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Information Technology Specialist (Software Engineer)
Internal Revenue Service · Posted 1 days ago
HybridFresno, CA$106K – $163KApply by Jun 2, 2026Information Technology ManagementINTJINTPISTJISTPEngineering
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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 the following area(s): IT - Taxpayer Services / Online Accounts 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.
- →Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain secure application components that support IRS business and mission needs.
- →Analyze and refactor codebases to derive undocumented requirements, modernize architecture, and align systems with current frameworks, accessibility and security standards.
- →Work across multiple software layers and languages, including front-end, Application Programming Interface (API), service, and data layers, potentially spanning multiple products.
- →Collaborate across one or more delivery teams with technical and non-technical stakeholders to clarify requirements, triage issues, validate implementation plans, and ensure technical cohesion and consistent standards across the enterprise.
- →Participate in incident response and support operations, including proactive identification and correction of software defects through code inspection, telemetry analysis and log review.
- →Conduct root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- →Solicit, refine, and document functional and technical requirements, and maintain reusable technical patterns, architectural decisions, and troubleshooting playbooks to support knowledge sharing across teams.
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.
- ✓Government Credit Card - Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- ✓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: 8764cc4d-d4b7-476f-9b69-0ca279fbb60d
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