Stanley Associates, Inc.
GSA Information Technology (IT) Labor Categories and Rates

Commercial Job Title: Senior Advisor
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years of technical experience with complex systems development and technical service implementation with increasing experience related to a specific area of concentration. The Senior Advisor is considered a resident subject matter expert.
Functional Responsibility: Senior technical or functional professional. Provides expert consultation and direction for complex system development and technical service implementation. The Senior Advisor will primarily be used on a project on an as needed temporary basis. The Senior Advisor will have a specific field of expertise.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred. Typically has a formal certification.

Commercial Job Title: Program Director
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience in complete engineering project development from inception to deployment, with a demonstrated ability to provide guidance and direction in tasks of a technical nature. The Program Director shall also have demonstrated capability in the overall management of multi-task contracts of this type and/or complexity.
Functional Responsibility: Interfaces with government management personnel, contract managers, and customer agency representatives. Responsible for formulating and enforcing work standards, assigning contractor schedules, reviewing work quality, communicating policies, purposes, and goals of the organization to subordinates.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Project Manager
Minimum/General Experience: Seven (7) years of experience in complete engineering project development from inception to deployment, with a demonstrated ability to provide guidance and direction in tasks of a technical nature.
Functional Responsibility: Reports directly to the Program Director. Has extensive technical project management expertise. Responsible for the technical specifications and technical performance of either a large scale development effort or a series of low to medium scale efforts. Technical background preferred.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Task Manager
Minimum/General Experience: Four (4) years of progressive experience in project implementation. Requires competence in technical requirements and methodologies for a given effort.
Functional Responsibility: Serves as an individual task manger. Reports directly to the Project Manager. Supervises ten or fewer employees. Typically performs on a large scale development effort.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, coursework towards Master's degree preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Systems Consultant
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of increasing experience in systems engineering, process re-engineering, and/or network systems integration and systems applications. May be well versed in all aspects of LAN/WAN/MAN standards and architectures or process re-engineering techniques and methodologies.
Functional Responsibility: Highly skilled information technology professional. Serves as resident senior systems architect. Provides macro level understanding and guidance of systems implementation or process re-engineering efforts.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred. Formal certification (e.g., MSCNE) preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Minimum/General Experience: Five (5) years of experience in the analysis specification, development, integration and acquisition of open systems. Progressive experience in one or more of the following disciplines: communications engineering, communications security, network analysis, command and control mission analysis, interoperability analysis, and system standards.
Functional Responsibility: Under minimal supervision, applies software, hardware, and standards information technology skills in the analysis specification, development, integration and acquisition of open systems. Performs professional engineering assignments in one or more of the following disciplines: communications engineering, communications security, network analysis, command and control mission analysis, interoperability analysis, and system standards. Knowledgeable of COTS products and methods that can be acquired to provide interoperable, portable, and scalable information technology solutions. Performs analysis and validation of reusable software/hardware components to ensure the integration of these components into interoperable IP designs.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred. Formal certification preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Systems Engineer
Minimum/General Experience: Two (2) years of experience in systems analysis and design with growing responsibilities in development and integration of multiple systems.
Functional Responsibility: Under general supervision, applies software, hardware, and standards information technology skills in the analysis specification, development, integration and acquisition of open systems. Performs analysis and validation of reusable software/hardware components to ensure the integration of these components into interoperable IP designs.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required. Coursework towards master's degree and/or formal certification preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of progressive experience in information systems design, development, and specifications translation to design. Demonstrated expertise in ADP systems analysis and programming and utilizing major application programming on large-scale database management systems. Knowledge of state-of-the-art computer equipment and high level computer languages.
Functional Responsibility: Acts as the technical lead on software development efforts. Responsible for software systems deign, development, and specifications translation to design. Provides technical direction and guidance to the programming team. Ensures adherence to Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), DOD guidelines, Software Engineering Institute standards and commercial practices
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred. Formal certification (e.g., Certified Oracle DBA).

Commercial Job Title: Software Engineer
Minimum/General Experience: Three (3) years of experience in ADP system analysis and programming and utilizing major concepts of application programming on large-scale database management systems. Experience with the development of block diagrams and logic flow charts.
Functional Responsibility: Under general supervision of the Senior Software Engineer, develops and/or maintains operating systems, communications software, database packages, compilers, assemblers, and utility programs. Modifies existing and creates special purpose software and ensures systems efficiency and integrity. Analyzes systems requirements and design specifications. Develops block diagrams and logic flow charts. Translates detailed design into computer software. Tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including project plans, software program and user documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to less experienced programmers.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, coursework towards Master's degree or formal certification preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Junior Programmer
Minimum/General Experience: Entry level programming position. Demonstrated ability through college level coursework preferred.
Functional Responsibility: Under close supervision, writes code and incorporates approved programming techniques in translating design to application..
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Analyst
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of increasing experience in engineering systems using incremental development, joint application development, rapid prototyping, and CASE technology concepts and techniques. May have related government or military systems experience.
Functional Responsibility: Under minimal supervision, applies process improvement and re-engineering methodologies/principles to conduct process modernization projects. Develops functional area process and data models for use in designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems. Translates user specifications and input from staff members to design requirements.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.

Commercial Job Title: Analyst
Minimum/General Experience: Five (5) years of progressive experience in engineering systems using incremental development, joint application development, rapid prototyping, and CASE technology concepts and techniques.
Functional Responsibility: Under general supervision, applies process improvement and re-engineering methodologies/principles to conduct process modernization projects. Develops functional area process and data models for use in designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems. Works to determine User requirements for integration in to the application development process.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Junior Analyst
Minimum/General Experience: Entry level analyst position. Developing experience in engineering systems using incremental development, joint application development, rapid prototyping, and CASE technology concepts and techniques.
Functional Responsibility: Under close supervision, works to determine User requirements for integration in to the application development process.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Programmer Trainee
Minimum/General Experience: May be company intern in training as a programmer. Applicable coursework preferred.
Functional Responsibility: Provides rudimentary programming support. May staff a project help desk. Works under strict supervision.
Minimum Education: Completed coursework towards Bachelor's degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Analyst Trainee
Minimum/General Experience: May be company intern in training as an analyst. Applicable coursework preferred.
Functional Responsibility: Provides rudimentary analysis support. Serves as liaison with users. May staff a project help desk. Works under strict supervision.
Minimum Education: Completed coursework toward Bachelor's degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Contracts Administrator
Minimum/General Experience: One (1) year of experience in project support work including, contract compliance or administrative procedures.
Functional Responsibility: Supports Program Director by performing project support work such as: Data Management, Business Management/Contract Management, Cost Variance Analysis, General Management, Procurement Strategy and Analysis. Typical duties include analysis, planning, establishment of contract compliance and accounting requirements, development of procedures and other related management and technical duties.
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Project Administrator
Minimum/General Experience: One (1) year of experience in filing techniques, administrative typing, and using word processing equipment. May provide limited computer graphics support.
Functional Responsibility: Provides administrative support work including filing and word processing. May provide limited computer graphics support.
Minimum Education: High School degree required.

Commercial Job Title: Project Administrator
Minimum/General Experience: Entry level administrative support position.
Functional Responsibility: Serves as file clerk and general office liaison.
Minimum Education: High School degree required.