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Senior Business Technologist

Internal Revenue Service | Downers Grove, IL

Posted Date 10/30/2024
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WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? Visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.govWHAT IS THE TAX EXEMPT/GOVERNMENT ENTITIESDIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Shared Services, Business Systems Planning, Modernization & Data Solutions

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

- Applies business logic to build solutions and produce architecturally sound, maintainable technology by identifying, developing and delivering innovative ways to resolve or address business process, operational and/or system issues using low-code application platforms, which directly affect the accomplishment of principal business program goals and objectives, related to: customer services or product delivery; team coordination and project efforts, governance processes and procedures; and enterprise system limitations, functionality challenges, records or privacy policy or other business requirements.

- Creates and/or completes development and management of project plans and actional roadmaps for short and long-term projects. Investigates, analyzes, identifies, plans, and implements process and workflow projects to improve quality, reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve cycle time. Creates and/or completes solution design documentation for user support, administration, and development. Creates and/or completes effective customer oral/written communications to present business cases and proposals, to an enterprise audience, including senior leadership, executives, managers, and analysts.

- Leads with cross-functional teams, including leadership, customers, and IT (business analysts, developers, and project managers), through inter-departmental engagements and communications to ensure successful delivery of digitalization and business improvement solutions.

- Prepares directives, issuances, memoranda, policy statements, legislative proposals, and other written guidelines and recommendations (such as Governance Documents, articles included in BU Communications emails, IRMs, proposals for IT consideration of system add-ons) to introduce new initiatives and recommend effective operations consistent with policies and objectives.

- Research the market to improve service offerings in business and technology management, for application to operational and system programs at the team, BU, and enterprise levels. Collaborates with subject matter experts in other business units on best practices, strategies, and effective administrative techniques.

This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.

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:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-13 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience leading project assignments that required a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, sufficient to accomplish implementation of organization-wide technology application and/or software projects or studies using Enterprise Life Cycle (ELC) framework. Experience meeting with internal and external business stakeholders, senior management, and executives to define goals and objectives of project. Experience leading all aspects of project planning, execution, and implementation. Experience with oral and written communication to write reports and present findings and recommendations to internal and external business stakeholders, senior management, and executives. Experience working with Information Technology (IT) cybersecurity to ensure compliance with IT laws, regulations, policies, standards, and procedures.

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MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks.

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TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".




For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If the position has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50 documenting experience in a specific series. 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
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