This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Biometric Identity Management. The primary purpose of this position is to service in a developmental capacity, perform entry level engineering and or mathematical sciences duties in researching and analyzing OBIM's biometric approach to identify capabilities and evolving technology development. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a General Engineer/Technical Integrator, GS-0801/1501-9/11, your typical work assignments may include: Coordination, integration of innovation, research, design, development, engineering, quality assurance, acquisition, production, and logistic support in accordance with accepted Systems Engineering policies. Participating and managing portions of the development of technology and standards involving biometrics, forensics, artificial intelligence, technology improvements and enhancements for the identification and verification of individuals. Collaborates with technical staff to advise supervisors to effect quality analysis and management of comparison standards, processes, guidelines, and procedures related to storing and sharing of biometric information and data management. Assesses emerging technologies and suggests new approaches to enterprise IT systems performing biometric match, store, share and analyze functions. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Drug Testing Required - Pre-employment.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• Telework Eligible
• No permanent change of station authorized
• Position may be designated as essential
• Noncritical Sensitive - SECRET
• Education: A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Engineering and/or a Mathematical Sciences or a closely related discipline is required.
• Travel: The work may require travel and work odd hours during emergencies.

Qualifications

To be qualified for this position, you must meet the basic education or work education/experience combination requirements for Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Technical Integrator positions in the federal government. These requirements are: Basic Requirements for 801 Series: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics; OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. Basic Requirements for Technical Integrator (General Mathematics and Statistics Series) Series 1501: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in mathematics, statistics, or actuarial science. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: For the GS-09: Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or Successful completion of two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree, or A combination of education and applicable experience that equates to one year of experience For the GS-11: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or Successful completion of three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree. A combination of education and applicable experience that equates to one year of experience Specialized Experience GS 9: You qualify for the GS-9 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal government, performing duties such as: Assisting in coordinating, research, design, development, quality assurance, production, and logistics support in accordance with Systems Engineering policies. Assisting technical staff in the management of comparison standards, processes, standards, and procedures. Performing and interpreting calculations, analyzing computations in matters of a factual nature or involving well-understood mechanisms. Specialized Experience GS 11: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal government, performing duties such as: Utilizing Systems Engineering policies to explore and evaluate solutions to problems, methods, conditions, and issues. Collaborating and participating in discussions, meetings, fact sheets, reports, design documents, briefings, and or presentations Performing and interpreting calculations, analyses, and computations for unknown factors or relationships. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Essential Personnel Position - This position may be designated as essential personnel. Essential personnel must be able to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding. Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR, Part 752, as applicable).

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

Contacts

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