Transportation Systems Analyst

About the Position: This position serves as a transportation systems analyst and primary action officer supporting the design, development, testing, implementation, and sustainment of automated DoD freight transportation systems for the G6 Information Management Automated Systems Division, Army Transportation Command.

Major duties

• Serve as a primary action officer responsible for automated transportation system concept development, design, maintenance, and enhancement.
• Identify major functional and technical problem areas and recommend solutions.
• Conduct research using regulations, publications, system documentation, and user requirements.
• Coordinate with contractors and functional users to obtain information concerning system logic and automated reporting.
• Develop functional requirements needed to program new or revised transportation rules and policies.
• Conduct transportation system analysis involving data capture, cargo documentation, freight handling, and related transportation processes.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible
• Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing complex transportation or logistics computer systems; developing system requirements and solutions; reviewing policies/regulations and determining how they affect computer systems; evaluating system improvements and new technology; and coordinating system development with other organizations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).