You will serve as an Operations Research Analyst in the Warfare Effectiveness Department of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

Duties

You will serve as the Maritime Analysis Lead with responsibility to oversee mission effectiveness analysis efforts across a wide range of naval aviation systems and customers. You will direct complex modeling and mathematical analysis to quantify warfighter gaps in the context of naval operations and assess impacts of systems capabilities. You will conduct cost-analysis for aviation systems in order to meet program objectives. You will collaborate with program stakeholders to define cost and additional resource requirements. You will lead a task team to analyze results of mathematical models and simulations to identify requirements, support methodologies, determine results or summarize findings. You will serve as a senior technical expert and consultant to department analysts, NAVAIR engineering subject matter experts, and Navy headquarters managers for maritime mission analysis. You will build and maintain positive work relationships and interface with customers.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional Operations Research Analyst. Examples of Qualifying Specialized Experience include: (1) Utilizing in-depth working knowledge of air weapon systems/ship systems, modeling and simulation, and mathematical analysis techniques for investigating, evaluating, and projecting the cost and/or economic impact of the acquisition and operation of new and/or improved weapon systems or components; (2) Performing cost analyses using data, both performance and cost, acquired and developed from government and contractor sources, to establish the estimated cost or budgetary requirements of air weapon systems under a variety of acquisition or programmatic strategies; (3) Utilizing quantitative and qualitative measures of system life-cycle cost, performance, cost effectiveness, affordability, etc., to air weapons system program objectives; and (4) Providing technical support and coordinating work assignments for engineering or non-technical personnel based on assigned program initiatives and agency needs. Additional education and qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management websites: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operationsresearch-series-1515/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
-Applicants must have a bachelor's or higher degree in operations research.
OR
-Applicants must have successfully completed a bachelor's or higher degree with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics and at least 3 of the 24 semester hours are in calculus.

Additional qualification and education information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management Websites:

• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-OccupationalSeries
• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operationsresearch-series-1515/

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV Naval Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]