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Senior IT Project Manager, NSIC

Department of the Air Force
United States Space Force Forces
United States Space Force / National Space Intelligence Center

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Overview

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Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Salary
$110,401 - $143,523 per year
Pay scale & grade
GG 13
Promotion potential
None
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk
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Background check type
Financial disclosure required
No
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
SF-FY27-6N-GG-2210-13-SPLSH
Control number
889737300

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The United States Space Force (USSF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH is searching for a Senior Production Manager to support NSIC (GG-2210-13).

This position is covered by the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS). For additional information about DCIPS, click here: https://dcips.defense.gov/

Description:
Are you ready to power the systems that analyze the world's most sophisticated space threats? The 2d Intelligence Analysis Squadron, Mission Enabling Flight-a critical component of the National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC)-is seeking a premier Senior IT Project Manager. In this role, you will design, secure, and scale the cutting-edge technical infrastructure, modeling environments, and advanced data pipelines that allow our scientific analysts to discover, characterize, and project foreign space threats. If you want your technical expertise to directly safeguard US dominance in the ultimate high-ground domain, this is where you belong.

Daily, you will lead the integration of sophisticated IT solutions tailored for scientific and technical intelligence production. You will collaborate closely with specialized S&TI analysts, data scientists, and engineers to translate complex scientific requirements into robust, secure IT systems and cloud architectures. From orchestrating agile sprints for custom analysis tools to managing secure network enclaves and ensuring zero-trust compliance, your leadership will guarantee that NSIC's analytical minds have the absolute best technology at their fingertips to outpace the threat.

Ideal Candidate:
- IT Project Management experience, preferably within the DoD, IC, or DAF.
- Proven experience delivering IT systems that support Science and Technology Intelligence (S&TI), high-performance computing, advanced data analytics, or scientific modeling.
- Track record of managing secure software development (DevSecOps) and cloud environments (AWS/C2S) for complex intelligence production.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a hard science/engineering discipline (Master's preferred).
- Highly Desired: Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Agile/Scrum certification.Skill in conducting unbiased complex research and translating intelligence gaps into actionable collection requirements (utilizing tools like COLISEUM, TABLEAU, email, and phone).
- Deep understanding of the systems required to ingest, analyze, and exploit scientific and technical data.
- Ability to bridge the gap between scientific intelligence analysts, data scientists, and systems engineers.


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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S Citizen.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
  • This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
  • Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
  • Incumbent may be required to work non-standard duty hours (evenings/weekends), overtime, or credit hours, and remains subject to recall during exercises, contingencies, or emergency situations.
  • Cybersecurity certification is required as a condition of employment.
  • 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”.
  • Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.

Qualifications

The 2210 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. There is no Group Coverage Qualification Standard for this series.

Additional information

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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.

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Agency contact information

US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management
Email
HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil
Address
USSF - United States Space Force Forces
1670 Space Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330
US

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