You will serve as an INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYISCIAL SCIENTIST/ OCEANOGRAPHER in the Data Ingest Division, Operations Department of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will be responsible for facilitating communications for T-AGS vessels. You will be responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring the continual transfer of survey data collections from T-AGS vessels via commercial bandwidth. You will be responsible for the receipt and accuracy of loading to the Storage Area Network (SAN) of all digital data received from both T-AGS vessels and external sources. You will be responsible for the appropriate tracking and storage of current digital media along with maintaining and disposal of historical scientific records. You will be responsible for briefing outgoing Data Managers and required to maintain a current knowledge of equipment changes, software updates, and procedural changes made to T-AGS vessels.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience monitoring and analyzing near real-time data transfer from NAVOCEANO survey assets, comparing data quantities received, and troubleshooting data transfer problems as well as other problems to the Survey Operations Center (SOC). Experience analyzing problems and resolving or coordinating with the necessary personnel to assuring they are resolved as well as monitoring survey data and ensuring communication connectivity with survey platforms and document any problems or reports. Experience in data structures and file systems and can easily work on Windows or Linux based systems to accomplish a variety of data collection, processing, and formatting data to achieve data transfers to and from vessels. Experience developing and maintaining databases dealing with historical archival holdings and SOC data rate transmissions. Experience monitoring collection systems, resolving software issues on collection systems, ensuring all data is backed up to current storage data tapes, and data tapes are appropriately packaged and mailed back to the office. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) Oceanography Series 1360 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

General Physical Science Series, 1301:

1. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

   -OR-

2. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Oceanography Series, 1360:

1. Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences.

   -OR-

2. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

*Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics. *

***A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.***

Contacts

• Address NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS 1002 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]