This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Satellite & Product Operations (OSPO) with four vacancies located in Suitland, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NESDIS OSPO-24-12164154-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Physical Science Technician, you will perform the following duties: - Ensure spacecraft operational capability to minimize data loss and potential danger to the satellite mission. Monitor real time and archived spacecraft telemetry. Review, analyze and initiate command and control for a mission ground computer system for a satellite constellation. Support newly launched satellites, satellites maneuvers, and other required special operations through the use of computers, computer programs and databases. - Participate in both developmental and operational testing, analyze and annotate results and resolve problems as they arise. Work with engineers to isolate and solve requirements problems during satellite commanding, testing and implementation phases. - Administer and retrieve satellite data from multiple satellites in constellation. Manage the flow of satellite data received from antenna ground sites to satellite ground systems. - Submit equipment outage and event reports to help facilitate correction of both satellite and ground system problems. Serve as a subject matter expert in satellite operations upon constellation certification. Help develop, build and maintain training programs and train new employees.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: - Must be able to work a 24/7/365 rotating crew shift schedule; rotating crew 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends and holidays. - Individual fills a Mission Essential Position and is designated an Emergency and COOP employee. - This position requires a Non-Critical Sensitive clearance as the incumbent requires access to secure spaces where a SECRET clearance is required. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the ZT-4 or GS-11: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZT-3 or GS-10 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: - Controlling and monitoring real-time satellite operations including both spacecraft and ground segments telemetry and data flow OR regularly monitoring and evaluating data systems for product ingest, processing, and dissemination using support tools and applications.

Education

There is no education requirement/substitution for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Antoinette Gartrell
• Email: [email protected]