About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25.

Duties

Responsible for providing professional and scientific expertise in performance of work requiring strong analytical skills and the ability to combine data from different sources. Responsible for identifying unprecedented issues and unknown conditions; formulating and exploring new theories and phenomena; developing, testing, experimenting, defining and advising on new technologies, methods, approaches, and guides. Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc. Evaluates the application of computer programs to determine the desired selection, statistical computations, analyses, and acceptable output formatting based on network constraints, research results and statistical techniques. Performs root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement. Works with RCC-P leadership to plan and conduct data engineering projects and/or studies to evaluate, design, and tabulate statistical sampling plans and analytical procedures and processes. Serves as the principal investigator for data engineering requiring a high degree of technical competence in order to gauge the extent to which the parameters of the state-of-the-art can be pushed. Develops and presents briefings to senior RCC-P leadership on complex and controversial data engineering issues that have wide impact across Operations and possibly beyond.

Requirements

• 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.
• Must achieve and maintain DoD Directive 8570.01-M IAT Level Ill, or DoD Directive 8140 Data Analyst (422) Advanced, certification within six months or less of entrance on duty.
• Employee required to obtain and maintain a security access level Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
• Temporary Duty (TDY) travel is required approximately 10-15% of the time requiring the employee to travel away from the normal duty station.
• See "Additional Information" section for additional requirements.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Army CES positions apply Veteran's 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. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. 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: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes Extensive knowledge and detailed understanding of data production and consumption, and the integration of data schemas and field mappings to establish shared understanding and scalability of big data platforms. Specialized experience working with Universal Security Information and Event Management (USIEM) technologies such as Confluent and Elastic, as well as utilizing Apache Kafka and ksqlDB, and writing persistent queries and parsers within it. Ability to exercise interpersonal tact by working with active-duty service members, DoD Civilians, and contractors to execute tasks traversing branch and theater boundaries with the ability to effect change and innovation within the Regional Cyber Center -Pacific (RCC-P), across to adjacent RCCs, and up through the Cyber Protection Brigades (CPBs), NETCOM, and ARCYBER. Maintain keen insight to take the initiative within the confines of the prescribed task to conduct extensive research to find creative solutions to complex problems in the presence of limited industry support and administrative obstacles introduced by the DoD secure infrastructure. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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 experience is permitted.

Education

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 experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address KB-W058AA-9TH ARMY SIGNAL COMMAND DO NOT MAIL Fort Shafter, HI 96858 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk