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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 J5 at Fort Meade, Maryland.\n\nDuties\n\n Analyzes and forecasts advanced technologies to identify strategic opportunities and vulnerabilities for cyberspace operations.\n\n Authors long-range capability forecasts, threat assessments, and technological roadmaps for USCYBERCOM and homeland defense.\n\n Collaborates with internal directorates to translate technology forecasts into concrete capability development and acquisition plans.\n\n Manages technology development budgets, oversees complex research portfolios, and drafts detailed Statements of Work.\n\n Serves as the technical point of contact on contracts and agreements, monitoring external developers to ensure successful technology transition.\n\n Partners with the J9 Directorate to transition mature technology concepts into formal acquisition pipelines and fielded systems.\n\n Requirements\nConditions of employment\n\n Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.\n\n Three year trial/probationary period may be required.\n\n This is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Appointment to this position does not confer competitive status.\n\n The employee 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.\n\n The incumbent must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy5-1.\n\n This is a Drug Testing Designated Position. This position is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program.\n\n Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station up to 10% of the time and travel may be on military and/or commercial aircraft.\n\n Employee may be recalled to duty, required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime. Call back and emergency duty are regular requirements of this position.\n\n Qualifications\n\n 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\".\n\nWho May Apply:\n\nOnly 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.\n\nThis position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.\n\nArmy 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.\n\nIn order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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.\n\nApplicants must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Qualifying experience would be demonstrated by applying operations research principles, quantitative analysis, or structured analytical methodologies to evaluate emerging technologies or operational capabilities; developing operational concepts, capability requirements, or Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) to address strategic or technological challenges; and tracking technical milestones, project schedules, or capability transition plans in collaboration with research laboratories, academic institutions, or external developers.\n\nAND Meet Basic Education Requirement:\n\nDegree: 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 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.\n\n Education\n\n FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.\n\n Additional information\n\n If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment.\n\n This is an Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (M&S) Career Program position aligned under the Construction, Analysis, Science, Infrastructure & Engineers (CASIE) Career Management Directorate. \n\n Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.\n\n You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.\n\n ???????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.\n\n Direct Deposit of Pay is required.\n\n Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.\n\n Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.\n\n 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.\n\n This is a(n) Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (M&S) Career Program position.\n\n Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.\n\n Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.\n\n 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.\n\n 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.\n\n Recruitment, Retention, and/or Relocation incentives may be authorized if it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government.\n\n Advanced leave Accrual, Advance In-Hire may be authorized.\n\n TERM: This announcement is for a Cyber Term position. Permanent employees who apply, are selected for, and ultimately accept this position will be converted to a Cyber Term appointment. Term positions in CES may be extended up to a maximum of five years. This position may be converted to permanent without further competition after completion of three years of continuous service in this position.\n\n Term employment is subject to a one year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.\n\n 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.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\n Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.\n\nIf, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\n\n WARNING: DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET! Application packages that contain Classified information WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your application package and it is confirmed that any of the information is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your Security Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted.\n\nThe documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). 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