Summary About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. 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 Wiesbaden, Germany NETCOM Europe. Responsibilities Serves as a Network Engineer/Architect, senior technical expert/advisor, and key staff Network Engineer/IT Specialist. Responsible for planning, directing, conducting, coordinating, and advising on projects and programs of broad scope and unusual complexity. Performs critical analysis concerning engineering and implementation of novel and specialty systems. Provides technical expertise, advice, guidance, and hands-on skills for preparation of system design plans, implementation plans, and execution of Army and DoD IT programs/projects. Explores and evaluates technology concepts and advanced state-of-the-art information systems to meet future European Theater requirements and to resolve unusually critical and severe problems. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: 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 Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions United States Citizen Applying to a Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Position Army 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. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Level within the CES Occupational Structure. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher degree) with 30 semester hours in a 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. AND GG-09: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience applying knowledge of cloud, data center and wide area network (WAN) technologies; participating in the development of innovative technical solutions for projects involving cloud migration, data center infrastructure modernization and WAN expansion; assisting in development of technical solutions using knowledge of techniques, procedures, and processes such as data structures, service-oriented architecture, WAN protocols, and computer communication; assisting in Tier 3 data center and WAN technology troubleshooting. OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Engineering or Computer Science. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. GG-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes knowledge of cloud, data center and wide area network (WAN) technologies; participating in the development of innovative technical solutions for projects involving cloud migration, data center infrastructure modernization and WAN expansion; assisting in development of technical solutions using knowledge of techniques, procedures, and processes such as data structures, service-oriented architecture, WAN protocols, and computer communication; investigating system concepts and system interactions in assigned areas to identify and/or predict cloud, data center and WAN hardware and protocol issues limiting the effectiveness of the system, determines methods of solution to these areas. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Engineering or Computer Science. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. GG-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying knowledge of cloud, data center WAN technologies and protocols, and problem solving to support hardware, software, system development and networks; developing hardware systems using knowledge of techniques, procedures, and processes such as WAN protocols, cloud and data center technologies, service oriented architecture and computer communication; utilizing knowledge of the design characteristics, limitations and potential applications of systems having the ability to transform information and of broad areas of applications of computing, which have common structures, processes and techniques; and providing and implementing system security and technology improvements of network/systems infrastructure, processing platforms, and network/system management. GG-13: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying knowledge of cloud, data center WAN technologies and protocols, and problem solving to support hardware, software, system development and networks; developing hardware systems using knowledge of techniques, procedures, and processes such as WAN protocols, cloud and data center technologies, service oriented architecture and computer communication; utilizing knowledge of the design characteristics, limitations and potential applications of systems having the ability to transform information and of broad areas of applications of computing, which have common structures, processes and techniques; and providing and implementing system security and technology improvements of network/systems infrastructure, processing platforms, and network/system management. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For the GG-12 and GG-13 grade levels, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Education 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. Additional Information If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP Secret security clearance. Incumbent (or Selectee) is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoDM 8140.03 Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program dated 15 February 2023. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. 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. This is a(n) 34 Career Field position. 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. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations. U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement. Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area. If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12. If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS in accordance with the eligibility criteria consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12. Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations. Pay retention will not be offered as an incentive for employees moving between overseas positions. The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months. Recrutiment incentive maybe authorized.