Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This General Engineer (Direct Hire) position is located Enterprise Support (ES), Acquisition Program Management (APM), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as the senior technical representative, providing systems engineering subject matter expertise throughout the acquisition and systems engineering lifecycle for multiple, complex technologies to support checked baggage screening systems. Leading, overseeing and managing the development, definition, revision and refinement of functional requirements for checked baggage screening systems, including coordination with internal and external stakeholders, for requirements and specifications review and adjudication. Communicating and coordinating systems engineering lifecycle concepts clearly to ensure effective collaborations across technical and program teams. Leading engineering programs and development projects, managing program costs, schedule and deliverables according to approved program plans. Serves as a representative on Engineering Review Boards to review proposed changes to fielded and developmental systems; advise on the adequacy of the vendor supplied technical data and recommend the scope of testing associated with approved system changes. Serve as a technical expert providing advice and guidance in developing procedures and/or equipment to perform the required work. The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band (I Band) performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-H or GS-12 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialize experience is defined as: Applying engineering practices and techniques to assist in conducting studies applicable to systems engineering lifecycle including (i.e., system design characteristics, operational testing, modeling and simulation) for screening technologies in support of checked baggage screening integrated with airport baggage handling system operations; and Identifying and recommending strategies to assess security system operations, effectiveness and suitability. To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-I or GS-13 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialize experience is defined as: Applying engineering practices and techniques to conduct studies applicable to systems engineering lifecycle including (i.e., system design characteristics, operational testing, modeling and simulation) for screening technologies in support of checked baggage screening integrated with airport baggage handling system operations; and Implementing strategies to assess security system operations, effectiveness, suitability and providing recommendations; and Providing comprehensive systems engineering subject matter expertise throughout the acquisition and systems engineering lifecycle for multiple, complex checked baggage screening explosive detection system technologies integrated with airport baggage handling systems. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. 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. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address ES - Acquisition Program Management DO NOT MAIL Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]