This vacancy is for an Computer Scientist in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) within the Department of Commerce. This is an open continuous announcement that will be used to fill vacancies as they occur. Applicants will receive consideration in increments of 30-day cut-off. The first cut-off will take place on December 23, 2024 and the next cut-off date is every 30 days until the closing date of announcement.

Duties

As an Computer Scientist, you will perform the following duties: Provide expertise and work with senior developers on web front-end development, databases, application deployment and provide technical support. Implement complex mathematical telecom and propagation modeling algorithms; and develop, validate, verify test and document software solutions. Participate in team-based projects that include software development, algorithm implementations, numerical analysis and research, and computer science methods and techniques. Research problems arising from the use of digital computers. Perform research and analysis to verify, validate, debug, troubleshoot, and test software implementations. Give oral presentations to explain project development efforts. Reports project results to both technical and non-technical audiences using tact and persuasion, responding appropriately to questions. Generate written reports to explain research developments of digital computer systems. Evaluate results and prepare report findings of new methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform or present information by means of digital computer systems. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Computer Scientist ZP-1550-3 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

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 Qualification Standards for Computer Science Series 1550 website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/ This position is being filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). The system replaced the Federal GS pay plan structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. Non-supervisory positions cap out at interval 3 of the band. The ZP-03 is equivalent to the GS-11/12 level. To qualify at the ZP-03 level you must meet the following: BASIC REQUIREMENT: A 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 and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. AND 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. You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 (or equivalent ZP-02 pay band) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Collaborating with computer engineers and software developers to produce new software requirements, write programming codes, or develop computer architecture designs; and Conducting research of computer functions, requirements, specifications, and test of scripts to troubleshoot or resolve problems; and Communicates technical computer concepts orally and in writing to clients in a clear and concise manner. OR SUBSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree in computer science or field directly related to the position. 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.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement. See Qualifications section above.

Contacts

• Address National Telecommunications and Information Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Conchita Lawrence
• Email: [email protected]