IT Specialist (Data Mgt), CG-2210-11/12/13, 2023-HQ-B0259

Summary

This position is located in the Division of Information Technology, Chief Information Officer Organization (CIOO) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation within the Database, Tools and Content Unit (DTCU) that provides database management support services. 

Please see "Clarification from Agency" and "Additional Information" sections below for more information on telework options.

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This job is open to

• Individuals with disabilities

• Federal employees - Competitive service

  Current or former competitive service federal employees.

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

  Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

• Land & base management

  Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.

• Military spouses

• Family of overseas employees

  Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.

• Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

• Special authorities

  Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.

• Veterans

Clarification from the agency

Applicants with status (i.e., current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility); those eligible for appointment under special hiring authorities; and veterans eligible for a VEOA appointment. Applicants without status should apply under FDIC announcement 2023-HQD-B0273 to be considered. Please see "Additional Information" for available telework options.

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Duties

At the full performance level, major duties include:

• Supports a large, highly dynamic, 24-hour x 7-day database operations environment (on premise and cloud); monitors compliance against Federal Government and FDIC data sharing and database operational standards, best practices, and customer service level agreements; participates in initiatives to strengthen database administration capabilities through automation, engineering and administration practices in support of the FDIC mission, critical functions and interactions with other federal agencies.
• Participates in identification and prioritization of database operations and engineering initiatives; maintains alignment of activities against initiative objectives, execution milestones, metrics, measures and key performance (KPls) for related work threads.
• Participates in database solution support activities, contributing to design and implementation services (e.g. database architecture, access patterns, security controls, tuning, and performance monitoring) to the application and infrastructures teams, including support and coordination for research and impact analysis.
• Supports subject matter users in the implementation and enforcement of target enterprise database standards, database architecture, automation of operational processes (e.g. Infrastructure as a Code – IaC), and development of flexible, agile database platforms for on premise and off premise, Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), databases.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and support of the enterprise database architecture roadmap, database service design, delivery, and operational model. Monitors database governance, database services, and operational metrics to track and improve services levels, operational transparency and effectiveness, and audit and security compliance.
• Performs research and evaluation in the execution of proof of concept (POC), and recommendation of database technologies and solutions to better align the corporate database architecture with industry best practices, to ensure compliance with agency and federal government requirements, and support IT development and modernization initiatives.

Telework eligible

Yes—as determined by the agency policy.