• Job Description

  Req#: 744435000
  About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS 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 with the US Army Intelligence & Security Command, 780th MI BDE, 782D MI BN responsible for working at a developmental level to assist with developing capabilities in support of Joint and National Cyber Warfare requirements.
  
  Duties
  
  
  • As a developmental Cyber Capabilities Developer (CCD), receives tailored instruction, guidance, training, and supervision necessary for successful performance in the full performance level, or target position.
  • Supports Cyber Solutions Development members that provide external organizations with technical subject matter expertise on offensive cyber development activities.
  • Studies emerging technology trends and potential applications to cutting-edge offensive and defensive cyber capabilities.
  • Utilizes basic computer design, construction, architecture, processor organization, memory hierarchy, virtualization, compilation, linking, execution and security.
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  • Must successfully meet work role requirements as defined by the USCC Job Qualification Standards (JQS) for the basic level cyberspace capability developer (CCD) to include passing the basic skills level exam (BSLE) within twenty-four (24) months.
  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
  • In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
  • Must be willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET security clearance based on a Single-Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain access to National Security Agency (NSA) facilities and networks.
  • Temporary duty (TDY) travel may be required 25% or less.
  • All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management.
  
  
  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.
  
  
  • 10-Point Other Veterans? Rating
  • 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
  • 5-Point Veterans' Preference
  • Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee
  • Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
  • Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
  • Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)
  • Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
  • Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%
  • Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
  • Prior Federal Service Employee
  • United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position
  
  
  Army DCIPS 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 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.
  
  In order to qualify, you must meet the education 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.
  
  To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Supporting the developers of complex software projects which provide cyber capabilities and effects; researching initiatives that may produce new cyber tools, exploits, or offensive capabilities and effects; and, assisting in the implementation, testing, validation and/or support of cyber capability solutions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service (GG/GS-05).
  
  OR
  
  Successful completion of one full academic year of graduate-level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position, such as, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Development, etc.
  
  OR
  
  Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree AND Superior Academic Achievement in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, etc.
  
  OR
  
  A combination of specialized experience as described above, but less than one year, and some graduate education as described above, but less than the required one year.
  
  This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed represent the full performance level of GG-13. At the GG-07 grade level, the employee will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GG-13. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds. Promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied.
  
  Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations. This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled. This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data.
  
  You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
  
  
  • Partnering
  • Programming
  • Software Development
  • Technology Application

• About the company

  The United States Army is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.

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