This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) with two vacancies in location negotiable. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS NCEP 24-2353521-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

The working title for this position is Senior Software Developer. As a Senior Software Developer, you will perform the following duties: Plan software development along with analyze, evaluate, and integrate various hardware, software or computer related systems. Oversee, guide, evaluate and perform equipment and software development and installation to ensure successful transition into active use. Interact with software development partners, other offices or organizations, or other coworkers to define computer programming application requirements, integrate and transition computer software components, and respond to and resolve software, hardware or systems issues. Provide solutions to address ongoing issues, specific requirements, or meet needs according to specific situations by adapting computer methods and drafting technical documents to develop or design application,

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify for the GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Develop application software and integrate that software into an operational environment. Evaluate and provide resolution to software, hardware and system issues. AND Applicants must have IT experience and/or training that demonstrates possession of the following four IT Competencies: Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail; Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services; Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately; and Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Other Negotiable Locations: Aberdeen, SD Medford, OR Albany, NY Melbourne, FL Albuquerque, NM Memphis, TN Amarillo, TX Miami, FL Anchorage, AK Midland, TX Lubbock, TX Missoula, MT Bellemont, AZ Mobile, AL Billings, MT Monterey, CA Bismarck, ND Mt Holly, NJ Blacksburg, VA Negaunee, MI Boise, ID New Braunfels, TX Boulder, CO Newport, NC Brooklyn Heights, OH Norman, OK Brownsville, TX North Charleston, SC Calera, AL North Little Rock, AR Caribou, ME North Platte, NE Carolina, PR Norton, MA Chanhassen, MN Old Hickory, TN Charleston, WV Oxnard, CA Cheektowaga, NY Paducah, KY Cheyenne, WY Peachtree City, GA College Park, MD Pendleton, OR Columbia, SC Phoenix, AZ Coraopolis, PA Pleasant Hill, MO Corpus Christi, TX Pocatello, ID Davenport, IA Portland, OR Dickinson, TX Pueblo, CO Dodge City, KS Raleigh, NC Dousman, WI Rapid City, SD Duluth, MN Reno, NV Elko, NV Riverton, WY Eureka, CA Romeoville, IL Fairbanks, AK Ruskin, FL Flowood, MS Sacramento, CA Fort Worth, TX Salt Lake City, UT Gaylord, MI San Angelo, TX Glasgow, MT San Diego, CA Goodland, KS Santa Teresa, NM Grand Forks, ND Seattle, WA Grand Junction, CO Shreveport, LA Grand Rapids, MI Silver Spring MD Gray, ME Sioux Falls, SD Great Falls, MT Slidell, LA Green Bay, WI South Burlington, VT Greer, SC Spokane, WA Hanford, CA Springfield, MO Hastings, NE St. Charles, MO Honolulu, HI State College, PA Huntsville, AL Wilmington, OH Indianapolis, IN Syracuse, IN Jackson, KY Talbott, TN Jacksonville, FL Tallahassee, FL Johnson City, NY Topeka, KS Johnston, IA Tucson, AZ Juneau, AK Tulsa, OK Kansas City, MO Tuscaloosa, AL Key West, FL Upton, NY La Crosse, WI Valley, NE Lake Charles, LA Wakefield, VA Las Vegas, NV White Lake, MI Lincoln, IL Wichita, KS Louisville, KY Wilmington, NC

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]