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Job SummaryThis is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.
QualificationsThis is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a Computer Engineer (0854-series), a Mathematician (1520-series), or a Computer Scientist (1550-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0854, 1520 and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. TO QUALIFY FOR ND-4: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-3 pay band (GS-9 through GS-11 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist applying systems engineering principles in support of maintaining operations in support of builds, upgrades, external sites, troubleshooting statuses for general lab management and Virtual Test Environment (VTE) machines. The incumbent will display a working knowledge of tactical computers, various associated data collection devices, and simulation support equipment across the spectrum of NSWC DD Lab environments and will be directly responsible for maintaining laboratory network architectures, including virtualized and distributed test environments. TO QUALIFY FOR ND-3: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-2 pay band (GS-5 through GS-8 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist applying basic systems engineering principles in support of builds, upgrades, external sites, troubleshooting statuses for general lab and Virtual Test Environment (VTE) machines. The incumbent will display a working knowledge of tactical computers, various associated data collection devices, and simulation support equipment across the spectrum of NSWC DD Lab environments. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): All Professional Engineering Positions, 08XX Mathematics Series, 1520 Computer Science Series, 1550 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Major DutiesYou will serve as the Virtual Test Environment (VTE) Lab Operations Lead in the Integrated Combat Systems Department, Advanced Infrastructure Branch (Code V32) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.You will maintain and manage operations of builds, upgrades, external sites, troubleshooting statuses and general lab management for all Virtual Test Environment (VTE) machines.You will participate in and coordinate the upgrade of the VTE systems to latest Windows environment to meet compliance for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) simulations.You will work with the virtualization build team to coordinate the next iteration of VTE as original hardware has reached End of Life (EOL).You will work with Assessment and Authorization to build the package to support utilization of new VTE systems.You will ensure all VTE and the Virtual Combat Computing Center (VC3) software licenses are renewed yearly.You will work with sponsors on future virtualization development work.You will be involved in the planning of future lab states and development of Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) for engineering efforts.You will lead in various Test Readiness and Mission Readiness (TRM) and Mission Readiness (MRR) to ensure labs will be able to meet objectives of testing.