This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Research and Development Center, New London, CT

Duties

You will serve as an Operations Research Analyst whose primary purpose is to perform professional and scientific, mathematical principles alone with work requiring systematic, critical, intensive investigation into various subject matter in order to develop the principles, criteria, methods, and data to be used in support of RDC projects or problem solving studies. 

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements 1515 Series: Degree: in Operations Research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: AT THE GS-12 LEVEL: To qualify for this position, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: Contributing to the development of substantive recommendations to improve agency program operations and management systems; Under the guidance of senior analyst(s), applies a range of analytical, mathematical, and/or statistical theories, principles, and practices to help plan, coordinate, and execute segments of complex studies; Under the guidance of senior analyst(s) analyzing the value of new technologies and identifying the most fruitful approaches for understanding costly and high risk developmental efforts; Conducting simulation experiments, analyzing results, and preparing appropriate technical reports;and Compiling, organizing, and analyzing data/information to find solutions to problems requiring the use of a broad range of established operations research methods and techniques. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR Combination of graduate level education beyond the first 2 years of progressive graduate study and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

You must provide a copy of your unofficial transcript when applying to this posting.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Road BLD 1 STOP 4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]