Clarification from the agency

United States citizens graduating within 9 months or who have graduated within 2 years of the closing date of this announcement.

• You will utilize existing modeling and simulation tools to produce technical characterizations and assessments.
• You will perform internal and external collaboration with an enterprise-wide focus.
• You will maintain technical expertise in your field to apply to the most challenging intelligence problems of interest to the U.S. Navy.
• You will answer requests for information and respond in the form of technical intelligence assessments and analytic products for internal and external customers.
• You will identify intelligence gaps, specific collection requirements to fill gaps, and develop analytical tools and methodologies to identify gaps.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• You must obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). Failure to do so may result in the withdrawal of an offer or removal. Indicate the level and date of your clearance in your resume.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or pass the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• You must acknowledge in writing that you are accepting an appointment in the DCIPS (excepted service) which does not confer competitive status, prior to appointment.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• All Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statute, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.
• This position requires a periodic polygraph examination.
• This position may require a 2-year DCIPS trial period.
• Some travel may be required (within/outside U.S.).

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirement:

In addition to the Basic Educational Requirement listed below, qualified applicants must demonstrate the following:

For the GG-07 Grade Level:

Describe the education and/or experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform General Engineer (GG-0801), Computer Engineer (GG-0854), Electrical Engineer (GG-0855), Naval Architect (GG-0871), Physicist (GG-1310), Chemist (GG-1320), Mathematician (GG-1520), and Computer Scientist (GG-1550) work at the GG-07 grade level.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level or pay band in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing some or all of the following duties:

1. Learn basic analytical techniques against tasks and assignments in conjunction with senior analysts to conduct all-source, scientific and technical intelligence (S&TI) analysis on naval platforms and/or systems.
2. Learn scientific and all-source analysis methodologies and processes for application to basic scientific and technical intelligence (S&TI) problems related to naval platform and/or system capabilities and performance.
3. Apply engineering and mathematical skills to contribute to engineering assessments.
4. Learn intelligence collection methods and systems, their capabilities and limitations, and appropriate tasking methods to provide input to verbal and written products.

OR

Have successfully completed a bachelor's degree.

OR

Have successfully completed one full year of graduate level education.

OR

Have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience equals one hundred percent.


For the GG-9 Grade Level:

Describe the education and/or experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform General Engineer (GG-0801), Computer Engineer (GG-0854), Electrical Engineer (GG-0855), Naval Architect (GG-0871), Physicist (GG-1310), Chemist (GG-1320), Mathematician (GG-1520), and Computer Scientist (GG-1550) work at the GG-09 grade level.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing some or all of the following duties:

1. Apply basic analytical techniques against tasks and assignments in conjunction with senior analysts to conduct all-source, scientific and technical intelligence (S&TI) analysis on naval platforms and/or systems.
2. Use scientific and all-source analysis methodologies and processes for application to basic scientific and technical intelligence problems related to naval platform/systems capabilities and performance.
3. Apply engineering and mathematical skills to contribute to engineering assessments.
4. Use intelligence collection methods and systems, their capabilities and limitations, and appropriate tasking methods to provide input to verbal and written products.

OR

Have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree.

OR

Have successfully completed two full years of progressively higher graduate level education leading to a master's degree.

OR

Have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience equals one hundred percent.


Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Applicants must possess:

Basic Requirements for the GG-0801/0854/0855/0871 - Engineering/Naval Architect Series:

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), 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. For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 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. The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html
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.)

Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

See additional basic requirements of the position in the education section.

How you will be evaluated

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

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire.

If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.