Summary

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Duties

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• Analyze and evaluate requirements; develops recommendations; and determines necessary policies, regulations, directives, programs, doctrine, and procedures for the establishment and maintenance of the Command's training and exercise programs.
• Consults with technical subject matter experts (SMEs) to identify and evaluate impacts of emerging technologies and mission structure on training systems and policies.
• Provides authoritative guidance, advice, and policy interpretation to program managers concerning management advisory services and their impact on joint training issues while dealing with difficult, complex, and often controversial issues.
• Actively participates in and contributes to strategic planning to assure optimal organizational direction and focus as regards training using strategic planning tools and techniques.

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.
• May be recalled to duty, may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime.
• May occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military and/or commercial aircraft.
• This position has been designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP). Employee must pass initial and periodic random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET SCI clearance as a condition of employment and must complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph exam.
• Must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy 5-1.

Qualifications

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

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 Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee
• Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions
• Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army)
• Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions

Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

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; 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 based on your experience, your resume must describe one-year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by1) Securing critical funding by advocating for programs throughout the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Program Objective Memorandum (POM), and Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP) cycles; 2) Developing long-range plans for the implementation of resources to support command training/exercise operations; 3) Streamlining policies and military requirements to build faster, more effective cyber training/exercise programs.

This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

Education

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

Additional information

• If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment.
• 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 3 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.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with access to SCI.
• 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 Training, Capabilities & Doctrine Warfighting Dev 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.
• Relocation/Recruitment incentive may be authorized to highly qualified candidate. Must sign a service agreement if incentive(s) is/are authorized.
• Student loan repayment, advanced leave accrual, and advanced in-hire rate may be authorized.

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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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