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Computer Sys Anlyst/Prgmr

United States Postal Service

External Publication for Job Posting 11081720

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Branch
Information Technology
Job Posting Period
09/19/2022 - 10/03/2022
Job Title
COMPUTER SYS ANLYST/PRGMR

Facility Location

EAGAN ITASC 1
2825 LONE OAK PKWY
EAGAN, MN 55121-9000
NB11147946
CONTACT INFORMATION: easchr@usps.gov

Position Information

TITLE: COMPUTER SYS ANLYST/PRGMR
GRADE: IT/ASC RSC N2 21
FLSA DESIGNATION: Non-Exempt
OCCUPATION CODE: 2210-0195
NON-SCHEDULED DAYS: Saturday/Sunday HOURS: 08:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
SALARY RANGE: 85,059 USD Annually FINANCE NUMBER: 102469
BENEFIT INFORMATION: The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.

Persons Eligible to Apply

All U.S. Citizens, permanent resident aliens, citizens of American Samoa or any other territory owing allegiance to the United States. Applicants must be available for screening activities, including an interview. Applicants entitled to veterans’ preference and/or covered by the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act may apply for any posted position.
If you are a military veteran, you must attach a copy of your DD-214 (Member Copy #4) to your application under the Veterans Preference tab.
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service System.
Applicants must be age 18 at the time of hire (or age 16 with a high school diploma).
All applicants must apply on line at www.usps.com/employment to be considered for this employment opportunity. Paper or Emailed Applications for Employment will not be accepted in person or by email. You must have a valid email address to apply as communication regarding employment opportunities, examinations, interviews and background checks will be conveyed by email.
Please add the following email domain addresses to your contact list right away to allow correspondence, especially if you use SPAM blocking software, use a yahoo or gmail account, or use a work or military email address!
@usps.gov                    @psionline.com             @geninfo.com
NOTICE SCREENINGS REQUESTED: You may receive multiple requests for background checks in regards to this employment opportunity. Respond to all requests quickly as we anticipate filling our vacancies quickly and nonresponses may result in disqualification for this opportunity.
Newly appointed employees are subject to a 180 day probationary period.
Applicants must demonstrate in writing the requirements listed on the announcement through a combination of education, training and experience. You may use both your Summary of Accomplishments and description of duties (under Work Experience) to address each of the requirements listed.
Reimbursement of relocation expenses will NOT be authorized.
Current career postal employees are not eligible to apply.

Background Check

The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 5-year inquiry for any location where the individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation, the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding 5-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. Citizens only, but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S. government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace Corps participant, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of residency outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment.

Functional Purpose

Work alone or as part of a team on simple to complex projects, assisting or as lead analyst/programmer. Analyze, evaluate, and develop, new and existing, computer programs, systems, and procedures used to process data. Update programs and systems documentation and instructions.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.  Participate in the project planning process that determines programming and hardware needs. Assist or lead in preparing programming specifications and in developing coding logic. Prepare charts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed. 2.  Design, code, test, and debug computer programs, independently or as part of a team, using computer languages identified and available in the Infrastructure Tool Kit (ITK).
3.   Oversee the consistent utilization of USPS development standards, procedures and processes. Ensure systemscompatibility. Follow data security procedures and identify potential data security risks.
4.   Maintain contact, as designated, with the team leader, customers, contractors, and equipment vendors to monitorprogress and coordinate varied project stages.
5.   Maintain computer programs and systems. Revise and update computer programs, procedures, and systems; includingrewrites to the systems documentation and instructions as necessary.
6.   Performs other job-related tasks as assigned or required to support the duties outlined above.
SUPERVISION
 Manager or supervisor of unit to which assigned.
The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivated and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements:

Requirements

1. BARGAINING UNIT QUALIFICATION STANDARD 0334h (0334-0142) COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ANALYST/PROGRAMMERIT/ASC
DOCUMENT DATE: March 13, 2008 FUNCTION:
Work alone or as part of a team on simple to complex projects, assisting or as lead analyst/programmer. Analyze, evaluate, and develop, new and existing, computer programs, systems, and procedures used to process data. Update programs and systems documentation and instructions.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
See the Standard Position Descriptions for the Occupation Codes given above.
REQUIREMENTS:
This section is composed of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) which are required to satisfactorily perform the tasks of the position. Applicants must demonstrate that they possess a sufficient level of each KSA, to include at least minimum competency for senior-qualified positions to enable them to perform these tasks satisfactorily. Applicants demonstrate these levels by describing examples of experience, education, or training, any of which may be non-postal. Ratings are based on the demonstration of the level of possession of each of the KSAs. Failure to demonstrate any KSA is disqualifying.
1.    Knowledge of application development, such as WEB, batch, and object-oriented.
2.    Knowledge of industry-standard software development life cycle processes.
3.    Ability to use relational database technology.
4.    Experience defining requirements and design specifications, creating conceptual, logical and physical design using casemodels, component models, and physical models.
5.    Experience writing, editing and updating programs in support of software applications, using one or more programminglanguages such as JAVA, SQL, COBOL and/or Visual Basic.
6.    Experience testing, debugging and repairing programs sufficient to meet software specifications.
7.    Experience conducting systems tests and establishing test plans.
8.    Ability to solve problems using analytical skills.
9.    Ability to work without immediate supervision.
10.  Ability to work with others in a team environment.
11.  Ability to read and understand job-related materials such as instructions, specifications, references and manuals.
12.  Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Ability and professional experience programming in at least four of the following:
a. Java, Java EE platform components, frameworks and specifications (such as EJB, JSP, JSF, Spring, Struts, JPA,Hibernate, MyBatis, and JDBC), or Java Web Services/API (SOAP, REST).
b. Oracle eBusiness Suite (such as Oracle Financials and PL/SQL, SQL).
c. Oracle Application Server custom programming (such as Forms, Reports, and PL/SQL, SQL).
d. SAP Programming (such as ABAP, WebDynPro, or BSP).
e. Visual Studio, .NET services and integration with IIS, C++ and MS SQL Server.
f.  Mainframe Programming (such as COBOL, CICS). g. Mobile application development.
2. Professional experience performing as a developer on a large, complex computer programming or system development project, leading the analysis, design, development, integration, implementation, maintenance and support functions, and utilizing Agile best practices.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant must be physically able to perform efficiently the duties of the position.
Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service's requirement to be drug free. Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien status.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Central Time, of the posting's closing date. Applicants claiming veterans' preference must attach a copy of member copy 4 (only) of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) or other proof of eligibility if claiming 10-point veterans' preference. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an equal opportunity employer. The USPS provides reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interview, and/or selection process, please make your request to the examiner, selecting official or local manager of Human Resources. This request can also be made by someone on your behalf. Explain the nature of your limitations and the accommodation needed. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
SPECIAL NOTE: Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to this posting.