This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Business & Technical Management Career Path (AcqDemo only) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: The pay band NH-04 includes the General Schedule grade equivalent to GS-14 to 15. Other initiatives under the Acquisition Demonstration Project include simplified classification, streamlined hiring process and expanded developmental opportunities.

Duties

Projects major project milestones and events necessary to complete the strategic implementation of the acquisition project. Manage financial aspects and risks for an acquisition program. Manage contracting activity for an acquisition program. Brief senior level management, OSD and DA on status of the assigned programs. Review information support plan (ISP), digital engineering (DE), architecture, and model-based system engineering (MBSE) products for compliance with Government and Industry standards. Provide training and guidance on MBSE tools and methodologies to enhance project outcomes and team proficiency. Build, integrate, and optimize complex interoperability systems and services. Manage a team of system engineers responsible for developing the mapping of information exchanges between military standards. Perform trade studies to generate and translate conceptual designs into technical specifications, participate in the assessment of prototype interoperability software solutions, and integrate into current architecture.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
• Selectees must meet position requirements for certification at Level II PRACTITIONER in the Acquisition Career Field Program Management within 60 months of entrance on duty.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 50% of the time.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top-Secret security clearance with sensitive compartmental information or access for the duration of employment.
• This is a TERM position NTE 2 YEARS.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1. Serving as an Assistant Project Manager or equivalent such as a Portfolio or Program Manager;AND 2. Developing and maintaining architectural models and documentation AND 3) Reviewing information support plan (ISP), digital engineering (DE), architecture, and model-based system engineering (MBSE) products for compliance with Government and Industry standards.. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service NH-III (GS-13).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. There is no substitution of education for experience permitted.

Contacts

• Address AD-W6DPAA PEO INTEL ELEC WARFARE AND SENS DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk