Job Opportunity: IT Specialist - National Museum of the American Indian Announcement #: 15A-DP-299911-DEU-NMAI Position Title: IT Specialist Open and Close Dates: Monday, October 20, 2014 to Monday, November 3, 2014 Vacancy Location: Suitland, MD Pay Plan/Series/Grades: GS-2210-12 Link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/384207700
General Responsibilities: This position is located in the IT Applications Department of the National Museum of the American Indian, located at the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, MD. The position serves as the CIS Applications Administrator/Analyst for the NMAI-Collections Information System (NMAI-CIS), KE EMu, specifically in regard to the technical development, monitoring, and maintenance of the NMAI-CIS and its interoperability with other systems. Specific Duties: -Serves as the Applications Administrator/Analyst for the NMAI-Collections Information System (NMAI-CIS) with responsibility for managing its ongoing development, monitoring, maintenance, and its interoperability with other systems. This responsibility includes budget planning and overseeing support contracts. -Uses relational and/or object-oriented database applications in a UNIX and Windows operating system environment to perform daily system monitoring and run reporting queries (e.g., database growth, system usage, back-ups). -Evaluates emerging technologies in order to analyze and plan for future methods of ingesting and extracting collections data into and from NMAI-CIS. -Develops procedures to secure and protect sensitive information and ensures these procedures are implemented with respect to access, authority to modify, and ability/authority to operate. Responsible for the ongoing technical implementation of CIS security procedures. -Provides technical expertise regarding NMAI-CIS and makes decisions about NMAI-CIS policies, procedures, and priorities. Qualifications: -Ability to administer a customized commercial off the shelf (COTS) database. -Knowledge of Windows and UNIX operating system environments. -Ability to evaluate emerging technologies to gauge their compatibility with large scale databases. -Knowledge of information systems security protocols sufficient to define CIS systems security requirements, ensure data integrity and maintain the confidentiality of database information. -Ability to provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations on critical CIS systems issues. For more information, please contact Dana Pinkney, 202-633-6309, TDD: 202-633-6409, pinkneyd at si.edu<mailto:pinkneyd at si.edu>
