U.S. Cyber Command Interdisciplinary (Computer Engineer/Electronics Engineer/Computer Scientist) GG-0854/0855/1550-14

Organization

U.S. Cyber Command

Duty Location

FORT MEADE, ANNE ARUNDEL, MD

Major Duties

Serves as the technical authority, expert advisor, and key staff engineer/scientist/architect assigned in the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) J64 Engineering Branch, Architect and Engineering Division. Plans, designs, directs, conducts, coordinates, and advises on projects and programs involving systems engineering/computer science and technical integration concepts in network design and optimization areas. Performs cyber weapon systems analysis and applies engineering/computer science concepts in support of technical projects. Applies expertise to participate in and facilitate collaborative actions aimed at establishing joint enterprise Information Systems architecture and engineering standards. Participates with and provides expertise to program executive officers, program and project managers, senior scientists, and hardware and software developers, technical staff, and policy makers. Researches state-of-the-art
technology for potential usage, and develops recommendations for technology insertion programs, and for the definition of Information Assurance Information Security policy statements.

Qualifications/ Specialized Experience

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must clearly describe the following specialized experience: One year of specialized experience would be demonstrated by: possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) assisting in developing and coordinating a variety of complex IT architecture and engineering projects for an organization; 2) leading work groups providing expert advice in accordance with established procedures 3) managing information technology projects to properly engineer and integrate computer systems 4) advising on cyber and enterprise architecture issues to senior leadership and staff member.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Computer Engineer/Electronics Engineer:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher
degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Techno logy (ABET);OR(2)
include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of
engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d)
thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties);
and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanic s, or electronics.
OR
B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough
knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of
the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be
demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional
Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering
sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.
 

Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher degree) with 30 semester hours in a
combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one-year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related
to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) resolving difficult problems related to the integration, implementation, and sustainment of cyber systems and networks; 2) providing technical analyses of systems design as it relates to systems architect; and/or advising on issues involving network and systems associated with security and facilities to accommodate system and subsystem requirement; 3) supervising employees and executing a full range of personnel actions. Some Federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for Specialized Experience is permitted.

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Three-year trial/probationary period may be required.
• May be recalled to duty, may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military and/or commercial aircraft.
• The employee must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET SCI clearance as a condition of employment and must complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph exam.
• This position is a testing designated position (TDP) in accordance with (IAW) Drug Free Federal Workplace Program. As a precondition and continuing condition of employment, the incumbent of this position must, IAW Chapter 5, section II, paragraphs 5-8b and 5-8c(4) of AR 600-85 (The Army Substance Abuse Program) and DA PAM 600-85 (Army Substance Abuse Program Civilian Services), Chapter 3, paragraphs 3-2e and f agree to submit urinalysis testing on a recurring basis. The incumbent is required to sign a DA Form 5019 (Condition of Employment for Certain Positions Identified as Critical Under the DA, Drug Free Federal Workplace Program.
• The incumbent must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy 5-1.
• Required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outline in DoDM 8140.03 Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program, dated 15 February 2023.
• Must maintain Level III, Privileged Access to all required IT networks.
 

Additional Information

• If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Telework eligible: Maybe
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Relocation or recruitment incentives may be authorized.
• Student loan repayment, advanced leave accrual, and advanced in-hire rate may be authorized.
• Appointment type: Permanent
• Work schedule: Full-time
• Promotion potential: None
• Supervisory status: No
• This is a(n) Information Technology Management Career Field position.
• This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.
• This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.
• The United States government does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.
• DoD Components with CES positions apply Veterans’ Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, “CES Employment and Placement.” If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.
• A review of your application package will be used to determine whether you meet the qualifications requirements listed for this position.

Statement of Excepted Service- This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

Required Documents- 1. Your resume: Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, you may not receive consideration for this position. 2. Other supporting documents: Transcripts (if using education to qualify), SF50, DD214, Veteran’s Administration letter with disability rating. Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. WARNING: DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET! Application packages that contain Classified information WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your application package and it is confirmed that any of the information is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your Security Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted. If you fail to provide the required documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume: Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, you may not receive consideration for this position. 2. Other supporting documents: Transcripts (if using education to qualify), SF50, DD214, Veteran’s Administration letter with disability rating. Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. WARNING: DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET! Application packages that contain Classified information WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your application package and it is confirmed that any of the information is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your Security Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted. If you fail to provide the required documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

CES Veteran's Preference- DoD Components with CES positions apply Veterans’ Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, “CES Employment and Placement.” If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

DoD Components with CES positions apply Veterans’ Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, “CES Employment and Placement.” If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

Equal Opportunity Employer - The United States government does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

The United States government does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.