Summary You will serve as an INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYISCIAL SCIENTIST/ OCEANOGRAPHER in the Data Ingest Division, Operations Department of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS. Responsibilities You will be responsible for facilitating communications for T-AGS vessels. You will be responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring the continual transfer of survey data collections from T-AGS vessels via commercial bandwidth. You will be responsible for the receipt and accuracy of loading to the Storage Area Network (SAN) of all digital data received from both T-AGS vessels and external sources. You will be responsible for the appropriate tracking and storage of current digital media along with maintaining and disposal of historical scientific records. You will be responsible for briefing outgoing Data Managers and required to maintain a current knowledge of equipment changes, software updates, and procedural changes made to T-AGS vessels. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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-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 monitoring and analyzing near real-time data transfer from NAVOCEANO survey assets, comparing data quantities received, and troubleshooting data transfer problems as well as other problems to the Survey Operations Center (SOC). Experience analyzing problems and resolving or coordinating with the necessary personnel to assuring they are resolved as well as monitoring survey data and ensuring communication connectivity with survey platforms and document any problems or reports. Experience in data structures and file systems and can easily work on Windows or Linux based systems to accomplish a variety of data collection, processing, and formatting data to achieve data transfers to and from vessels. Experience developing and maintaining databases dealing with historical archival holdings and SOC data rate transmissions. Experience monitoring collection systems, resolving software issues on collection systems, ensuring all data is backed up to current storage data tapes, and data tapes are appropriately packaged and mailed back to the office. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) Oceanography Series 1360 (opm.gov) 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 Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess: General Physical Science Series, 1301: 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- Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Oceanography Series, 1360: Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences. -OR- Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics. * A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.* Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. Incumbent serves on NAVOCEANO Military Oceanographic Surveys and may be required to travel in conjunction with projects related to data acquisition or special tasks up to 50% of the work year. 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.