Summary About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. Responsibilities Serve as an Information Systems Management Specialist with responsibility in the planning, project execution, allocation, management, and use of satellite communication resources. Manage oversight of project implementation, preparation and defense of projects plans, technical reports, requirements packages, budget documents, implementation guidance, and project implementation tasking and Bill of Material documentation. Develop definitive technical solutions and project implementation plans that consider and amplify CC/S/A systems architectures, interoperability, interfaces, protocols, networking, expansion potential, and overall end-to-end compatibility. Participate as a member of various NETCOM, HQDA, DoD, COCOM, DISA, and MILDEP signal planning and working groups formed to analyze, evaluate, and recommend solutions to future planning efforts in support of the DoD IE. Develop or provide technical information to other Army and DoD functional program planners to assist in their planning, and provide lessons learned to help ensure system and network compatibility. Ensure that cost and systems Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) are performed accurately and work with the HQ NETCOM staff to ensure that appropriate personnel, logistics, training, funding, implementation, and sustainment are included. Support NETCOM's mission by managing and providing the warfighter with non-developmental/COTS products and information systems upgrades. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. Army CES 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 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 one-year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by: developing project plans and providing justification of resources to execute the plans; tasking appropriate organizations to execute various portions of the plans and providing staff oversight of the project implementation; providing planning, management, and technical support for the implementation, sustainment, and integration of Command, Control, Communications, and Computer/Information Technology (C4/IT) and similar IE systems, in support of the warfighter; and developing and implementing operational systems plans and policies. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualifications requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Education Additional Information If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment. This position is in the Professional Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Career Field 34 - Information Technology/Cyber Management position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. A relocation incentive MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates. This position is designated mission essential. In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations (natural or man-made disaster) the incumbent is required to reportto work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.