This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) with 1 vacancy located in Boulder. CO. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS NCEP-25-12568288-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

The working title for this position is Software Developer. As Software Developer, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a software developer in the Space Weather Prediction Center's (SWPC) Technology Division by supporting the analysis of current computer system capabilities, the analysis of SWPC development requirements, and the planning of software development solutions associated with all assigned tasks and projects. Establish unique computer programming and application development solutions as assigned by a Project Manager or Technology Division Chief. Analyze and gather all requirements related to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including software design, specification, testing, evaluation, documentation, and implementation. Interact with other SWPC and National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) components, as appropriate, to define computer programming application requirements and to facilitate the use of local and/or cloud-based computer hosted application programs.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify for the 2210 series: - Attention to Detail -Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. - Customer Service -Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. - Oral Communication -Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. - Problem Solving -Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. AND To qualify at the GS-13: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the IT Competencies above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all the following: Modernize legacy applications using modern development languages such as; (Java, Python, SQL) to prepare web-based products for containerization and cloud hosting. Assess stakeholder needs and translate business requirements into technical specifications for development using demonstrated Agile development frameworks such as SCRUM or Kanban. Create web-based applications and content management systems such as; (Drupal, WordPress) to create, manage and maintain new and existing internal and external-facing web-platforms in a cloud-hosted environment. Use structured and unstructured databases such as; (SQL Server, PostGres, MongoDB) and data/object storage solutions to improve organizational cloud-readiness.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]