IT Specialist

Summary

There is one vacancy available in one of the following potential duty locations: Fort Collins, Colorado and Kansas City, Missouri This position is located at Office of the Chief Information Officer, Infrastructure Operations Division. This is not a remote position. You will be required to be in your duty station office per CEC telework policy.

Duties

• As an IT SPECIALIST, you will: Administer and manage core Microsoft 365 services ( examples include Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Entra ID ).
• Perform configuration, monitoring, policy administration, and system level maintenance across the USDA Microsoft 365 enterprise.
• Implement configuration changes and feature updates following established change control procedures to ensure secure, compliant, and consistent platform operations.
• Provide proactive monitoring and Tier 2/3 troubleshooting for authentication issues, Conditional Access, MFA enforcement, service outages, identity failures, and workload to workload integration problems.
• Administer identity and access management functions including role assignments, PIM, Conditional Access policies, and least privilege governance.
• Support records management, retention, eDiscovery, and compliance workflows in alignment with federal and USDA security requirements.

Requirements

Key Requirements: Please refer to “Conditions of Employment.” Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National. CEC offers alternative/flexible/telework schedules for eligible position.

All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official job duties.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes: Challenging work, opportunities for advancement, competitive salaries, bonuses and incentive awards. Eleven paid holidays, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 to 26 days of vacation time each year. Access to insurance programs that may be continued after you retire.

A wide choice of health insurance plans, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and no waiting periods. We pay a substantial amount (up to 75%) of the health insurance premiums. A retirement program which includes employer-matching contributions. Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: USAJOBS Help Center – Benefits

Required Documents

Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:

• It is anticipated that there will be significant interest in the announcement.
• As a result, the announcement will close at 11:59 p.m.
• ET on the date of receipt of the 75th application or at 11:59 p.m.
• ET on DATE OF CLOSURE; whichever occurs first.
• Any required documents should be submitted at the time that you apply as documents will not be accepted after the vacancy closes.
• A complete application includes: 1.
• A résumé: All applicants are required to submit a résumé either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) Please limit your resume to two pages.
• Applicants with resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your résumé.
• It is suggested that you preview the online questionnaire to ensure that your resume thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the Qualifications section of this announcement and support your responses to the online questionnaire.