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Summary Veteran's preference does not apply to DHA recruitment. Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for more information. The primary purpose of this position is to function as the senior project scientist/engineer in performing advanced hardware/software analysis for equipment or devices by applying state of the art technologies. Responsibilities Functions as the senior project scientist/engineer in performing advanced hardware/software analysis for equipment or devices such as network computing, data storage, electronic messaging, and information systems by applying state-of-the-art technologies. Serves as a project manager with the responsibility for monitoring the overall financial, scheduling, testing, and performance evaluation of networked computer systems, subsystems, equipment, and software. Serves as a senior scientist/engineer assigned project manager responsibility for the support of software systems and subsystems to include web-enabled systems. Serves as a senior scientist/engineer assigned project manager responsibility for coordinating, directing, and executing major process research and development efforts involving applied research in areas of significant complexity to include software process support and internet web-enabled applications. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Computer Science Series 1550 and Computer Engineering Series 0854. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Basic requirements for 0854: You must meet one of the following qualification requirements described in Education below in order to qualify for the 0854. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institution. 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 institution SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02, equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 or equivalent in other pay systems. Specialized experience is experience in the fundamentals and principles of professional computer science/computer engineering gained through formal education and experience; computer hardware, systems software, and computer systems architecture, modeling, and integration; and mathematics, including calculus, probability, statistics, discrete structures, as it relates to the design, development, and model maintenance of network computer systems. NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement. Ideal Candidate: Extensive knowledge of networking protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, SNMP, STP, VLANs, etc. Proficient in configuring and troubleshooting network devices: Routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers (primarily Cisco and Palo Alto Networks). Solid understanding of network design principles: Layer 2 and Layer 3 architectures, network segmentation, redundancy, high availability. Experience with Network cabling and infrastructure: Copper, fiber, structured cabling, patch panels. Proficient in using network monitoring and management tools: ability to identify, diagnose, and troubleshoot network issues, and to gather information for accurate network diagram creation. Preferred tools (SolarWinds, Wireshark). Experience creating network diagrams: create clear, accurate, and aesthetically pleasing diagrams using software (Visio, SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper). Proficient in reviewing, interpreting, and implementing DISA STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides): ability to harden network infrastructure and ensure compliance with cybersecurity policies and regulations. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Expert knowledge of the fundamentals and principles of professional computer science/computer engineering gained through formal education and experience; computer hardware, systems software, and computer systems architecture, modeling, and integration; and mathematics, including calculus, probability, statistics, discrete structures, as it relates to the design, development, and model maintenance of network computer systems. 2. In-depth knowledge of diversified, computer science/computer engineering concepts, phenomena, and relationships, and ability to apply such knowledge to theoretical and practical problems with versatility, judgment, and perception in order to analyze performance of complex communication and data storage networks. 3. Skill and ability to organize, prioritize, analyze, interpret, and evaluate computer projects, complex problems, and prediction of results. Ability through study to keep abreast of computer/IT state knowledge technology, and to utilize such knowledge in the solution of theoretical or complex problems. 4. Professional skill and ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex scientific issues and reports, or briefings prepared for senior military and civilian officials throughout the government and in private industry. 5. Ability to recognize and analyze problems, conducts research, summarize results, and make appropriate recommendations. 6. Knowledge of policies, programs, organizations, functions, resources, and legislation affecting the program(s) and the organizations studied or served, and related customers, functions, resources, and users. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education Basic requirements for 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: In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: 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.) FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional Information This public notice is to gather applications that may or may not result in selection. This job announcement may close at any time - apply now! This is an acquisition demonstration project position NH-03 equivalent to a GS-12 to GS-13. 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