Battle Watch Officer

Summary

The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of War (DoW) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO

Duties

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Serves as the Battle Watch Officer (BWO) and is responsible for Missile Defense System configuration control, operational readiness reporting, asset management execution, and incident reporting in support of MDA and Warfighter customers. The BWO is the government lead of the MDA Operations Support Center (OSC) and is responsible for all functions within the MDA OSC. NOTE for: conditions of Employment: Tour of Duty: Other/Shift Work NOTE: This is a rotational watch standing position which requires shift work to include weekends and holidays.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This position is being filled under AcqDemo Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for non-acquisition positions involving 51% or more of time in direct support of acquisition positions within Business and Technical Management Professional Career path.

As a Battle Watch Officer at the NH-0301-4 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Executes real-time Missile Defense System event coordination and system configuration control during day-to-day operations. Responsible for directing the isolation of assets not in compliance with the MDA operational capacity baseline.
• Tracks the status and configuration of the Missile Defense System and enters asset outage and return to service data in the application. Reports Missile Defense System asset failures generated from inputs for distribution into a global community of operations centers and organizations.
• Performs asset management execution and tracks all Missile Defense System activities through the asset management process and direct communication with MDA Elements at the distributed sites. Responsible for collecting data and entering into system(s) which depicts the status and configuration of the Missile Defense System on its respective dashboards to MDA leadership and the Combatant Command operations centers.Coordinates rescheduling of operational and developmental activities throughout the asset management execution phase as necessary. Serves as the MDA Element advocate to the Warfighter for coordination and approval of unscheduled maintenance, test, or developmental activities.
• Captures and reports incidents and significant events to MDA senior leadership. Executes the MDA Commander's Critical Information Reporting process when necessary to inform the Director, Deputy Director, Executive Director, and executive and senior leaders, enabling them to make decisions regarding MDA support to the Combatant Commanders. Reports also inform the leadership on the status of MDA
  resources and personnel (military, civilian, and contractor). This position requires shift work to include weekends and holidays.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Maxi Flex
• Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is situationally telework eligible.
• This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Investigation (TS/SCI) clearance

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH -04 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 2 of the 3 specialized experience listed below to be qualified:

• Maintaining, troubleshooting, tracking and reporting the status and configuration of weapons systems or other broad systems and providing real-time coordination of maintenance actions.
• Reporting operational, logistical, and other significant events to senior leaders using verbal and written communication.
• Serving as a technical expert or consultant on a broad program or complex weapon system.

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.

Education

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

Additional information

This is a Mission Essential Function position. This requires incumbent to report for, or remain at, work in emergency situations. In addition, dismissal or closure announcement do not apply unless supervisor instructs otherwise. Incumbent may be required to work overtime and other than normal duty hours which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. Call back and emergency duty are regular requirements of this position. This requires incumbent to be available by phone and physical recall within 2-hours during non-duty hours during assigned recall periods, when not in an approved leave status.

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf.

All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov))

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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