Supv Systems Engineer - Springfield, United States - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)



National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Springfield, United States

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Open:

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Band: 05

Location:

Springfield, VA

Cover Letter Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter for employment consideration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

However, a cover letter is recommended.

Applicants will have the option to attach a cover letter in the Qualifications - Attachments step of the online application.

Pay Band, Salary Range - Ext 2024 Salary:

Band 05 $123,041 - $168,152

Permanent Change in Station


PERMANENT CHANGE IN STATION:
PCS expenses are not authorized.

NGA Marketing Message The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the World Leader in Geospatial Intelligence.

Imagine being able to identify anything on, above, or beneath the Earth's surface and display that information visually to provide a meaningful foundation for decision-making to ensure the safety of the world.

That's the job of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


We analyze imagery and data from many sources and incorporate it into visual displays of essential information for use in national defense, homeland security, and safety of navigation.


Central to the success of our mission are the extraordinary talents and skills of our teams of analysts and other professionals.

We need the best minds to provide the information edge, continuing NGA's role as the premier provider of Geospatial Intelligence worldwide.

Know the World, Show the Way ...

from Seabed to Space

Assignment Description ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:
Systems Engineers apply a structured approach to design and implementation of systems and processes.

They capture and translate mission and customer requirements in order to transform them into capabilities, testing, and validation of services.

Systems Engineers analyze and allocate requirements to systems architecture components and oversee the development, testing, and validation of systems and services.

They also coordinate the integration of systems and services into enterprise architecture and oversee deployment.



Promotion Opportunity PROMOTION OPPORTUNITY:

Promotion opportunities allow applicants at all band levels to be considered. Qualifications for NGA positions do not include specific time-in-band requirements.

NGA will emphasize quality of experience, rather than duration, and assess how the quality of the experience demonstrates possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for successful job performance in the NGA occupational structure.

Additional Information ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This is a high-profile position serving in the Compartmented GEOINT Program Management Office (CGPMO).

The CGPMO leads all NGA compartmented development activities to deliver the capabilities that close some of the nation's most sensitive and hardest intelligence gaps.

The CGPMO responsibilities covers worldwide time-dominant and mission critical operations and functional and regional areas including Space/Counter-Space, Hard Targets, Counterproliferation, and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP).

Some of the mission partners include the IC and DoD, whose partnerships help propel the Compartmented GEOINT environment to the next phase of maturity – a fully operational and modernized Compartmented GEOINT Program.


As the Chief Engineer for NGA's CGPMO, the incumbent will design, integrate, and deploy new capabilities into NGA's sensitive and compartmented architecture, discover and guide development of new potential sensitive GEOINT data sources and capabilities, pursue high value GEOINT sensors and GEOINT platform concepts, designs, and applications, and drive sensitive big data and automation efforts across the DOD and IC.

The Chief Engineer must be able to apply his/her expertise in GEOINT tradecraft, phenomenology, systems, tools, policy and training to ensure successful sensitive GEOINT operations.


The Chief Engineer will provide technical oversight over all engineering activities for the CGPMO enterprise to include base enterprise operating requirements, compartmented tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) application level requirements, integration and interface engineering, test, verification, and validation activities.

This includes new mission partner data integration and enhancements to GEOINT mission capabilities such as tasking, workflow, library, and exploitation services, as well as management of systems engineering process implementation, best practices, peer review and design (architectural modernization) planning.

Key functions include leading integration project technical planning and execution from concept inception through testing and delivery into operations.


The CGPMO Chief Engineer acts as the technical interface for senior/joint forums and acquisition oversight interaction support and coordination; provides technical integration support and expertise at the enterprise and individual program management office level to agency, interagency and oversight forums and decision boards; coordinates and collaborates with stakeholders, mission partners, and oversight to present coherent and synergistic enterprise and sensor integration plans and architecture.

The Chief Engineer will work with NGA and Mission Partner PMOs for the necessary work allocation in support of studies, taskers, and short suspense responses to oversight, interagency and agency issues and concerns.


Candidates for this position will be required to:
Successfully attain and maintain access to compartmented GEOINT and IC/DoD special access programs.

Be a DAWIA Practitioner certified in Engineering & Technical Management, or have the ability to obtain DAWIA Practitioner certification within 24 months.


Additional Application Requirement:

You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA.

These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.

This position may be eligible for a


RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE:
selected candidates may be offered an incentive as part of the offer of employment.

To receive the incentive, selected candidates must be eligible under 5 CFR Part 575, Subpart A, upon issuance of the Final Offer Letter.

Changes in federal employment status prior to issuance of the Final Offer Letter may affect eligibility.

To receive the incentive, selected candidates will be required to sign a service agreement to stay within the position at NGA for the agreed upon time.

If the service agreement is terminated before its completion, the employee may be required to repay a pro rata share amount of the incentive to the government.

Additional information regarding recruitment incentives for current federal employees can be found in DoDI , Volume 2006.



Qualifications Mandatory MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:



For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required).

Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:




• Demonstrated experience leading technical planning across the full lifecycle of an engineering project such as understanding the deliverables; executing project plans; communicating progress; generating requirements, test and evaluation (T and E) of systems and/or facilitating problem resolutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading integration efforts in a collaborative environment for components and data of complex systems/applications, ensuring adaptability for future architecture design.
• Demonstrated experience leading integration efforts for components and data of complex systems/applications, ensuring adaptability for future architecture design.
• Demonstrated end-to-end experience with the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and processes for planning, designing, developing, testing, and/or deploying a system.
• Demonstrated experience with managing a configuration management database to include but not limited to documenting and/or addressing baseline configuration and system changes or deviations.


EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
A


Education:

Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Management, Information Science, Information Systems Management, Information Technology, Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Technology Management, System Engineering, or a degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems, or networks.

-OR- B.

Combination of Education and


Experience:

A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience in Information Technology, systems planning, research, development, engineering, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work.

As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C.


Experience:
A minimum of 4 years of experience in Information Technology, systems planning, research, development, engineering, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work




• AND
• LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

DAWIA Certification may be required for this position; See Position License and Certification Requirements for additional details.

New Acquisition Workforce members or members transferring to a different or higher skill level will have, upon position entry, thirty-six months, forty-eight months, or sixty months, depending on the DAWIA Tier required, to achieve their certification.

Current Acquisition Workforce members must maintain their current certification by achieving 80 Continuous Learning hours every twenty-four months. -AND- Relevant Competencies: IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, and Problem Solving



Qualifications Desirable DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:




• Experience working space/counterspace systems.
• Ability to make decisions that impact the resources (people, budget, and material) of the work unit, ensure the technical quality and timeliness of the work produced by employees in the unit, and collaborate with supervisors across the organization in unstructured situations
• Ability to serve in the assignment for a minimum of two consecutive years.
• Experience working in a DoD or ODNI-managed acquisition Program Management Office
• Experience working with customer organizations or operations (e.g., military, policy-makers, and law enforcement).

Special Info External As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards.

U.S. Citizenship Required

Security Clearance (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information)

Polygraph Test Required

Position Subject to Drug Testing

Two Year Probationary Period

Direct Deposit Required

Applicant Evaluation Process

APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS:
Applicants will be evaluated for this job opportunity in three stages:

1) All applicants will be evaluated using the Mandatory Qualification Criteria,
2) Qualified applicants will then be evaluated by an expert or panel of experts using a combination of qualification criteria to determine the best-qualified candidates,
3) Best-qualified applicants may then be further evaluated through an interview process.

Military retiree applicants, if selected, may be impacted by the 180-day appointment restrictions of DODI HD personnel will provide additional information if applicable.

Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Assignment Description, Additional Information Provided By the Selecting Official, and the Qualification Requirements; and then construct their resumes to highlight their most relevant and significant experience and education for this job opportunity.

This description should include examples that detail the level and complexity of the performed work. Applicants are encouraged to provide any education information referenced in the announcement.

If education is listed as a mandatory requirement, only degrees obtained from an institution accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Secretary, US Department of Education will be accepted.

In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment.

They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period.

Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate.

(See DoD Instruction , Volume 300, at )

All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.

NGA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applications will only be accepted online.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

Disabled applicants are encouraged to apply directly to external job announcements in addition to the Resume Repository. NGA reserves the right to direct hire Disabled Veterans with 30%+ Comp in alignment with the NGA Hiring Strategy.

By selecting this option on the application form and applying to the NGA Resume Repository, you may be considered for future direct hire against critical mission vacancies.

Participation does not guarantee employment.

DCIPS Statement NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS).

Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee's annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process. Employees on term or temporary appointments are not eligible to apply for internal assignment opportunity notices.

This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction , Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility.

Benefits Pay is only part of the compensation you will earn working for the Federal Government.

We offer a broad array of benefits programs and family friendly flexibilities to meet the needs of you and your family.

For more information on the array of benefits programs, please visit

How To Apply Application submission involves applying using NGA's online application process at Additional information concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by visiting

All announcements close at 11:59PM EDT on the closing date listed. Be sure to complete and submit your application by that time in order to be considered.

ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

What To Expect Next After visiting and applying via NGA's online application process, applicants can follow their status via that same NGA online application functionality.

Several other topics relating to what is involved in the hiring process and how long it takes can be found by visiting

Special Requirements You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.

In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility.

Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.

Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility.

Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.