Information Technology Specialist - San Antonio, United States - Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Description

Summary This position is located in the Department of Technology Services (DTS), Systems Development and Support Office, Software Infrastructure Division (SID), PACER Development Branch in San Antonio, Texas.

Responsibilities The PACER Development Branch is responsible for developing, enhancing, and operating enabling components of the judiciary's Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system and the PACER Service Center (PSC) web site.

The team provides tier-3 support for certain PACER related service desk issues. The incumbent of this position will report directly to the PACER Development Branch Chief.

This incumbent of this position will be responsible for development, maintenance, and support of the PACER public website and all nationally hosted enabling components of the PACER system.

Focus will be on secure programming to ensure the program continues with its Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance.

The requirement is for full-time assistance of a senior level full-stack developer experienced in the development of enterprise-class web applications and web-services using Perl, Java, JSF, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Work performed must conform to existing project standards, such as use of library code and technical documentation.

Duties of the position include but are not limited to:

Participating in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, analysis, development, testing, support, and maintenance.

Developing and maintaining software systems using C, Bootstrap, Java, JSF, PrimeFaces, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Perl, and Linux shell. Developing and maintaining secure web services and APIs utilizing standards such as SOAP, REST, WSDL, XSD, XML and/or JSON. Designing and creating efficient software solutions independently and collaboratively. Ensuring all systems are developed for the appropriate level of availability (e.g., replication, disaster recovery, load balanced, etc.). Developing, operating, and maintaining systems that are in compliance with financial and IT audit standards. Developing and maintaining unit tests for new and existing software components.

Managing source code repositories and release versions, automating builds and deployments, and integrating third party tools into the build chain.

Assisting in the creation of use cases and test cases. Participating in an Agile work environment including planning, retrospectives, demos and stand-ups. Reviewing, validating, and preparing functional requirements/design/system description documentation packages. Reviewing documentation and modification requests. Requirements Conditions of Employment CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT All information is subject to verification.

Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.

Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S.

citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO.

If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S.

citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S.

and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/.

For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.

All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.

New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit

• All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.

You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.

If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below.

This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience:

Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position.

Specialized experience is demonstrated experience working in software development projects and managing source code repositories, release versioning, builds and deployments.

Education This position does not require education to qualify. Additional Information The AO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.