Summary About the Position: As the Army's primary integrator of C5ISR technologies and systems, the U.S. Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center conducts Research and Development, or R&D, across a wide variety of capability areas that support all of the Army's Modernization priorities. Responsibilities Responsible for supporting both Science and Technology and Reimbursable efforts across the entire Networking and Communications Portfolio. Report to the Assistant Director, and will work with other Senior Engineers, Division Chiefs, Branch Chiefs, Project Leads and Operations support staff. Serves as the lead Science Advisor to the Command and Control (C2) Cross Functional Team for the C5ISR Center. Leads the continuous improvement of the Networking and Communications Portfolio program, maintains and develops internal controls that minimize risk of fiscal or acquisitions law (or regulation) violations, and maximize efficiencies. Coordinates and partners with appropriate entities internal and external to the Networking and Communications Portfolio to maximize the effectiveness of the Networking and Communications Portfolio programs. Leads the technical and managerial developments for projects that meet the goals and objectives of the C5ISR senior leadership to include policy formulation and interpretation, planning, setting of direction, and resource management. Serves as the Networking and Communications Portfolio Integration expert and senior technical support staff to Networking and Communications Assistant Director. Knowledge of the C5ISR Center mission, acquisition partners, funding authorities and regulations, and the objectives of research projects to assess the impacts of any proposed changes to the Networking and Communications Portfolio project strategies. Monitor the execution requirements of the Networking and Communications Portfolio research and development portfolio and work with division leadership to develop prioritization and solutions to ensure that the portfolio is successfully executed. Advising the Networking and Communications Portfolio Assistant Director on resource requirements related to workforce staffing, equipment, products or facilities necessary for efficient and effective execution of the Portfolio program. Controlling, analyzing, researching, and formulating official responses to various technical and project related requests. Maintains a strong and effective working relationship with higher HQ to include C5ISR and DEVCOM leaders, enterprise staff, and technical subject matter experts. Coordinate with stakeholders including budget and operations, technical planning, and other specialists to ensure information about Networking and Communications Portfolio programs effectively transferred and stakeholders have situational awareness. Develop short- and long-range planning to achieve program objectives. Explores, develops, and recommends new or innovative projects, proposals, and ideas that improve accomplishment of C5ISR mission requirements. Participates in meetings and conferences as the Networking and Communications Portfolio representative. Maintains awareness of C2 CFT activities, upcoming events and activities; coordinates with Center leadership to provide required inputs and responses to the CFT. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify at the DB-04 grade level, in addition to meeting the basic education requirement listed below, you must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level. Specialized Experience is defined as experience equivalent to the DB-03 pay band (or GS-13 grade level or higher equivalency) in the Federal Service which includes experience in (1) Collaborating with appropriate entities to maximize the effectiveness of the Research and Development programs; (2) Leading the technical developments for projects that meet the goals and objectives of the senior leadership; (3) Monitoring the annual execution requirements of the Network and Communication Portfolio to include working with division leadership to develop prioritization and solutions to ensure that the portfolio is successfully executed; (4) Developing information for the portfolio to defend our submissions. Transcripts are required to meet the Basic Education for the applicable series. 800 Series Basic Education Requirement for a Supervisory Engineer (0801, 0830, 0850, 0854, 0855): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); 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 B. 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 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: 1.Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2.Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 3.Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4.Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts along with a letter of reference stating that you have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. The letter must be signed by the engineer who provided the professional engineer supervision. It must also include their name, phone number, and list their engineer credentials such as engineer education or professional certificates). Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information Management Network Management Planning and Evaluating Project Management Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Three year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) 16 - Engineers and Scientists (Non-Construction) Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. This is a Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project position. The DB-04 pay band incorporates the GS-14 step 01 through GS-15 step 10. This is a temporary promotion or temporary reassignment NTE 5 years. May be made permanent without further competition.