GENERAL ENGINEER
What you'd do
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Major duties
You will lead technical planning for assigned projects by defining engineering requirements, coordinating technical reviews, and ensuring project activities align with program objectives, schedules, and mission priorities. You will develop systems engineering products by performing requirements analysis, planning verification activities, supporting functional evaluations, and ensuring technical solutions satisfy established performance expectations. You will coordinate technical specialists across multiple disciplines to resolve engineering challenges, integrate recommendations into project execution, and deliver high quality technical products that support mission success. You will oversee the development and maintenance of engineering documentation, systems analyses, and verification activities while ensuring technical work products remain accurate, complete, and aligned with project requirements. You will identify technical risks, evaluate complex engineering issues, recommend practical solutions, and elevate unresolved matters to senior engineering leadership when decisions require higher level technical authority. You will represent engineering interests throughout project execution by collaborating with program leadership, supporting technical decision making, and ensuring engineering activities contribute to successful project outcomes.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or NH-03 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Knowledge of cybersecurity principles. 2. Expert Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, Department of Defense Instruction (DoDi) 8510.01 series and the DoDi 8500.02 series. 3. Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) supply chain security and risk management policies, requirements, and procedures. 4. Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth). 5. Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk). 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/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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.
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