COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Summary You will serve as a COMPUTER SCIENTIST in the SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BRANCH (N641) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS. This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. Responsibilities You will be responsible for engineering software solutions while following all software guidance and direction. You will develop software ensuring adherence to software engineering standards and guidelines, transitioning software, and performing software maintenance duties for software supported by N64. You will maintain cybersecurity compliance of all supported environments according to the command guidelines and requirements. You will design solutions to meet middleware requirements while maintaining cybersecurity compliance. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience following DoD cybersecurity guidelines and security compliant solutions, and applying knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities. Experience programming and/or using Java/JavaScript, ArcGIS Desktop/ ArcGIS Pro application development, Python, Visual Studio Professional 2017 or higher, Oracle PL/SQL, and completion of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) such as the Application Development and Security STIG preferred. Experience developing, integrating, troubleshooting, and deploying web applications on web and application servers. Experience identifying and anticipating system/server performance, availability, capacity, or configuration problems and provide appropriate user notices to such issues via a GUI. Experience incorporating software design including Object Oriented Design and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Experience communicating information technology concepts, principles and results effectively in writing, presentations, demonstrations and in person-to-person contacts. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Computer Science Series 1550 General Schedule Qualification Standards 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 Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30semester 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. EVALUATION OF EDUCATION: Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science. Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and to other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable. ***NOTE: College Transcripts from an accredited University MUST be submitted to show proof the applicant meets ALL education requirements e.g., Basic. IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html Additional Information Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. Overtime may be required to meet emergent customer needs. Some travel to contractor facilities, Navy activities and other governmental agencies is required. Work is mostly sedentary; however, some walking, bending, stooping, and occasionally lifting equipment up to 40 pounds may be required. The incumbent is required to obtain the foundational qualification within 9 months and the residential qualification within 12 months of appointment and maintain qualifications as described in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Department of Navy policies. Participation in a continuous professional development program, completing an annual 20-hour minimum of Cyber Workforce related continuous professional development must be documented and completed in a current individual development plan signed by both the employee and supervisor. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. Only Military Spouse Preference/PPP applicants currently occupying positions for which a comprehensive training plan has been developed and authorized are entitled to exercise their priority status for this announcement. The most common formal training positions are apprentices, formal interns, and scientist and engineering interns. Upward Mobility Positions that have equivalent training plans are also included when the positions have been pre-identified in an Affirmative Action or similar plan. You must provide documentation supporting you are in a formal training plan (e.g., SF50 and official signed training agreement between you and your command). Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under the specific hiring authority addressed in the Summary section of this announcement. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below. During the application process you will have the option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.