Summary You will serve as a COMPUTER SCIENTIST in the SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT BRANCH (N642), SYSTEMS INTEGRATION DIVISION (N64), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT (N6), of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS. Responsibilities You will serve as Computer Scientist for the Software Management Branch. You will be responsible for engineering solutions and managing and maintaining the IT environments supported by the N64 division. You will be responsible for engineering solutions to improve organizational efficiencies. You will manage the middleware, ensuring adherence to standards and guidelines, transitioning software, and performing software administration duties. You will monitor system performance, accessibility, and system logs to ensure operational availability. You will design solutions to meet middleware requirements while maintaining cybersecurity compliance. You will prepare and maintain software/system engineering documentation to meet validated requirements. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GS-12 In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience installing and configuring commercial software. Experience integrating, troubleshooting, and deploying Web applications on web and application servers. Experience configuring and utilizing software-based computer protection tools. Experience diagnosing connectivity problems. Experience developing and maintaining scripts to perform system administration tasks such as data file transfers, system monitoring, backups and system configuration. Experience maintaining cybersecurity compliance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers and installed software. Experience evaluating and implementing cybersecurity guidelines and Security Technical Implementation Guides. 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=List-by-Occupational-Series IOR: Computer Science Series 1550 (opm.gov) 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. Education GS-12: Basic Education Requirement: Successful completion of a bachelor's degree in computer science. OR Successful completion of a 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. Please include a transcript in order to satisfy basic education requirement. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. The work is mostly sedentary; however, some walking, bending, stooping, and occasionally lifting equipment up to 40 pounds may be required.