to provide computer applicions which provide optimal functional support for users. Ability to analyze functional IT network system requirements, transle findings into functional requirements, develop supportable recommendions for enhancement, and apply a wide range of methodologies and tools. Ability to serve as a team leader or member of special projects and to coordine and document the work of the team. Ability to communice both orally and in writing. Ability to maintain an up-to-de awareness of technological advances and predict how management can meet future requirements. 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 submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Resume :

showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

DO NOT COPY THE GENERAL, SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE, KSAs

AND DUTIES WORD FOR WORD AND PLACE INTO YOUR RESUME

;

YOU MUST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS IT PERTAINS TO EACH STATEMENT. 2.

Current Military Branch Career Da Brief:

Air•

Career Da Brief:

can be obtained through vMPF using the following steps: Navige to https://vmpf.us.af.mil/vMPFNet40/Hub.aspx > Login > Career Da Brief (CDB) > View CDB > Print to Microsoft PDF > Save as a PDF. Army•

Soldier Talent Profile:

can be obtained through IPPS-A using the following steps: Navige to https://ipps-a.army.mil Login > PKI Login > (login with CAC) > OK > My Soldier Talent Profile > Print. From here, you save the document as a PDF. If you are not currently serving in a Military compacity (any Branch or Service), please provide a letter of intent to join the Nional Guard. Failure to provide proper documents may result in disqualificion. 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. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your 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/ . Agency contact informion AR HRO Customer Service ng.ar.ararng.mbx.hro-qa@army.mil Address

AR ANG 189 CMN FT

Bldg 7300-Camp Robinson North Little Rock, AR 72199-9600 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position once the announcement has closed. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Resume :

showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

DO NOT COPY THE GENERAL, SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE, KSAs

AND DUTIES WORD FOR WORD AND PLACE INTO YOUR RESUME

;

YOU MUST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS IT PERTAINS TO EACH STATEMENT. 2.

Current Military Branch Career Da Brief:

Air•

Career Da Brief:

can be obtained through vMPF using the following steps: Navige to https://vmpf.us.af.mil/vMPFNet40/Hub.aspx > Login > Career Da Brief (CDB) > View CDB > Print to Microsoft PDF > Save as a PDF. Army•

Soldier Talent Profile:

can be obtained through IPPS-A using the following steps: Navige to https://ipps-a.army.mil Login > PKI Login > (login with CAC) > OK > My Soldier Talent Profile > Print. From here, you save the document as a PDF. If you are not currently serving in a Military compacity (any Branch or Service), please provide a letter of intent to join the Nional Guard. Failure to provide proper documents may result in disqualificion. 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. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your 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/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion AR HRO Customer Service ng.ar.ararng.mbx.hro-qa@army.mil Address

AR ANG 189 CMN FT

Bldg 7300-Camp Robinson North Little Rock, AR 72199-9600 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position once the announcement has closed. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 04/07/2026 to 04/30/2026 Salary $88,120•$114,563 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Little Rock

AFB, AR 1

vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No 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 Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

AF-26-138-12927709

Control number 864176400