Job opening: Physical Scientist
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Mar 20 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position:
As the Team Lead under broad administrative direction of GEOINT Support Branch Chief, U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) you will provide overall objectives and broad aspects of work assignments and guidance relative to policies, priorities, and budgetary matters
Duties
Team Lead for the Army Geospatial Data Fabric Team for Branch programs
Perform method and/or applications development and data and system integration, as well as software prototyping for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software
Lead the development, direction, coordination, and evaluation of system requirements, program planning, and financial management functions for PM IS and A
Assist with implementing the Standard Sharable Geospatial Foundation (SSGF) in PM IS and A to support the Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE)
Make authoritative recommendations which have important impact on development and geospatial integration program policies concerning enterprise approaches for analysis, display and dissemination of spatial data to support Army Acquistions
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain TOP SECRET security clearance.
- Provide a Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450.
- Drug test is required
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 Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
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.
Basic Requirement for Physical Scientist:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
OR
B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level which includes work in Army Acquisition Process to compete, procure, and field state of the art GEOINT systems 2) experience with managing GEOINT (geospatial and imagery) data across communication links including NIPR, SIPR, JWICS 3) experience with presenting complex GEOINT information to senior leaders and 4) Experience with military GEOINT (engineer and intel) organizations and operations.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Database AdministrationProblem SolvingRequirements AnalysisTechnology Awareness
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).
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 RA-W6RNAA HQ USACE US ARMY GEOSPATIAL CENTER
DO NOT MAIL
Alexandria, VA 22315
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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