NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Computer Scientist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

The candidate selected for this position will perform research in software assurance including AI-based bug finding. Independently carries out a full range of computer science research related to software assurance including work on the Software Assurance Reference Dataset (SARD) project, the Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) project, and development of reference data for AI-based bug finding.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: 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. In addition to the above basic requirements: All applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of the specialized experience at the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience performing computer science research including experience assessing the output of static analysis tool, work creating software assurance reference data such as injected vulnerabilities, and work in AI to find software bugs. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Software and Systems Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Tailor Thompson
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]