Remote Computer Science Apprenticeship Jobs in Washington, DC

Summary
You will serve as a in the COMPUTER SCIENTIST (CYBER SECURITY) in the office of Force Improvement Office BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
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Duties
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• You will be utilize cyber security and risk assessments of data and systems.
• You will approve project scope and analytic approach for data requests, leading cyber security, information security, and risk assessments for all requests and solution development.
• You will work with stakeholders and customers to scope of technical analytic solutions.
• You will facilitate the Scrum process used to execute development projects.
• You will present on applications at both tactical and senior leadership levels.
• You will utilize analytical concepts, policies, and principles.
• You will facilitate the quality review process across executing partners.
• You will perform resource allocation and staffing of projects for internal staff and contractors.
• You will work with the Leadership team to develop and execute overall program maturity plans to enhance and grow the services provided.
• You will assign and review of work for technical staff within the Development team (e.g. Deputy Department Head, Operations Researchers, and Programmers).

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Conditions of employment

• You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.

Qualifications
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of SPECIALIZED experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Teaching state-of-the-art software development methodologies to wide audiences with diverse backgrounds and mentoring programmers;
• Integrating and coordinating multiple and related missions, functions, subjects, issues, and situations across echelons (or equivalent) to present and recommend solutions in a logical, cohesive format to include researching, interpreting, developing, and advocating component/command or equivalent organization laws, regulations, and policies;
• Overseeing Scrum process and solution development throughout the lifecycle.
• Distinguishing pertinent/relevant process areas critical/acute to the organizational strategic initiatives, developing interdisciplinary teams and/or approaches to address long-standing issues, and develop statistically valid studies to analyze them; AND
• Developing detailed plans, goals, and objectives for long-range issues involving reengineering.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:
General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov)
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education
ALL Applicants must meet the Basic Requirements/Positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Applicants must possess a Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. (You must submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application. Failure to do so will result in an ineligible rating.)
POSITIVE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: This position has a Positive Education Requirement. In order to verify that you meet the positive education qualifications for this position. Failure to submit this information may result in an ineligible rating.
Foreign Education: Required for vacancies with Positive Education or Education Substitution: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/officies/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Additional information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
PCS will not be authorized.
A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf
PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/
Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.
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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.
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