Job summary

This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated October 15, 2021. This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Major duties

As a Interdisciplinary Physical Scientist/General Engineer at the GS-0801/1301-13/14 some of your typical work assignments may include: Recognizes opportunities for development of new technologies that provide improved capabilities to support the Agency's mission. Seeks to form teams to enhance program development, facilitate synergy, and minimize duplication of effort. Ensures that program efforts are fully coordinated with the Services and other Agencies. Ensures that program products are responsive to military and policy requirements. Maintains awareness to identify spin-off, non- government applications. Finds, characterizes, and detects activities involved with the construction, testing, evaluation, and operational maintenance and safety features of newly developed or installed reactor components. Manages programs in coordination with services and other agencies. Leads complex technical development programs to stay abreast of the latest scientific theories, experiments, and technology trends in Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBT) defeat area, Hard Targets Development (HTD), and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Represents the Agency on committees of national and international importance that focus on holding adversarial and command, control, communications, and intelligence (C4I) and WMD- related infrastructure at risk. Maintains required liaison with personnel within the Agency, the military Services, DoD agencies, and any other relevant organizations including DIA and other Agencies to assess operational warfighter requirements for Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (C5ISRT) and WMD-related facilities. Prepares and presents oral and written presentations to high-ranking military and civilian flag- level personnel. Serves as the subject matter expert at meetings and serves as a member on special boards, panels, and IPTs.

Qualification

You may qualify at the GS 14 , if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the 13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Extensive experience in Hardened Deeply Buried Target (HDBT), Hard Target Development (HTD) and /or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) mechanical, physical, electrical, or chemical industrial process characterization, analytical techniques, and identification of systems vulnerabilities. Extensive Experience in the development and or acquisition of projects/programs to conduct development research to solve problems associated with the targets and processes. Extensive experience in assessing complex portfolios of research and development projects; including gap analysis, strategy development and implementation, and project initiation involving HDBT, HTD, and WMD offensive capabilities. Extensive experience in planning a complex research and development portfolio comprised of multiple individual projects and managing finances toward stated obligation and expenditure goals. General experience with collaboration between multiple Department of Defense agencies, USGOV agencies, and foreign partners. You may qualify at the GS 13 , if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the 12 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Experience in Hardened Deeply Buried Target (HDBT), Hard Target Development (HTD) and /or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) mechanical, physical, electrical, or chemical industrial process characterization, analytical techniques, and identification of systems vulnerabilities. Experience in the development and or acquisition of projects/programs to conduct development research to solve problems associated with the targets and processes. Experience in assessing complex portfolios of research and development projects; including gap analysis, strategy development and implementation, and project initiation involving HDBT, HTD, and WMD offensive capabilities. Experience in planning a complex research and development portfolio comprised of multiple individual projects and managing finances toward stated obligation and expenditure goals. General experience with collaboration between multiple Department of Defense agencies, USGOV agencies, and foreign partners. 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Evaluations

We will review your resume and supporting documents, to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and evaluate your relevant work experiences as it relates to fundamental competencies, identified below, required for this position. Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Your application (resume and supporting documentation) will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required as listed on the announcement under qualification requirements. Veterans Preference: If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indicate the type of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. For information on entitlement see http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx Military Spouse Preference: If you are entitled to military spouse preference, in order to receive this preference you must choose the spousal eligibility in your application package referencing MSP Military Spouse Preference. Your preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. If you are claiming military spouse preference and qualified for the position, your name will be placed below preference eligible veteran candidates and above non-preference candidates on a list sent to the hiring manager for employment consideration. To claim Military Spouse Preference (MSP) please complete the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist, save the document and attach it to your application package. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria AND 2) be rated well-qualified for the position AND 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. Well-qualified means you possess the type and quality of experience that exceeds the position's minimum qualifications. See the Required Documents section of this announcement for more information. Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the " Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp)" eligibility. If you are claiming Military Spouse eligibility and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you will be referred to the hiring manager. Information and required documentation for claiming Military Spouse eligibility may be found at the General Applicant Information and Definitions link below.