This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) with one vacancy in Plainsboro, NJ. This position is also announced under vacancy number OAR GFDL-24-12405277-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Supervisory Computer Scientist, you will perform the following duties: Provide technical expertise, guidance, and recommended direction on High Performance Computing issues, general information technology (IT) issues, and policies. Recommend and oversee implementation of process enhancements across Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) and input into policy development within all aspects of the GFDL IT environment. Utilize advanced software development and debugging techniques in FORTRAN, C, Perl, Python, csh, and bash. Apply academic fundamental knowledge of computing architectures and computer languages. Perform research into current IT related projects and programs dealing with complex computational and computer science. Perform full range of supervisory duties. Responsible for planning and distributing work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting/adjusting short- and long-term priorities and evaluating work performance. Recommend appointment, promotion, or reassignment. Identify developmental and training needs of employees.

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. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following basic education requirements: To qualify for the 1550 series: A bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. 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 at the ZP-4 or GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Developing, managing, configuring, supporting, and maintaining scientific systems or programming associated with scripting languages, data assimilation tools and massively-parallel high-performance computing systems (HPCS); Providing technical guidance, recommendations or briefings to management on the development and enhancement of scientific data analysis software; and Leading or managing a team to include developing performance standards, evaluating work performance, and providing oversight and feedback.

Education

• College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

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]