Job opening: Computer Scientist
Salary: $136 908 - 177 978 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Dec 22 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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. This position is located at the U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.
This position is being filled on a permanent basis.
Duties
Plans, designs, coordinates, and implements critical cyberspace programs and long-range projects.
Studies and analyzes the latest trends in malware and counter-malware products in order to provide vision and technical direction for the Command.
Establishes and maintains professional liaison and represents the cyberspace community at the highest levels of government and private industry.
Performs a range of supervisory duties for personnel engaged in computer science and related cyber support activities.
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 obtain and maintain TOP SECRET security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented information (SCI) access for the duration of employment.
- Must undergo and successfully complete an initial and periodic Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (CI Poly) examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI).
- Must pass an initial Must be able to obtain and maintain access to NSA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) accredited facilities and networks. [Military External Affairs Division (MEAD) Security In-Processing (SIP) process.]
- This is a supervisory position subject to a 1 year supervisory probationary period, unless the selected incumbent has already completed it.
- Must submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports) upon entering the position and annually thereafter.
- This is a Critical Acquisition Position.
- Must execute a written tenure agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years.
- Must obtain the highest Career Category Level of certification in the assigned Career Category/Functional Area.
- Foundational Career Level Certification or Contracting Professional Certification must be met within 3 years.
- Practitioner Career Level Certification must be met within 5 years.
- Advanced Career Level Certification must be met within 4 years.
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.
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 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.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT- 1550 Series- Computer Science
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.
AND
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 1.) Mastery of computer science disciplines to research, evaluate, formulate and promote the generation and exchange of new theories, concepts, principles, methods and practices in order to extend the existing parameters of cyberspace computer engineering; 2.) Professional knowledge of, and expertise in applying, theories, concepts, principles, and methodologies of an cyberspace computer science or computer network discipline sufficient to research, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and carry out the most difficult assignments; determine relevancy and use of aesthetic, factual, economic and financial, engineering, and/or scientific information; 3.) Mastery of and in-depth knowledge of theoretical foundations of computer science, including computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models to develop representations for cyber system transformations; and 4.) Specialized knowledge of the mathematical and statistical design characteristics, limitations, and potential applications of cyber systems; and the ability to integrate and transform broad areas of new capabilities processes, and techniques into the development of innovative deployable systems.
This position is in the Supervision/Management Work Category at the Expert Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.
Contacts
- Address KB-W6Z7AA USA CYBER CMD ACOIC
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Meade, MD 20755
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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