HYPERSONIC WEAPONS MISSION PLANNER

Duties

• You will be responsible for the integrated planning of Hypersonic Weapons (HSW) mission planning ensuring combat commanders (CCDRs) requirements are achieved while in compliance with legal and regulatory directives ensuring commander's intent is met.
• You will use basic knowledge of energy management and understanding of the principles of deconfliction to collaboratively and independently plan HSW missions.
• You will interpret and apply commander's guidance and intent, country specific guidance, and mission requirements in a Joint environment.
• You will understand overall mission route strategy and employ all available system capabilities across several classification domains to utilize developed penetration tactics within time constraints.
• You will perform self-inspection and present reports with any corrective action taken to supervisor and follow up to ensure complete and quality resolution of discrepancies.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• 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.
• Tier 5 investigation with additional access to special access programs (SAP) as a condition of employment.
• Must be eligible for, and maintain eligibility for, a final TOP SECRET clearance for access to Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI) and Special Access Programs (SAP).
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• Recruitment incentive bonus may be authorized by Commanding Officer, when funds are available.
• Satisfactory polygraph examinations are required on a recurring basis.
• The position is considered CRITICAL SENSITIVE, and the incumbent will be required to participate in the DON Drug-Free Workplace Program.

Qualifications

GS-12:
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience implementing for HSW weapon system mission planning, distribution and execution processes and procedures and of weapon systems complimentary to HSW sufficient to effectively develop hypotheses, theories, collaborate, integrate, adapt, influence and significantly impact the operational plans and strategic policy decisions supporting POTUS, SECDEF, and the supported Joint Task Force or Geographic Combatant Commanders.
• Experience conducting research of kinetic and non-kinetic threats to HSW sufficient to apply and evaluate and address established, as well as theoretical, risk to current and projected operational areas of interest. Decisions are made that significantly influence the mission planning model. Assessments will be presented to operational staffs for their consideration in developing appropriate course of action options.
• Experience managing the current and future designs of Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S) Architecture related to navigation and geospatial data processes associated with HSW planning necessary to analyze and integrate current and evolving GEOINT and Multi-Int technologies and solutions into the mission planning process as well as the weapon systems configuration management roadmap.
• Experience as the incumbent for the standalone and enterprise navigation, imagery, and geospatial data systems, and understanding of complex data technologies and related computer architectures supporting HSW mission planning sufficient to meet or exceed command mission planning production goals, as well as to mitigate external systems and services support upgrades and outages. Able to evaluate, determine, and apply solutions to resolve system failures and enable continuous mission planning efforts across two distinct classification domains, over sustained periods of time.
• Experience developing and utilizing quantitative and qualitative techniques and methodologies sufficient to analyze complex plans, strike rehearsals, and exercise scenarios; articulate observations and findings; and implement solutions to enhance overall mission/combat readiness.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

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

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE:
Applicants may substitute the following education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position:

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.

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:

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

• Several vacancies may be filled.
• 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.
• Recruitment incentive bonus may be authorized by Commanding Officer, when funds are available.

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: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.