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IT Specialist ( SYSADMIN)-Direct Hire Authority
Air Force Materiel Command · Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio · Closes in 115 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Males must also be registered for Selective Service.
Experience: You need IT-related experience, paid or unpaid, that shows four skills: attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving. Training such as an IT certification can also count. The announcement does not state the grade level this experience must match.
Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management. A degree with at least 24 semester hours in those fields that included building or adapting applications, systems, or networks also qualifies. Degrees must come from accredited schools.
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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 115 days (February 26, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement says it may close at any time, so apply as soon as you can. It may also create a 120-day list of candidates for similar openings.
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: Your application package, including your resume, documents, and questionnaire answers, is used to rate your eligibility and quality. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, you may be rated not qualified. Missing or incomplete information can lower your rating or remove you from consideration.
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 (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must list hours per week and start and end dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
- Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, in a font no smaller than 10 points, and put your full name on all documents.
- If you use a degree to qualify, attach transcripts and confirm your school is accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized agency.
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