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Information Technology Specialist (APPSW)
Internal Revenue Service · Posted 36 days ago
Hybrid Anchorage, AK $126K – $197K Apply by Aug 14, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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WHAT IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): IT - Data and Platform Engineering - Data and Platform Engineering Consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a location, that location will become your official post of duty. REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS
What You'll Do
- →The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
- →If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.
- →Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and maintains secure and scalable applications using modern engineering practices across one or more delivery domains.
- →Analyzes and refactors codebases to derive undocumented requirements, modernize architecture, and aligns systems with current frameworks, accessibility and security standards.
- →Delivers cross-layer functionality, spanning user interfaces, Application Programming Interface (API) services, backend workflows, and cloud-based infrastructure.
- →Implements advanced logging, monitoring, and observability strategies to ensure high availability, traceability, and diagnosability.
- →Conducts performance testing and recommend architectural or infrastructure improvements based on system profiling and metrics.
- →Defines, documents and enforces engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and design patterns across Delivery teams.
- →Conducts audits to ensure standards are being met and to identify reusable patterns and code.
Requirements
- ✓Probationary Period - All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probationary (or trial) period.
- ✓During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment will be evaluated.
- ✓You will not automatically convert to permanent status at the end of the probationary (or trial) period.
- ✓Your supervisor must affirmatively determine that continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service.
- ✓If no certification is made before the probationary (or trial) period ends, your appointment will be terminated.
- ✓You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expectations.
- ✓Additional guidance and support will be provided during onboarding.
- ✓Probationary Period - A person who is required to go through a probationary period and then is transferred, promoted, demoted, or reassigned before he or she completes such period is required to complete the remainder of the probationary period in the new position.
- ✓Key Eligibility Requirements: U.S Citizenship - Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S.
- ✓Citizenship.
- ✓Selective Service Registration - Males born after December 31, 1959 are required to be registered with the Selective Service System or prove they are exempt from having to do so.
- ✓Personal Identity Verification (PIV) - Must provide 2 forms of identification from the Form I-9.
- ✓Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5a95d2cb-be74-47f5-a5a1-ee28001f93af
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