You will serve as an Interdisciplinary Oceanographer/Physical Scientist in the Ocean Collections Division, N94, Ocean Projects Department of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will perform spatial analysis, gee-processing and geodatabase development on survey data sets being uploaded post mission while at sea. You will develop environmental survey products by compiling and integrating side scan sonar imagery, geotechnical, hydrographic/bathymetric, and oceanographic environmental data sets to a final specified ODISTA product. You will coordinate and implement new / improved methods for more efficient data processing using state of art, proprietary or commercial software packages to perform data manipulation to achieve correct interpretation. You will investigate and extract environmental data from external sources for data analysis and crosscheck of data for pre-planning verification, enhance existing data set or data analysis. You will Participate in Remote Environmental Monitoring Units Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (REMUS AUV) surveys to provide technical data collection assistance, imagery data download and processing support as REMUS watch stander.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position requires up to 20% field duty conducting shipboard surveys in accordance with the requirements stated in NA VOINST 3120.13D.
• You must continue to meet Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 704 criteria in order to continue in this position.
• Periodic updates of the TS will be initiated at four and one half year intervals to determine the eligibility of the incumbent to continue to be granted access to SCI material and data.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Preparing tailored environmental products to fill on-demand/immediate data requests to include (but not limited to) seafloor geology, bathymetry, meteorology and/or physical oceanography in the form of digital data, GIS maps, and environmental reports for customer/sponsor; Coordinating or implementing new/improved methods for more efficient data processing and product generation for environmental support; Interpreting and/or integrating multiple data types, to include (but not limited to) seafloor geology, bathymetry, meteorology and/or physical oceanography, for analysis and development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and digital report products; Investigating environmental data from literature and external sources for data analysis and cross-check with existing data sets to compile the highest resolution data for survey pre-planning and verification; Using software processing tools/packages that include: ArcGIS, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Photoshop to prepare high resolution products, build environmental reports and track production. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) Oceanography Series 1360 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Basic Education Requirement

1301:
Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher 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
A combination of education and experience with education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

1360:
Successful completion of a bachelor's degree with a major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences.
OR
A combination of education and experience which includes course work in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

• Address NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS 1002 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]