IT Specialist - Washington, United States - US Electronic Health Record Modernization

Description

Duties:


Major Duties:

• Provides technical expertise and management on the implementation of assigned Identity and Access Management programs and projects.
• Review directives, policies, programs, enterprisewide functional user requirements, and acquisition strategies/vehicles for programrelated issues to determine the impact and implications of supporting information systems.
• Researches current and future Identity and Access Management solutions to plan for the integration of new information technologies, transition to the new technologies, and sunset of previous technologies.
• Works with other federal agency and community partner teams to ensure interoperability and joint implementation of commercial

products; addresses issues and develops mitigations for issues previously unexperienced by the agency.

• Develops or guides the solution of difficult and unprecedented problems resulting from new or modified operational management information concepts and requirements.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:

• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selectees may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/195
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Participation in the Seasonal Influenza Prevention Program for VHA Health Care Personnel (HCP) is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs HCP.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Preemployment physical evaluation may be required.

Qualifications:

• To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/16/2024.
  Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF50(s) to demonstrate oneyear timeingrade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF50 has an effective within the past year, it may not demonstrate that you possess one year of timeingrade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF50 that demonstrates a oneyear timeingrade.

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Selective Placement Factor:

This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to -and essential for satisfactory performance of the job.

Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent the minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume.
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The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: demonstrated experience providing technical expertise and management on the implementation of assigned programs and projects such as identity and access management industry standards and protocols including but not limited to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML), OAuth 2.0, System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM), Single Sign On (SSO), Identity Federation, Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS), B2B Domain Gateways, Zero Trust Architecture, User Identity Governance and Entitlement toolsets, and industry guidance such as National Institute Standards and Technology (NIST , Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12, Federal Identity Credential and Access Management (FICAM) which provide security, simplify access management, aid in compliance, and create a uniform methodology for handling interactions between users and systems.
Experience

• Experience must be ITrelated; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate.
• For all positions, individuals must have ITrelated experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. The employing agency is responsible for identifying the specific level of proficiency required for each competency at each grade level based on the requirements of the position being filled.
  Attention to Detail:
• Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

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Customer Service:

• Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.

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Oral Communication:

• Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (fo