This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Program Management Organization (PMO). The PMO provides program and acquisition management for the systems and capabilities that modernize and sustain the National Airspace System (NAS) to advance NAS programs from concept to operation while providing technical support for air traffic control automation and decision support systems.

Duties

This position serves as a computer scientist supporting the National Airspace System (NAS) automation systems performing a mixture of routine and multiple varying assignments under limited direction of the manager or more experienced staff. He/she applies experience and detailed technical knowledge of computer science methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform, or present information by means of computer systems, necessary to plan and accomplish assignments. Provides support to the design, development, test, deployment, operational implementation and maintenance support of tools, systems and capabilities for use in the NAS that include responsibility for a variety of projects involving the modification and modernization to national systems baseline configurations.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.

Qualifications

To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Computer Science Series 1550, please refer to:Computer Science Series 1550 (opm.gov)Basic Requirements: 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.To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G, FG/GS-5-9. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.Specialized Experience is: Experience collecting, recording, and analyzing data pertaining to aviation software development, utilizing system program languages, such as C or C++.Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.The selecting official may decide to interview all, some or none of the candidates referred for consideration.This time limited appointment is in accordance with HRPM EMP 1.11 External Temporary and Time-Limited Appointment and EMP 1.26a STEM/Cybersecurity. This time limited appointment may be terminated at any time at the discretion of the agency. Under EMP 1.11 External Temporary and Time-Limited Appointment this hiring authority does not afford you eligibility for non-competitive conversion to a permanent excepted service appointment. Additionally, this appointment does not provide you eligibility to apply for and compete for permanent internal assignments in accordance with EMP-1.14, Permanent Internal Assignments.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration ACT Regional HR Services Branch Atlantic City International Airport, Bldg. 300 AHF-N710 Atlantic City, NJ 08405 US
• Name: Jennifer Lowery
• Phone: 1 (609) 485-5748
• Email: [email protected]