The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health. NLM is a global leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science and the world’s largest biomedical library. NLM’s legislative mandate is to support the essential work of acquiring, organizing, preserving, and disseminating biomedical information. NLM provides public access to this information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

NLM Division: Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS)

NLM Program/Office: Applications Branch (AB), E-Library Technology Support Section (ELTS)

Application Period: Applications will be accepted December 20, 2024 through December 30, 2024.

Overview: 

This position is in the Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS), Applications Branch, E-Library Technology Support Section (ELTS). The office is looking for an IT Specialist with a background in implementing and maintaining automation solutions for software delivery through Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. They will leverage tools like GitLab, Docker, and Kubernetes to streamline workflows and improve efficiency in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure. Their role requires a deep understanding of systems administration, scripting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, secure software solutions for National Library of Medicine Projects.

Position Description/Responsibilities:

The IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/APPSW) will be expected to:

• Serve as the expert intermediary between the systems administration and application functions/teams in the Applications Branch (e.g., developers, networking team, infrastructure security team, infrastructure systems team).
• Coordinate projects and activities, and manage the deployment, maintenance, and upgrade process of applications developed by different development groups and teams.
• Work with software application developers to architect, configure, and troubleshoot application servers and the software running on the developed applications.
• Oversee and ensure systems administration, patching, networking, and provisioning support of application servers within the OCCS applications platform.
• Manage approximately 400 application servers in support of the NLM mission and ensure support for applications residing on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
• Direct and oversee provisioning and patching scripts for on-premises application servers and AWS Cloud.
• Create, maintain, and administer automated testing frameworks that allow in-depth testing of User Interfaces, modules, and security of custom software applications across multiple programming languages and platforms.
• Maintain the integrity, security, and availability of NOSQL databases and database-like technologies, and troubleshoot server issues, including tuning performance, isolate and fix application problems, and apply security patches.
• Analyze and evaluate new systems engineering technologies, and develop and coordinate lifecycle development processes and tools to facilitate agile development methodologies.
• Identify future-state objectives for the development environment, and provide guidance on best practices to maintain the development environments and support the rapid development and testing of web based solutions.
• Provide analysis and guidance on program related information technology (IT) issues or problems where new analytical techniques must be developed to identify and evaluate findings.
• Identify and maintain firewall rules needed to allow application communication, and create and maintain approximately 2500 firewall rules in support of application network communication.

Position Requirements:

• US. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. National must be met by closing date.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation, verification of qualifications, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, and any other job-related requirement before or after appointment.
• Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.

Education Requirements:

If you qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application packages. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Salary and Benefits

$82,764 - $153,354 per year

How to Apply

DE: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/824929300

MP: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/824929900

Contact Information:

Douglas Bruno, Human Resources Specialist

Email: brunoda2@mail.nih.gov

Phone: 240-406-8230


HHS, NIH, and NLM are equal opportunity employers.

Last Reviewed: December 20, 2024