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Information Technology Specialist
Naval Intelligence Activity · National Maritime Intelligence Center, Maryland · Closes in 2 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The agency clarifies that the announcement is open to DoD Military Reserve and National Guard Technician Preference Eligibles, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligibles, and all U.S. citizens within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Experience: You need one year of information technology experience that shows four skills: attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving. You also need one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GG-12) or pay band, such as systems administration, network operations, systems testing, or using PowerShell or Python to automate tasks.

Education: The announcement lists education as N/A, so no education is specifically stated for this job.

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Complete resume of no more than 2 pages, with employer, dates (month/year), and hours per week Federal jobs on resume must show pay plan, series, and grade Clearance level and date written in your resume Transcripts or course list if you use education to qualify Copies of any licenses, certifications, or professional memberships you claim DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference Disability documentation and SF-15 if you claim disability preference Cover letter is optional

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 2 days (November 5, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You will be rated on a structured resume review and a structured interview. Ratings cover application or system reengineering, IT systems analysis, IT test and evaluation, network operation, problem solving, and technical documentation development. Applicants whose documents do not support their resume claims will not be referred to the hiring manager.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Show your Top Secret clearance level and date in your resume, as the announcement asks.
List month and year dates, hours per week, and federal pay plan, series, and grade for each job.
If you use education to qualify, include transcripts or a course list, and copies of any certifications you claim.

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