IT SPECIALIST (APPSW)

Who may apply: Current permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service, eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants, and current DFAS VRA employees. Applicants applying for Cleveland may be placed at Bratenahl. We may use this announcement to fill other positions in the Information & Technology Directorate. This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.

Provide for effective development, implementation, operation, maintenance, and modification of major finance and/or accounting automation information systems.

Analyzes functional and technical requirements of proposed or existing IT systems to determine avenues of development or modification for Java web applications.

Participates in systems requirement reviews and coordinates with customer/functional representatives and other technical personnel to clarify requirements.

Prepares system change/programming specifications, and specifies programming instructions, inputs and outputs, structures, and other analytical products to document the functional and technical requirements.

Participates in test readiness reviews and briefs technical and non-technical staff. Prepares system documentation for purposes of improving software development processes.