You will serve as a COMPUTER SCIENTIST in the N631 SCI IT OPERATIONS BRANCH, N63 SCI IT SERVICE DIVISION, N6 IT SERVICES DEPARTMENT of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS. This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

You will perform as a senior-level computer scientist specializing in system administration for Linx/Unix based scientific oceanographic production information systems. You will develop scripts for systems management utilizing Linux/Unix based scripting capabilities. You will evaluate diagnostic and system metrics analyzing system stability in a complex scientific processing environment. You will ensure OS installations, configurations, and modifications are IAW assurance technical controls.

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
• 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.
• This position is designated as a Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce position. You must obtain and maintain the credentials as described in SECNAV M-5239.2 for specialty area 451 level ADVANCED (A) within 12 months of appointment.
• 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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.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.

Qualifications

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's 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. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. EXPERIENCE: In addition to the Basic Education Requirement listed above, Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: Experience utilizing Linux operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE or SuSE Linux Enterprise, or ORACLE Linux; Experience utilizing Linux-centric scripting or programming languages, specifically with GNU Bash, Python, Perl, JavaScript, Ansible, YAML, or C/C++.; Experience performing project management or technical lead for complex information technology- or cybersecurity-related projects; Experience performing information assurance and information security regarding Linux systems, middleware, and infrastructure; and Experience providing detailed technical documentation and written standard operating procedures Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Computer Science Series 1550 (opm.gov) 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

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's 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. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.

Contacts

• Address NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS 1002 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]