This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center (C5ISC), Communications Product Line (COMPL), Long Range Systems Branch (LRS) located in Portsmouth, VA.
To qualify at the GS-14 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS- 13 grade level in the federal or private sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Specialized experience must include 4 of the following: Monitoring and auditing the schedule, cost, design, analysis, operational performance and/or internal security procedures of national security systems (NSS) and respective classified information, critical infrastructure, mission essential systems (MES), high value assets (HVA) or other USCG information systems. Communicating with other service managers and product owners to balance and prioritize services to meet overall customer requirements, constraints, and objectives. Demonstrating experience with leading projects related to information systems. Analyzing risk management procedures for information systems. Supervising subordinates by assigning work based on priorities and make decisions on work and/or administrative problems presented by subordinate supervisors. In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement, you must also have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. 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. 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. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
You will serve as an Supervisory IT Cybersecurity Specialist (Systems Analysis/Information Security) and be responsible for managing the C5ISC Communications Systems Product Line- Long Range Systems Branch (COMPL-LRS) supervising personnel at Alexandria, VA, Portsmouth, VA, Oakland, CA, and Juneau, AK. The COMPL-LRS Branch serves as the Service Line Manager to provide service development, delivery, support and technical expertise for long range RF communications services including HF, MF and satellite systems. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Approving engineering change requests, configuration management, coordination, and implementation of new changes for COMPL-LRS products and services. Supporting Engineering Analysis Board (EAB) investigations for COMPL-LRS services, as appropriate, to determine root cause for failures and to disseminate lessons learned. Overseeing COMPL-LRS advance procurement planning, requirements documents, market research, government cost estimates, and participate in solicitation, contract award, surveillance of contractor performance, review/inspection of deliverables, invoicing, contract modifications, contractor performance documentation and maintenance of a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) file. Exercising significant responsibilities in advising management officials of higher rank of cybersecurity and data management issues. Assuring comparable equity in the assessment by subordinates of the adequacy of cybersecurity and data management capabilities. Providing personnel management to include daily oversight of staff for day-to-day tasking to include assigning work and identifying staff performance goals and preparing performance reviews. Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position. A. Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers Level I (FAC P/PM-I) or management determined equivalent within two years of entry into the position.