ENGINEER/SCIENTIST

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801-series), a Mechanical Engineer, an Electrical Engineer (0850-series), a Computer Engineer (0854-series), an Electronics Engineer (0855-series), a General Physical Scientist (1301-series), an Operations Research Analyst (1515-series), a Mathematician (1520-series), or a Computer Scientist (1550-series) depending on the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 0830, 0850, 0854, 0855, 1301, 1515, 1520 and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-3 pay band (GS-9 through GS-11 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist conducting testing activities for software applications. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) developing test strategies outlining the overall approach to testing software applications; (2) preparing detailed test plans that outline test objectives, schedule, deliverables, test environment setup, and resource allocation; (3) performing analysis of alternatives and selecting test automation tools; (4) creating automated test scripts and maintaining the test automation framework; (5) experience with unit testing in JUnit/Jest, code coverage tools such as JaCoCo, UI testing tools such as Graphene/Selenium, load testing tools such as JMeter, dynamic security testing tools such as Burp Suite and JavaScript; (6) experience with traceability tools such as Jira Requirements & Management and Jira X-Ray. 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=GS-PROF Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): All Professional Engineering Positions, 08XX General Physical Science Series, 1301 Operations Research Series, 1515 Mathematics Series, 1520 Computer Science Series, 1550 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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