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QUALIFICATIONS

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS-INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

To be minimally qualified for Computer Scientist positions, you must meet the basic requirement listed below:
You must have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or bachelor’s degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science. Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and to other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable.
Specialized Experience GS-14 Level: To be eligible for this position at the Grade 14 level, you must meet the requirements below.
You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience that demonstrates professional competence in applying the theoretical foundations of computer science, including computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representation and transformations; experience in the design characteristics, limitations, and potential applications of systems having the ability to transform information, and of broad areas of applications of computing which have common structures, processes, and techniques; and experience applying relevant mathematical and statistical sciences analyze diverse systems requirements, and solve complex problems.
To be qualifying, your experience must include advanced research involving artificial intelligence, emerging technologies or scientific phenomena to solve complex information technology problems within an organization; design, develop, program, debug, document, maintain, and reengineer software programs; identify and devise tests of viable technologies and demonstrating the use of new technologies as a solution to a problem.
In addition to the above you must meet the requirements below: Experience providing quality deliverables at every step of the infrastructure design and implementation process. Experience using Red Hat Linux operating system and virtualization technologies like VMware. Experience with JBoss application server and Java EE technologies (i.e., Servlets, SOA, web services and JSP). Must have experience with at least two of the following: SiteMinder infrastructure design, Oracle DB engineering, MQ Series integration, SMS Messaging or SAN storage capacity assessment. Served as an IT architect or have experience designing IT solutions to meet business requirements. Experience conducting technical analysis and proposing resolutions.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM’s Qualifications Standards.

EDUCATION

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

• Provides professional/technical leadership and direction in the conceptual design, formulation anddevelopment of major prototype and developmental systems or in making extensive modifications andupgrades to existing systems, taking into account changing requirements and interfaces, advances intechnology, and evolving standards.
• Conducts research into areas of great importance, significance, and difficulty, such as artificial intelligenceincluding the application of computers to solve problems and to understand the principles of humanintelligence.
• Represents and speaks on behalf of IT and IRS at professional meetings and conferences. Consultswith senior level staff in IRS and other IT specialists on IT policies, issues, and problems, etc.
• Functions as a recognized program expert and technical/professional expert and is sought after by outsideauthorities for consultation, advice and guidance in assigned area