Computer Engineer

About the company

This position is part of the Department of War, War Media Activity (WMA). The incumbent will be responsible for providing policy and procedures for Department of War (DoW) audiovisual and visual information activities and operations such as combat camera operations, and for newspapers and print media throughout DoW such as the European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.

Your tasks

As a Computer Engineer at the GS-0854-13 some of your typical work assignments may include: Responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining complex hardware and software systems to support critical War Media Activity broadcast radio and television missions. Perform professional engineering and scientific work involving the design, construction, and operation of computer systems, including hardware and software and their integration Prepares statement of work for equipment and systems requirements, performance work statements, and contracting documents for complex technical acquisitions. Develops sole source and brand name justifications and defends requirements when required. Monitors and adjusts acquisition and provides progress reports to senior management and operational managers. Research and develop provisioning plans and equipment capabilities, systems design, and industry proven system architectures. Develops and evaluates complex equipment specifications and requirements, conducts tests, and determines the suitability of off-the-shelf electronic equipment, and complex, sophisticated electronic systems to ensure compliance with agency technical and operational requirements.

Requirements

You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Designing, developing, and integrating complex hardware and systems software across specialized Radio Automation and Audio over IP (AoIP) networks, leveraging state-of-the-art architectures and Agile methodologies to ensure scalable, high-performance, and secure war media operations.
• Engineered and maintained high-definition television, satellite, and digital switching systems, diagnosticating complex technical vulnerabilities and conducting readiness inspections of CONUS and OCONUS bureaus to guarantee operational compliance with original equipment manufacturer and military standards.
• Drafting legal binding Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS) for complex technical acquisitions, defending sole-source justifications and managing contractor performance in strict compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
• 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.

In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0854, series as listed below:

• A. Degree: Professional Engineering. A bachelor's degree or higher 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 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 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:
• 1. Professional Registration: Current registration as a professional engineer 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 Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
• 3. Specified Academic Courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum.
• 4. Related Curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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 one 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.

NOTE: This position has a degree or education requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript.

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. NOTE: 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