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This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, First Coast Guard District, Digital Forensic Lab, Boston, MA.
Learn more about this agency06/04/2020 to 06/15/2020
$101,585 - $132,064 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - Occasional travel is required.
No
Permanent - This is a permanent appointment.
Full-time - This is a full-time position.
Competitive
13
No
Yes
20-2072-NE-SL-DHA
569989800
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
U.S. Citizens. Subject position(s) will be filled through Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for further consideration. The "Rule of Three", Category Rating, Veteran Preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy.
You will serve as the First Coast Guard District's Digital Forensic Lab (DFL) multi-source/all-source Intelligence Specialist (Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX)/Digital Forensic Examiner(DFE)) and will be responsible for performing a range of substantive forensic exploitation, operations, and conducting DOMEX derived link analysis.
Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.
Typical work assignments include:
* Supporting mobile forensic efforts through examination of electronic devices found in the maritime environment and be able to develop new forensic methods to support Coast Guard operations/investigations.
* Analyzing and reporting on substantive findings from DOMEX, including counter-forensic methods.
* Converting recovered data into meaningful intelligence/investigative data through analysis, collation and correlation, synthesis, and specific identification.
* Executing tasking from District Intelligence to identify promising technologies for forensics analysis and performing developmental studies that advance the body of knowledge in the hardware/software forensic engineering field.
* Supporting the testing of forensic hardware/software, Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) and Government off the Shelf (GOTS) forensic and application software.
* Researching applicability of new technological developments in the forensic field to solve continuing problems and to meet future needs of the Coast Guard DOMEX program.
* Representing the Coast Guard at law enforcement/intelligence community forensics operational, training events, conferences, forums, working groups and discussions.
* Mentoring and demonstrating technical tools, applications and methodologies in support of Coast Guard DOMEX training and partnership engagement.
This position has been identified as a drug testing designated position (TDP) for purposes of the DHS Drug Free Workplace program. All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to a drug test to screen for illegal drug use prior to receiving a final offer of employment. A final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level performing duties such as:
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples include: Specialized experience includes: Conducting DOMEX exploitation; conducting human intelligence or law enforcement intelligence operations; conducting intergovernmental operations and liaison activities; writing intelligence collection reports and analysis; researching and analyzing intelligence topics; briefing intelligence topics in a public setting; performing digital forensic analysis of DOMEX derived data; semi-autonomous work as an intelligence officer, law enforcement investigator, or special agent.
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
Selective placement factor(s) must be met in order to receive further consideration. You will be given the opportunity to address these when you apply on-line.
National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here
Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment.
DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here
Recruitment incentives may be authorized.
All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.
For Veterans' preference eligibility, visit Veterans' Employment Resources. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. See the required documents section of the announcement.
More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 410-636-7281. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be referred for consideration. The following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities are needed to perform this job:
* Knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices computer forensics, and intelligence analysis.
* Skill in oral and written communication.
* Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) intelligence.
* Ability to coordinate and collaborate across the DHS law enforcement community and others within the intelligence community.
1. Your resume
2. If you are claiming special priority selection rights under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), submit a copy of your agency notice, most recent performance rating and most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, noting your current position, grade level and duty location. If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP eligible. To be considered eligible, you must be placed in the well-qualified category for this position. Please see ICTAP eligibility.
3. OPM must authorize employment offers for former or current Political Appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information. Submit proof of your former or current status, such as your SF-50. Please see here.
All documentation as outlined above must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you are unable to submit your documents electronically, you may fax or mail the documents. A fax cover sheet will be provided to you from the system with fax number and instructions. Required documents will also be accepted by mail and must be received by the closing date of the announcement. The mailing address is COMMANDANT (CG-1211NE), ATTN OFFICE OF CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES (JOBS), US COAST GUARD, 2401 HAWKINS POINT ROAD, BUILDING 1, MAILSTOP 4, BALTIMORE, MD 21226.
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.
Complete applications for this vacancy must be received on-line by 11:59 p.m ET on the closing date of the announcement. To begin your online application, click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register or sign in to USAJOBS, take the online questionnaire and submit the required documents to provide proof of eligibility and qualifications. See Required Documents section for more detail regarding a complete application package.
High self assessment in the vacancy questions that is not supported by information in your resume and/or supporting documents may impact you or eliminate you from consideration.
If applying on-line poses a hardship to you, the Help Desk listed on the announcement will provide assistance to ensure that applications are submitted on-line by the closing date. You must contact the Help Desk prior to the closing date of this announcement to receive assistance. Hours of operation: Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET, excluding Federal holidays.
Upon the submission of your application package, you will receive an automatic reply informing you that your application has been submitted, received and is being processed. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging the receipt of your application. You will not receive any additional notifications unless further evaluation or interviews are conducted or upon selection. NOTE: Selectee(s) must be available to report to duty within 120 calendar days of the closing date of the announcement. For more information on applying for federal employment click here Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/569989800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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