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 U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade MD.

Duties

Provide leadership and facilitates technical and functional (SMEs) in selecting and applying project management disciplines to identify and assess cost, schedule, performance, and risk issues, and to deliver acquisition expertise. Perform Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) duties and supports the Contracting Officer (CO) by providing technical and project-specific inputs for contract documentation Lead SMEs in the review, assessment, and refinement of capabilities development strategies, specifications, and plans. Provide project management oversight for software and hardware development. Identify and resolves program/project management or technical obstacles. Provide leadership to and facilitates collaboration among the Command's technical and functional SMEs, as well as with representatives of the customer communities served Define and optimize comprehensive plans for the design, development, acquisition, and deployment of mission-essential cyberspace capabilities. Lead and manage definition, validation, justification, and execution of resources for projects. Conduct assessments and analyses to maximize value, and to identify/implement cost-saving strategies.

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.
• The employee may be recalled to duty, may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military and/or commercial aircraft.
• The employee must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET SCI clearance as a condition of employment and must complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph exam.
• This position is a testing designated position (TDP) in accordance with (IAW) Drug Free Federal Workplace Program according to IAW Chapter 5, section II, paragraphs 5-8b and 5-8c(4) of AR 600-85 and DA PAM 600-85 Chapter 3, paragraphs 3-2e and f
• The incumbent must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy 5-1.
• This position requires a Program Management Advanced acquisition certification. Any deviation from these requirements can only be waived by the Service or Component Acquisition Executive.
• The selectee must have already achieved this certification or must achieve this certification within 60 months in accordance with (DoDI) 5000.66, Defense Acquisition Workforce Education, Training, Experience, and Career Development Program.
• This is a Defense Acquisition Workforce (AWF) position.
• The employee must meet the DoDI 5000.66 requirements applicable to the Career Category/Functional Area and the Career Level Certification assigned on the sequenced position Conditions of Employment data fields in the header of the PD/PRD.
• 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. Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) EmployeeCurrent Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) PositionsCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army)Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service PositionsNon-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions 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. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 of 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) Experience with regulation and/ or execution of a wide range of IT management activities that typically extend and apply to an entire organization; 2) Identifies and resolves program/project management or technical obstacles such as workforce planning, policy and standards development, and information security planning and management; 3) Advise management on thorough analysis and consideration of alternative approaches for system design, resource management, and strategic planning; and 4) Report on functionality of system interrelationships, optimal software and hardware configurations, data storage, and classification needs.

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-W6UXAA US ARMY CYBER COMMAND DO NOT MAIL Fort Meade, MD 20755 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk