Supervisory General Engineer/Operations Research Analyst (Interdisciplinary) -SV-0801/1515-K - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Supervisory General Engineer position is located in the Operations Support Division, within the Office of Security Capabilities (OSC), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If you are selected for this position, you will serve as the Deputy Director. You will be serving as the agency\'s independent Operational Test Agent (OTA), managing the TSA\'s Systems Integration Facility (TSIF), and providing developmental, qualification, and operational test and evaluation (T&E) to the TSA as well as configuration management support services to OSC program offices, TSA field elements, and other TSA/DHS stakeholders. Typical assignments will include but are not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining a robust T&E capability to support all testing for TSA to include acquisition support, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) or process development/refinement, and threat mitigation. This testing includes developmental and qualification testing at theTSIF or other Government testing laboratories such as the Transportation Security Laboratory, other National Laboratories, and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
• Serving as the independent Operational Test Agent team on behalf of TSA.
• Conducting outreach with TSA and DHS acquisition executives regarding Test and Evaluation with TSA operational elements, industry associations, equipment manufacturers, DHS S&T and others as appropriate.
• Executing strategic planning initiatives that provide multidisciplinary expertise and coordinated work products for TSA, including strategic risk assessment, requirements analysis, systems engineering, operations research, and modeling and simulation. Ensuring that the various strategic planning initiatives align with each other.
• Coordinating with AA, DAA, ODs, and Deputy ODs across other TSA components that perform or are otherwise concerned with testing and evaluation, including OSC, 0S0, OTWE, OOI, OIA, and OGS to ensure consistency in application of communication, processes and procedures across the organization. Ensuring T&E products developed and deliver are timely, effective, and consistent throughout the Agency.
• Executing in accordance with and maintaining the OSC/CAE Test and Evaluation Policy documents, as well as the OSC T&E Evaluation Guidebook, serving as a technical authority for these documents and their modification. Submitting documents to the Director for final approval.
• Leading the implementation of OSC\'s and TSA\'s strategic goals related to T&E promoting organizational efficiency and Risk Based Security. Executing the strategic direction for current and future TSIF activities and infrastructure, as well as serving as the primary TSA spokesperson for visiting senior level officials and dignitaries from other government agencies and foreign countries.

Basic Requirements for all Operations Research Positions: This position requires a degree in Operations Research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 semester hours of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

NOTE: You MUST provide transcript(s) or documentation with your application to verify that you meet the above basic requirements.

Basic Requirements for all Engineer Positions (must meet A or B):

A. Bachelor\'s or higher degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics;(e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

OR B. Combination of education and experience--college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. Professional Registration-Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board\'s eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

2. Written Test-Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor\'s degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.

3. Specified academic courses-Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A.

4. Related curriculum-Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor\'s degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

NOTE: You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your education claims. Refer to the Required Documents section of his announcement for details. All materials must be submitted by the vacancy announcement closing date.

In addition to the basic requirements,To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes applying advanced methodologies and strategies, strategic risk assessment, requirements analysis and systems engineering to manage a Testing and Evaluation program; applying procedures, requirements, regulations and policies in Testing and Evaluation of aviation security technologies and systems; and experience conducting studies using quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate program effectiveness and efficiency.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour work week. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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