Defense Logistics Agency

Defense Logistics Agency

IT Specialist (APPSW)

Battle Creek, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Telework Eligible

    Yes

    Major Duties

    • Designs, develops, tests, deploys, enhances, and sustains secure, scalable, reliable, and maintainable full stack software applications supporting DLA artificial Intelligence, analytics, automation, and mission-support functions.
    • Performs complete software engineering work across front-end, back-end, service, and integration layers to deliver operational applications that meet mission, usability, security, performance, and supportability requirements
    • Builds and maintains reuseable components, shared libraries, common user interface elements, service modules, and standard design patterns to support consistency and reuse across DLA application efforts
    • Designs and documents application architecture, including user interaction flow, service dependencies, interface methods, application layers, integration approaches, data handling logic and security controls
    • Produces technical artifacts such as packages, version histories, defect tracking records, release notes, and sustainment documentation

    Qualification Summary

    To qualify for an IT Specialist (APPSW) , your resume and supporting documentation must include: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: - Performs unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, defect correction, debugging, refactoring and performance tuning to ensure application function correctly in development, test and production environments - Diagnoses and resolves software defects, broken forms, failed transactions, user interface issues, service failures, application crashes, slow response times, formatting errors, and other technical problems affecting application functionality or user access - Builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines, source control workflows, branch management approaches, build scripts, automated test routines, package and release processes, deployment scripts, configuration files, secret handling procedures, and application environment setting required for reliable software release Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

  • Compensation
    $124,531-$187,093 per year
  • Industry
    Government Relations
  • Fun Fact
    Working for the Defense Logistics Agency means being part of the largest logistics agency in the Department of Defense. Our 25,000 employees are dedicated to providing essential services to military and federal organizations.
  • About Us

    The Nation's Logistics Combat Support Agency, responsible for delivering agile, adaptive, and resilient logistics support across the continuum of conflict.