Summary
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The primary purpose of this position is to perform professional scientific/engineering work in support of projects/programs pertaining to the developmental test and evaluation of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, weapon systems, avionics system and related support systems.
Duties
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- Cyber Tool Development: Collaborate with penetration testers to understand project requirements for avionic cyber vulnerability assessments. Develop, document, and deliver tools using commercial products or in-house made tools to support penetration testing initiatives.
- Documentation and System Sustainment: Contribute to the improvement of documentation for test systems, ensuring clarity and usability for end-users. Keep systems up to date by working with vendors and partners to obtain latest software.
- Collaborative Teamwork: Collaborate effectively within a team environment, sharing insights and expertise to enhance overall project success. Report of project status at weekly tag up meetings.
- Continuous Advancement and Collaboration: Act as a driving force for the organization's commitment to staying at the forefront of evaluating avionic cyber security, continually seeking to discover innovative solutions.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Obtain and maintain Security clearance.
- This is a designated Drug Testing Position.
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- Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification (Level ll- required) - must be able to obtain certification within 1-2 years of assignment.
- CompTIA Security+ certification - If not already obtained, candidate must be willing to pursue and obtain certification within 6 months of assignment.
- This position MAY be eligible for a recruitment/relocation incentive. Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
- Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prescribed “Unscheduled Telework.
- This position may require travel away from the normal duty station both with CONUS and overseas on military or civilian transportation.
- May be required to work overtime.
Qualifications
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In order to qualify, you must meet the individual occupational requirements for Professional Engineering Positions located here or the Computer Science Series located here.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience working on military aircraft offensive and defensive avionics systems, subsystems, and required support systems or equipment; knowledge and experiences in multiple engineering disciplines.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of professional concepts, principles, techniques, and practices of specialized multiple engineering disciplines.
2. Knowledge to evaluate complex programs to ensure that system cybersecurity requirements, interfaces, capabilities, and program factors are considered in planning, monitoring, and reviewing cybersecurity artifacts, system security engineering documents, and RMF system security plans as part of the acquisition process.
3. Knowledge of integrated aerospace vehicles, ground systems or related systems/subsystems.
4. Knowledge of flight and laboratory air vehicle test conduct, coordination and supervision, data analysis/evaluation and applicable flight test truth sources, modeling and simulation, technical report preparation, and administrative aspects of flight test programs.
Education
Basic requirements for 0855, 0801, and 0854:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
Basic requirements for 1550:
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.
Benefits
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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Required Documents
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If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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