Capability Manager (Electromagnetic Warfare)

About the Position: Serves as the principal Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Electronic Warfare (EW) within the Information Warfare Division supporting the command EW officer and Section within the G 39 Directorate.

This position is with the US Army Special Operations Command, DCS, G-3, Operations Division out of Fort Liberty, NC.

This position is physically located in Fort Meade, MD.

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
• 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
• 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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience: 1) Advising on Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities for a Special Operations military command (examples network survey, precision geo-location, direction finding, battlefield data recovery, denial-of-service, electronic countermeasures force protection (ECM-FP), and directed energy weapon). 2) Developing EW tools to geolocate and direction find various signals such as UHF, VHF, HF, HPCP, GSM, CDMA, UMTS, LTE, WIFI, SATCOM, TV, and Radio RF signals among others. 3) Interfacing with various national level and joint agencies to coordinate solutions to complex EW planning issues. 4) Provide training on EW operations tactics, techniques, and procedures. 5) Overseeing contracting procedures and the source selection evaluation process. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12 level).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Contract Management
• Oral Communication
• Planning and Evaluating
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Competence

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.