Summary

About the Position: The IT Project Manager (PLCYPLN/NETWORK) position is located at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Homestead, Florida.

Duties

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• Serve as the senior technical expert for non-standard communications (NSC), providing high-level planning and analysis for network systems, non-attribution infrastructures, and misattributed pathways used in voice, data, and video transmission.
• Evaluate complex network architectures and infrastructures to integrate advanced commercial technologies and meet evolving special operations requirements.
• Coordinates managed-attribution (MA) activities, signature reduction methodologies, and implements policies for digital identity data, ensuring strict compliance with operational security (OPSEC) goals and relevant DoW IT resource regulations.
• Lead large-scale projects to upgrade and consolidate deployed networks, conducting cost-benefit analyses, capacity studies, and total cost of ownership evaluations for commercial internet solutions.
• Coordinate with DoW components to align non-standard communications capabilities with theater mission requirements and technological advancements.
• Develop robust work plans, routing schemes, and disaster recovery protocols to ensure the continuous availability of critical network resources during contingencies.
• Lead cross-functional teams to provide specialized non-standard communications and signature-managed transmission support throughout the Central and South American theater.
• Direct the creation and maintenance of configuration management plans and detailed network maps to manage infrastructure, topology, and connectivity for remote sites and internet gateways.
• Provide guidance to SOCSOUTH leadership and IT specialists regarding emerging technologies, science and technology requirements, and out-of-cycle programmed needs.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a top secret/sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• This is a drug testing designated position (TDP) under the Department of the Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program in accordance with AR 600-85.
• Incumbent will be required to work evenings, nights and weekends on a rotating shift, to cover 16-hours a day, 7 day a week operations.
• The incumbent must be able to deploy on short notice for both exercises and real world deployments under field conditions.
• Temporary duty (TDY) travel is required up to 20% of the time to include the Caribbean as well as Central and South America.
• Must be able to complete any pre-employment screening and pertinent immunizations for country entry.
• Stress is inherent in the nature of work. Many short-suspense actions and pressures of time form nearly all contacts contribute to heightened demands on the incumbent.

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.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Basic Requirement for Information Technology Specialist (Policy and Planning): The specialized experience must include, or be supplemented by, information technology related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training, as appropriate) which demonstrates each of the four competencies, as defined:

(1) Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: completing thorough and accurate work independently, even in the most difficult or stressful situations; occasionally reviewing work completed by others.

(2) Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: resolving routine and non-routine problems, questions, or complaints; developing and maintaining strong, mutually supportive working relationships with customers; conducting evaluation of support to determine quality of services and customer satisfaction, and recommending procedural changes based on customer need or changes in policy and/or regulation.

(3) Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: convincingly conveying complex information to customers; presenting thoughts that are well-organized and demonstrating confidence in the facts and ideas; adjusting style when working with individuals with different levels of understanding; using various methods to explain and convey information.

(4) Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: solving complex or sensitive problems by developing and proposing strategic alternatives; identifying possible conflicts and shared benefits; helping team anticipate problems and identifying and evaluating potential sources of information; providing feedback and coaching to others to help solve problems; engaging appropriate stakeholders when developing solutions in order to understand and incorporate multiple perspectives and needs; evaluating the effectiveness of decisions and adjusting future decisions as appropriate.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) planning, analyzing, implementing, and managing complex non-standard communication (NSC) network infrastructures and systems, specifically utilizing non-attributed or misattributed commercial transit networks; 2) identifying technical requirements, conducting cost-benefit and capacity analyses, and managing projects to upgrade, consolidate, or modify non-standard communications network systems, services, and commercial internet egress solutions; 3) designing, implementing, and operating technical controls for managed attribution (MA) activities, including digital identity data procedures, signature reduction tools, or virtual obfuscation mechanisms; 4) advising senior leadership on emerging IT technologies and coordinating non-standard network integration plans, contingency operations, or system architecture changes with higher headquarters, external agencies, or cross-functional teams. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• 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 an Information Technology Management Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized if in the Government's interest.

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