You will serve as a COMPUTER SCIENTIST in the SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT BRANCH (N642), SYSTEMS INTEGRATION DIVISION (N64), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT (N6), of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will serve as Computer Scientist for the Software Management Branch. You will be responsible for engineering solutions and managing and maintaining the IT environments supported by the N64 division. You will be responsible for engineering solutions to improve organizational efficiencies. You will manage the middleware, ensuring adherence to standards and guidelines, transitioning software, and performing software administration duties. You will monitor system performance, accessibility, and system logs to ensure operational availability. You will design solutions to meet middleware requirements while maintaining cybersecurity compliance. You will prepare and maintain software/system engineering documentation to meet validated requirements.

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.
• Some travel to contractor facilities, Navy activities and other governmental agencies is required.
• 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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.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.
• Overtime may be required to meet emergent customer needs.
• This designation requires the incumbent to participate in a continuous learning (CL) program as described in SECNAVINST 5239.20A and SECNAV M-5239.2
• An annual 20 hour minimum of Cyber Workforce related continuous learning must be documented in a current individual development plan signed by both the employee and supervisor.
• The incumbent must obtain the required credentials within 12 months of appointment and maintain those credentials as described in SECNAV M-5239.2
• For DCWF role of (451) Operate and Maintain (System Administrator) with an Intermediate/Journeyman proficiency level.
• For more information, please review SECNAV M-5239.2 Chapter 3, paragraph b (1) (g) 1. Failure to meet a condition of employment may result in disciplinary and/or adverse action up to removal from federal service.
• This position has been designated as a Cyber Workforce position in the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) role of Strategic Planning and Policy with a Master proficiency level and
• As a condition of employment, the incumbent of the position is required to maintain qualifications in accordance with DON Cyber Workforce Program requirements of SECNAV M-5239.2.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional Engineer or Scientist investigating cybersecurity research, design, and evaluation projects. Experience installing and configuring commercial software. Experience integrating, troubleshooting, and deploying Web applications on web and application servers. Experience configuring and utilizing software-based computer protection tools. Experience diagnosing connectivity problems. Experience developing and maintaining scripts to perform system administration tasks such as data file transfers, system monitoring, backups and system configuration. Experience maintaining cybersecurity compliance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers and installed software. Experience evaluating and implementing cybersecurity guidelines and Security Technical Implementation Guides. Examples of Qualifying Experience: (a) professional competence in applying the theoretical foundations of computer science, including computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations; (b) specialized knowledge of the design characteristics, limitations, and potential applications of systems having the ability to transform information, and of broad areas of applications of computing which have common structures, processes, and techniques; and (c) knowledge of relevant mathematical and statistical sciences. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/ 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 Requirements:

Successful completion of a bachelor's degree in computer science
OR
Successful completion of a 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.

Contacts

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