The United States Space Force (USSF) at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida is searching for a Senior Mission Management Specialist, SLD 45/RM (NH-0301-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).

Description:
Space Launch Delta 45 is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Mission Management Specialist to join the Range Management team at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This critical role provides cybersecurity expertise and project management leadership for advanced mission systems supporting national space launch operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing cybersecurity best practices, driving project execution, and delivering innovative solutions that strengthen mission assurance and operational resilience. This position requires a strong foundation in information technology systems, cybersecurity methodologies, risk management frameworks (NIST), and agile project management principles. Responsibilities: Lead mission project management efforts, providing technical guidance and support to ensure projects meet cost, schedule, and technical performance objectives. Ensure compliance and alignment with policy, procedures, and risk management frameworks while fostering innovative solutions in secure mission systems. Define project requirements, develop statements of work, government cost estimates, and work with program management and contracting, including evaluating vendor proposals. Coordinate and assess operational requirements against existing capabilities, identifying gaps and opportunities for modernization. Establish goals and objectives to deliver operational capabilities on time and within scope. Conduct research, analysis, and special studies to identify emerging technologies, industry trends and future advancements that influence the evolution of the national launch and test ranges.

Ideal Candidate:
Proven experience in project management within a technology-driven environment leading Agile/DevSecOps project, service, and capability delivery. Experience with cybersecurity principles and practices to ensure secure, compliant, resilient systems through management framework such as NIST. Familiarity with information technology systems and their security implications. Experience working with government contracts and acquisition processes is preferred. Familiarity with cyber security methods, NIST, and Risk Management Framework. Familiarity with agile project management and DevSecOps is highly desired. Certifications/Training: IAM Level III certification is required. The employee will be required to attain appropriate certification(s) within six months of appointment.


Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Mastery of advanced principles and practices and knowledge of laws, principles, policies, and practices of systems, maintenance and program management.
2. Comprehensive knowledge of business, industrial management, contracting procedures, technical concepts, and production practices to evaluate contractor proposals and activities.
3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense, Air Force, and other entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence the systems process, maintenance and integrated life cycle management.
4. Applies mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques that require frequent modification to fit a wide range of variables. As well as skill in applying a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to complex issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program/project operations.
5. Ability to plan, organize, and manage critical aspects of research, development, production, and support of subsystems or equipment, and integrate, analyze, and manage a variety of functions and personnel in support of the process.
6. Ability to communicate both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy.
7. High degree of skill and ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing sufficient to interact with AF, DoD headquarters components, NASA, contractors, and other government and private-sector agencies.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• May be required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This is a cybersecurity position; the employee will attain appropriate DoD approved cybersecurity baseline certificate(s) applicable for cybersecurity functions required for the DoD position.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
• Employee is in a designated position that requires consent and thereafter be subject to and successfully complete, an initial, periodic and random counterintelligence (CI)-scope polygraph examination as a condition of employment.
• This position requires IAM certification level 3
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
• PCS is not authorized. Incentive is not authorized.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "unscheduled telework".
• The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.

Qualifications

The 0301 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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