Acquisition Organization Technical Advisor Full Time

Basic Requirements: A. For the GS-854 Professional Engineering Series: Degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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 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 professional 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: Professional registration Written Test Specified academic courses Related curriculum – With this criteria, applicants also need verification of employment from a supervisor stating you have performed professional engineering duties. For more detailed information on the above criteria, please go to http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800/ For the GS-1550 Computer Science Series: 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 institutions. A. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQ): All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. You must address each technical qualification separately. Please limit your written statements up to 2 pages per technical qualification. MTQ 1. Demonstrated expertise in planning and managing investment strategies for the acquisition, development, and deployment of information technology/cloud systems, and next generation data centers for a large (multibillion), diverse, multi-disciplined organization. MTQ 2. Documented experience and management skills with a demonstrated ability to coordinate, integrate, implement, cloud technical solutions and capabilities deployed at the enterprise level. MTQ 3. Demonstrated expertise in strategic change management techniques dealing with Departmental Headquarters leading reform changes for military mission partners and IT end-users (>200m). B. SENIOR PROFESSIONAL (SP) QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the senior professional qualifications. You must address each senior professional qualification separately. Please limit your written statements up to 2 pages per qualification. SP 1. Work experience should demonstrate the ability to negotiate with senior leaders and subject matter technical experts of the federal, military services, private industry, and/or academia to arrive at acceptable technical and business solutions and agreement on highly complex and possibly controversial heterogeneous and homogeneous information technology systems and issues; and SP 2. Stature in the profession as indicated by memberships and activity in professional and scientific societies, honors, awards, and other recognition and leadership in national and international scientific communities. Contributions and professional reputation as evidenced by citations, patents, and/or publications which advance knowledge in the information technology/computer engineering/science/electronics fields. Failure to meet any one of the technical qualifications requirements automatically disqualifies an applicant.