Physical Scientist

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Department of the Army

Job Summary

These positions falls within the Data Generation Branch of the Army Geospatial Center's Warfighter Support Directorate. These positions support the Army's geospatial Community of Practice (COP) and the Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE) through the development of high fidelity terrain data focused on lines of communications and terrain visualization to support the Army's Standard, Sharable Geospatial Foundation (SSGF). These are permanent positions.

Major Duties

  • Terrain analysis and imagery analysis using geographic information systems or related capabilities to create AGC data sets in support of Army geospatial requirements.
  • Plan, research, analyze, manage and disseminate enterprise level Geospatial Information Systems solutions to US Army customers.
  • Understand use of Standard, Shareable, Geospatial Foundation (SSGF) Data types and other raster/vector products Data formats and shapefiles.
  • Experienced with ESRI geospatial software solutions and 3D Visualization and Exploitation (Skyline (TerraBuilder, TerraExplorer, CityBuilder, PhotoMesh)
  • Utilize Army, AGC, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Government and non-Government Products and Services; hardcopy and digital softcopy maps as well as the various online GEOINT services NGA provides on NIPR and classified networks

Qualifications

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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience, at the next lower grade (GS-11),which includes: Applying experience, perception, and in-depth analyses of a variety of interrelated physical science conditions that apply to analyzing design approaches from a technical and economic standpoint to ensure selection of an optimum plan that can be applied to the terrain and imagery analysis, management and visualization of high priority areas of interest to the Army. Representing the Team in this area of specialization and monitors staff and provides critical review of internal and externally produced data. Maintaining intra-agency contacts with scientists and engineers at all levels. Applying in-depth analyses to assist with determining requirements for advanced work in geospatial products and services. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Oral CommunicationOrganizational AwarenessRemote SensingRequirements Analysis 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-11).

Pay Range

$86,335.00 - $112,240.00

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End Date: 

Thursday, March 12, 2020