This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Army Geospatial Center (AGC) located in Alexandria, VA. This is a permanent position.

Duties

Serve as Enterprise Branch Chief for the Systems and Acquisition Support Directorate (SASD) of the U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC), Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Exercise managerial authority to establish long-range work plans and schedules (multi-year). Coordinate with high-level Department of Defense an Army staff as well as Program Executive Offices, Program Managers, and other officials in developing overall goals and objectives. Evaluate implementation of the Enterprise Support Branch goals and objectives to identify which need more emphasis. Provide geospatial systems engineering, architecture, standards, data modeling, and test and certification capabilities across all Army Acquisition Systems Develop, manage and defend funding for geospatial domain expertise though the Program Planning Budget and Execution Process. Coordinate Army Geospatial Enterprise capabilities across the National System for Geospatial Intelligence, Headquarters Army and Army Mission Command / Intel communities in support of Multi-Domain Operations and Joint All Domain Command and Control.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent to obtain and/or maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• This position requires the incumbent to complete a pre-employment Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450, and annually thereafter.
• This position requires incumbent to complete a pre-employment drug test, and periodically thereafter.
• This position requires the incumbent to travel up to 25% of the duty time.

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. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. This position has a positive education requirement. To view the educational requirements, go to the links listed below for each series you are interested in applying for on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website: Geography Series Engineering Series General Physical Science Series Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes develop strategic geospatial architecture and engineering goals and objects to support organizational missions; serve as technical lead to program organizational geospatial systems architecture and engineering activities; analyze internal and external customer requirements to identify and determine equipment, software, and process/procedural solutions to achieve geospatial interoperability; and utilize reverse systems engineering and systems re-engineering disciplines to develop strategic and planning documents, policies, and technical recommendations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

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