This position is within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Assistant Commandant for Systems Integration (CG-SI), Program Executive Officer-Aviation (CG-AIR), located in Washington, DC.
To qualify at the GS- 14 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Specialized experience should demonstrate the following: Develops, manages, and documents short and long-range, acquisition planning activities that include multi-year work plans. Formulates, implements, and coordinates acquisition project policies, practices, methods, and organizational structure, in conjunction with other Program Managers. Analyzes and evaluates existing, new, and emerging functional acquisition requirements, operational standards, and measures of effectiveness. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
You will serve as a Project Manager supporting sensor integration and mission system architectures in the the Aviation, Surface, Command, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR), and Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) domains. The incumbent is also responsible for planning, organization, execution and coordination of the acquisition programs assigned in accordance with applicable acquisition policies and procedures and will lead an Integrated Project Team (IPT) in developing and integrating C4ISR mission systems onto airborne platforms. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Planning and initiating a comprehensive evaluation system for the review and analysis of proposed costs, program development, and performance. Determining the effects of proposed changes in legislation or regulations to assess the impact on acquisition management. Coordinating meetings with internal staff and representatives from staff agencies and industry to determine program status, major milestones, and coordinating of each to detect in advance potential slippage or increased costs; and to ascertain appropriate action required to maintain or improve program schedules. Translating management goals and objectives into effective operations and establishes control systems, in order to evaluate progress and results. Providing products and services that meet the customer's needs within approved budget, cost, schedule, and performance criteria.