GSA Information Technology (IT70)

Schedule Number: GS-35F-0647T

Ventura provides services in the management, integration, and programs and projects. These services may include, but are not limited to: program management, program oversight, project management, and program integration.

Special Item Number (SINs):
Information Technology Professional Services IT (132 51)

The Ventura Group
GSA Information Technology (IT) Labor Categories and Rates
GSA LABOR CATEGORY
9/19/07
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$146.45
$150.99
$155.67
$160.50
$165.48
$151.58
$156.28
$161.12
$166.12
$171.27
$84.58
$ 87.20
$89.90
$92.69
$95.56
$127.37
$131.32
$135.39
$139.58
$143.91
$89.36
$92.13
$94.98
$97.93
$100.96
$121.36
$125.12
$129.00
$132.99
$137.12
$108.61
$111.98
$115.45
$119.03
$122.72
$85.63
$88.29
$91.02
$93.85
$96.76
$102.76
$105.84
$109.01
$112.28
$115.65
$100.75
$103.87
$107.09
$110.41
$113.84
$ 64.18
$66.17
$68.22
$70.33
$72.51
$62.28
$64.21
$66.20
$68.26
$70.37
$68.58
$70.71
$72.90
$75.16
$77.49
$80.77
$83.27
$85.85
$ 88.51
$91.26
$110.37
$113.79
$117.31
$120.95
$124.70
$39.72
$40.95
$42.22
$43.53
$44.88
$40.66
$41.92
$43.22
$44.56
$45.94
$36.94
$38.08
$39.26
$40.48
$ 41.73

LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

IT Subject Matter Expert:
Functional Responsibility: Possesses advanced knowledge of both Information Technology and general project management and is responsible for the integration of new or existing technologies into business operations. Participates and/or is responsible for the long-term technical strategy of the organization. Develops solutions to specific technical issues. May serve as an interface between management and the IT function for specific functional expertise.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Master's degree and a minimum of 12 years professional experience or a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 15 yrs of professional experience.

Project Manager:
Functional Responsibility: Assembles project teams, assigns individual responsibilities, develops project schedules and is responsible for determining and acquiring resources needed. Must be familiar with the entire scope and requirements of project(s) and serves as liaison between team members and functional area management requesting project.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 8 or more years of project management experience.

Project Manager II:
Functional Responsibility: Manages projects with multiple tasks and multi component project teams or high visibility/high dollar projects. Assigns individual and subteam responsibilities, develops integrated project schedules and is responsible for determining and acquiring resources needed. Provides management of cost, schedule and earned value metrics as required by task. Provides oversight for entire scope and requirements of project(s) and serves as liaison between team members and functional area management requesting project.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 8 or more years of project management experience.

Security Consultant Level I:
Functional Responsibility: Organizes and manages security, disaster recovery and similar functions related to information systems. Ensures that data systems and databases are protected from unauthorized users. Organizes the security investigation and implementation of corrective actions. Will have zero to three years of experience in area of specialization.

Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 to 7 years of computer security experience. A Masters degree may be substituted for 2 years of related experience.

Security Consultant Level II:
Functional Responsibility:
Organizes and manages security, disaster recovery and similar functions related to the daily operation of information systems. Provides technical and business risk policy and compliance analysis in areas such as NIAP certification, Technical Vulnerability Assessments, Incident Control and Recovery, design and implementation of secure services and systems, code audits and other information assurance services.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 7 to 10 years of computer security experience. A Masters degree may be substituted for 2 years of related experience.

Network Engineer:
Functional Responsibility: Plans, monitors, and evaluates performance of network systems and makes recommendations for improvement/upgrades. Assists in developing technical standards and application interface. Provides technical assistance and resolution for network problems. Provides technical guidance and support to lower level network engineers.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelors degree and 10 or more years of information technology engineering experience.

Technical Specialist:
Functional Responsibility:
Analyzes and evaluates information systems operations and provides technical direction and recommendations to improve utilization Monitors system configuration and supports configuration management activities. Reviews records and reports of production, machine malfunctions and maintenance as well as organizational, procedural, and workflow plans and methods in order to identify procedural issues and potential information system shortfalls.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelors degree and 3-5 years of related experience of which at least 2 years must specialized in information technology system assessment and the configuration management processes.

Technical Specialist II:
Functional Responsibility: Develops plans for analysis, and analyzes/evaluates information systems operations. Provides technical direction and oversight for the actions of government or contract personnel involved in change management activities; recommend new actions and initiatives to improve utilization Plans, orchestrates and conducts change management and configuration management activities; coordinates with government and contractor key participants in the overall change process. Develops, drafts and reviews records and reports of production, machine malfunctions and maintenance as well as organizational, procedural, and workflow plans and methods in order to identify procedural issues and potential information system shortfalls.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Masters Degree with 2-4 years of experience or a Bachelors degree and 8-10 years of related experience of which at least 2 years must specialized in information technology system assessment and the configuration management processes.

Certifications and Accreditation Consultant:
Functional Responsibility: Certifies, accredits, and evaluates information systems and operating procedures. Assesses business risks and evaluates the effectiveness of controls at the network, operating system, data base and application level. Documents business and systems processes/data flows, evaluates, identifies internal control points or deficiencies/opportunities for improvement, executes audit procedures, analyzes and reports results.

Tests all internally developed systems/software to ensure compliance with minimum company standards and requirements. Creates and maintains project test plans. Ensures that all internally developed software is free from defects and meets or exceeds end-user requirements. May be responsible for testing purchased third-party software and/or services to ensure that company standards and end-user requirements are met. May be certified as a Software Test Engineer (CSTE) or as a Quality Analyst (CQA).
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related discipline. Requires 7 to 10 years of related experience. A Masters degree may be substituted for 2 years of related experience.

Software Engineer/Analyst Level I:
Functional Responsibility:
Provides functional and empirical analysis related to the design, development and implementation of software and software operating systems, including, but not limited to, utility software, development software, and diagnostic software. Participates in the development of test strategies, devices and systems.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelors degree and 5 to 8 years of information technology engineering experience.

Software Engineer/Analyst Level II:
Functional Responsibility: Provides oversight and management for the functional and empirical analysis related to the design, development and implementation of software and software operating systems, including, but not limited to, utility software, development software, and diagnostic software. Establishes and supervise the development of test strategies, devices and systems as part of acceptance and validation testing. Oversees fielding strategy development and implementation for the introduction of new hardware, systems, operating systems or software.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelors degree and 8 to10 years of information technology engineering experience.

Software Engineer/Analyst Level III:
Functional Responsibility: Provides functional and empirical analysis related to the design, development and implementation of software operating systems for the company's products, including, but not limited to, utility software, development software, and diagnostic software. Participates in the development of test strategies, devices and systems.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelors degree and 15 or more years of information technology engineering experience.

System Engineer Level I:
Functional Responsibility: Analyzes and evaluates existing or proposed systems and devises computer systems to process data. Prepares charts and diagrams to assist in problem analysis and submits recommendations for solution. Prepares detailed program specifications and flowcharts, and coordinates the system's installation with the user department, ensuring satisfactory results.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

System Engineer Level II:
Functional Responsibility: Analyzes and evaluates existing or proposed systems and their integration with other existing or proposed systems. Designs new computer systems or proposes changes to existing systems to collect and process data, integrate within new operating systems or integrate with new software installations. Prepares charts and diagrams to assist in problem analysis and submits recommendations for solution. Prepares or supervises the development of detailed program specifications and flowcharts, and coordinates systems' installation with the user department and information technology sections and departments,.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

System Engineer Level III:
Functional Responsibility: Analyzes and evaluates existing or proposed systems and devises computer systems to process data. Prepares charts and diagrams to assist in problem analysis and submits recommendations for solution. Prepares detailed program specifications and flowcharts, and coordinates the system's installation with the user department, ensuring satisfactory results.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

System Administrator Level II:
Functional Responsibility: Administers and controls the activities related to data planning and development. Ensures design consistency throughout the entire website and across platforms. Evaluates system specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility. Responsible for the establishment of policies and procedures pertaining to system management, security, maintenance, and utilization. Troubleshoots networking and operating system problems. This position may also perform web related activities, and have responsibility for the content and graphical aspects of the website, request, review, and control content of the website, communicate technical requirements to content providers, evaluate and edits new content. May work with internal or external counsel to ensure clearance, approval, and authorization issues are resolved before displaying content on the site.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related discipline. General experience will include operations experience on large-scale computer systems or multi-server local area networks.

User Support Administrator Level I:
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for recognizing, researching, isolating and resolving information systems problems. Coordinates referrals to technical, professional or service personnel for appropriate services, repairs, training, and follow-up. Analyzes and evaluates information systems operations and provides technical direction and recommendations to improve utilization. Reviews records and reports of production, machine malfunctions and maintenance as well as organizational, procedural, and workflow plans and methods.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Research Analyst:
Functional Responsibility: Conducts information system and database analyses, needs assessments, and preliminary cost/benefits analyses in an effort to align information technology solutions with business initiatives. Prepares functional, system and program specifications using CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering).
Education: Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Administrative Personnel:
Functional Responsibility: Provides a variety of administrative and clerical duties necessary to run a large or multiple projects efficiently. Serves as an information manager for the project team, plans and schedules meetings and appointments, organize and maintain paper and electronic files, conducts research and drafts and releases professional correspondence. May assists with training and workforce development.
Minimum Education and Experience: Requires an Associate's degree and 7 or more years of related experience. A Bachelor's degree by be substituted for 2 years of related experience.