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This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior tosubmitting your application for consideration. This position is located in theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service(NESDIS),Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO), with one vacancy located in College Park, MD.
Major Duties
As a Physical Scientist, you will perform the following duties:
- Provide quality assurance of operational environmental products and services, evaluating system performance and providing corrective or adaptive maintenance required.
- Oversee major project(s) to improve products, product generation, product streamlining, product dissemination, documentation, program collaborative activities, customer service, and record maintenance, archiving and disposal.
- Serve as the product or services area lead for an existing portfolio of environmental satellite products, environmental products from new satellite missions, or satellite services.
- Responsible for presenting effective technical presentations to a diverse audience including senior management officials and coordinating, editing and providing input to the writing comprehensive reports and papers on pertinent technical issues.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. BASIC
EDUCATION:
A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
AND
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.This experience need not have been in the federal government.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.
To qualify at the ZP-4 or GS-13:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to ZP-3 or GS-12 the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Developing satellite imagery and products using computer mainframe and workstation systems;
Analyzing and applying satellite measurements to improve weather, oceanic, and climate monitoring and prediction; and
Preparing correspondence in connection with requests for information.
Pay Range
$102,663.00 - $157,709.00