Information Technology SpecialistPosted: October 29, 2009
The Backup Administrator / ITDR Specialist is responsible for the administration, monitoring, maintenance, operation and support of the Peace Corps domestic backup systems: Commvault Simpana (Headquarters) and Backup Exec (Domestic Regional Offices). Additionally, this position is accountable for developing and maintaining Peace Corps? Information Technology Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, Business Impact Analysis (BIA), IT Disaster Recovery functional and integrated testing, and supporting Peace Corps? Business Continuity needs. The Peace Corps? current ITDR plans leverage Storage Replication (NetApp), Virtualization (VMWare) and related technologies to help ensure the Agencys continuity objectives are met. As a technical expert on the agencys infrastructure team, the incumbent will also be responsible for identifying and evaluating areas for future improvements and for infrastructure project planning and monitoring. Applicants are required to provide justification to support the selections made in the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) portion of the application. Reference to an attached resume does not fulfill this requirement, although applicants may attach a resume as optional information. Failure to provide the KSA information will result in the applicant not being considered for the position. If you have engaged in intelligence activity or related work, you may not be eligible to apply for positions at Peace Corps. Please click on the Public Notice Vacancy Announcement and refer to the Other Significant Facts section for details. If you are claiming Veterans Preference you must attach your supporting documents to receive your preference points. For more information please click on the Public Notice Vacancy Announcement and refer to the Other Significant Facts section for details. A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicants successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination. Important Notice: If this position is advertised at more than one grade level, known as a Career Ladder vacancy, applicants have the option of applying for one or more grade levels, but each grade level requires a separate application. We recommend that first you complete the application for the highest grade level for which you wish to be considered and then complete a new application for each other level using the same responses to the KSAs you prepared for the highest grade level as may apply. Reminder: In Peace Corps? Foreign Personnel (FP) pay plan (grade level system), as FP grades go higher, the corresponding numbers go lower. For example, the highest grade level is FP-1 (equivalent to GS-15) and the lowest grade level is FP-9 (equivalent to GS-5). Both online and offline application assistance can be obtained by contacting the Avue Help Desk at 1-800-407-0147 or joeavue@avuetech.com or by clicking on the "TECHNICAL SUPPORT" button while working in the automated system. When completing your Avue application online, you will receive a pop-up warning message after 45 minutes. It is strongly recommended that you save your data often, and turn off your pop-up blocker in order to receive any system time-out warning. As a suggestion, you may want to compose your narrative information in a separate word document, and then copy and paste it into your Avue application. DUTIES: Installs, configures, troubleshoots, and maintains hardware and software to ensure the availability and functionality of the systems. Recovers data in the event of hardware or software failure. Reviews current literature, research, or professional studies to determine state-of-the-art methods and techniques for ITDR (Information Technology Disaster Recovery) program implementation. Designs program requirements that accommodate the agency priorities or emphasis and meet current recognized standards for the program, profession, or industry. Manages the lifecycle of an information technology project from concept development through implementation. Identifies customer requirements, develops technical approaches, and coordinates project resources related to project costs and schedules. Researches and/or analyzes information technology (IT) problems, issues, or program requirements relative to promoting products and services to agency mission area programs. Plans, designs, and develops test methods, procedures, techniques, and requirements for computer systems. Reviews, analyzes, evaluates, and improves hardware, software, systems, and/or equipment testing methods, concepts, techniques, and operations. Participates in the test and evaluation of contractors equipment, components, systems, or products. Develops new technologies, such as computer simulations, for innovative testing of design concepts, applications, and systems. Develops and implements test technologies to address the design, development, verification, and operation needs of software, systems or hardware. Administers (i.e., profiles, schedules, facilitates, etc.) ITDR exercises to evaluate program effectiveness. Reviews exercise results and recommends corrective/remedial action or changes to current program processes. Please refer to job code 2210-3_DPC9-A0175-LH when responding to this ad.
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