You will serve as a IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH) in the ENGINEERING (50000) of NAVWARSYSCEN ATLANTIC CHARLESTON SC.

Duties

You will serve as a Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic) Lead Engineer, with a focus on software systems development, sustainment, and modernization efforts. You will be responsible for identification and evaluation of leading-edge technology to provide technical direction for PMW specific Software Systems. You will coordinate engineering requirements with relevant Programmatic Authorities (PA), including but not limited to Program Managers (PMs), Deputy PMs, Principal Assistant Program Managers (PAPMs). You will build and lead diverse cross-competency teams to execute the appropriate engineering processes across all levels and phases of an acquisition program/project. You will Implement Technical Processes such as Stakeholder Requirements Definition, Requirements Analysis, Architecture Design, Implementation, Integration, Verification, Validation, and Transition dependent upon the program. You will address long-term readiness issues as identified by Fleet Readiness Directorate (FRD) or the ISEA (e.g., new designs or revisions/updates built to include fixes to operational issues identified by users). You will represent the IPT and command on senior level working groups with responsibility and authority to defend the activities position, influence resource allocations, and effect major change.

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.
• 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.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• This is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code Software Developer, proficiency level Advanced the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Department of Navy policies.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• 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.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: software development with Cloud architecture and DEVSECOP experience with Ansible and Terraform; experience with ACAT programs AND leading collaborative teams of researchers, engineers, scientists, and designers. In addition, your experience must reflect skill in the following areas: attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving. 1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: oversee process improvement initiatives, mentor projects to ensure the application of software quality engineering best practices, and cyber security policies in the transition of S&T development to information systems and services. 2. 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. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: work closely with Center leadership, engineers and project managers to improve, create, design, and develop organizational level products, services and processes that enable the workforce to provide effective, efficient, intuitive, and elegantly engineered products for their customers. 3. 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. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: participate, advise or lead integrated project teams that include members from a variety of disciplines and will be able to lead small to large projects and programs that require contributions from multiple disciplines across the Center. 4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: provide input and guidance on the design, engineering, architecture, implementation and management of Information Technology (IT) systems. 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/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/ 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAVWARSYSCEN ATLANTIC CHARLESTON SC PO Box 190022 North Charleston, SC 29419-9022 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]