TECHNICAL ADVISOR - SPACE SECURITY & DEFENSE PROGRAM (SSDP)

About the role

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The United States Space Force (USSF) is a highly specialized, independent branch of the Armed Forces organized under the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

Its primary mandate is to organize, train, and equip space forces to secure and maintain freedom of operations within, from, and to the space domain.

What you will do

• The Technical Advisor to the Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP) serves as the principal advisor and chief subject matter expert to the SSDP Director, driving space protection strategy, policy, and funding refinement for both USSF, OSW and ODNI.
• In this critical leadership capacity, the advisor coordinates national-scope efforts to develop vulnerability assessments, mitigation strategies, and architectural evaluations while ensuring all program activities align with overarching mission objectives.
• To achieve this, the advisor facilitates high-level collaborative discussions across operational, intelligence, and technical fields, interfacing directly with senior National Security Space (NSS) leaders to advocate for and enforce rigorous space protection standards.
• Finally, the advisor partners closely with the Intelligence Community (IC) to direct collection priorities, oversees robust project management and execution for the Annual Work Plan, and applies disciplined engineering practices to guarantee that all threat projections and technical solutions are analytically sound.

Education

A degree qualifying for the 0801 General Engineer job series is required.

To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) if an engineering degree, be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics; or a combination of education and experience as required by the U.S. A master's degree or higher in engineering or a related scientific discipline is highly desired.

Certification Required: ETM Practioner

How you will be evaluated

Applications will be evaluated against the foregoing qualification requirements.

Failure to meet any one of the mandatory technical or senior professional qualification standards will eliminate a candidate from further consideration.

A screening panel will evaluate the candidates for this position composed of senior executives selected for organizational and/or functional backgrounds relevant to this position. The panel members will individually review each of the applications in terms of the qualifications criteria contained in this announcement.

The qualifications stated are the minimum requirements of the position to be Qualified, a rating schedule will be applied by a screening panel to determine which candidates are considered to be Best Qualified. Then, they will meet to discuss each application, and reach a consensus decision as to the best qualified, qualified or not qualified candidates.

The panel will interview all of the best-qualified candidates based upon consistently applied criteria. The panel will then make a recommendation of those best-qualified candidates who should be referred to the selecting official, in priority order. Final selection of a candidate is contingent upon USecAF approval.

Documents you must provide

• To receive full consideration, each applicant must submit the (MANDATORY) documents in the format as designated.
• Packages that do not include all of the required documents or meet format requirements will not be forwarded for consideration. **************ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED IN PDF FORMAT******************* The Qualifications Documents must be formatted using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1-inch margins.
• Do not use borders, provide photos, or list a Social Security Number on any of the Qualifications Documents.
• DO NOT COMBINE DOCUMENTS.
• (Mandatory) Resume in the preferred (Limit 2 pages).
• Resumes longer than 2-pages will be deemed ineligible.
• PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER.
• (Optional) Most recent completed Performance Appraisal (current and/or former federal employees) or Performance Report (OPR or EPR).
• For applicants in the private sector, please provide a copy of your equivalent Evaluation Report.
• Most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, noting your current position, grade level and salary level (applies only to current or former civilian government employee).
• College transcript(s) (copy is acceptable) which demonstrates the acceptable combinations of education and experience as noted by OPM.
• (Mandatory) Military Retired - a copy of your DD214 and/or Retirement orders; Active Duty - Are you an active-duty service member with a statement of service showing that you expect to be honorably discharged or released from the armed forces under honorable conditions no later than 120 days after submitting your application.
• PLEASE NOTE: you will be ineligible for consideration if your statement of service is not submitted with your application or it shows an expected discharge or release date greater than 120 days from the date of the submission of the certification.
• Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) (REQUIRED): Candidates must submit a separate, written narrative statement addressing each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications.
• Your narrative responses must not exceed 2 pages total.
• Failure to submit a separate, addressed narrative for each MTQ will result in your application being marked as incomplete, and you will receive no further consideration.
• DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extraneous materials such as copies of position descriptions, award certificates and transmittal letters will not be forwarded for review.

What to expect next

Once your application package is received an acknowledgement email will be sent.If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility and qualifications for consideration.

If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration. To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.

If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you.

Additional information

Veterans' Preference: Veterans' preference is applicable to Air Force Senior Level (SL) positions. Relocation Authorized: Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: May be offered.

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoW Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information. Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here. If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here.