Physical Science Technician

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management’s website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Must be able to work a 24/7/365 rotating crew shift schedule; rotating crew 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends and holidays. Individual fills a Mission Essential Position and is designated an Emergency and COOP employee. This position requires a Non-Critical Sensitive clearance as the incumbent requires access to secure spaces where a SECRET clearance is required. Must acquire and maintain satellite controller and product operator certification. EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZT-3 or (GS-9): SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZT-2 or (GS-07) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Contributing and assisting with technical writing for standard operating procedures and daily reports; and Assisting with monitoring or evaluating data systems for product ingest, processing or dissemination using support tools and applications. To qualify at the ZT-4 or (GS-11): SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZT-3 or (GS-10) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Controlling and monitoring real-time satellite operations including both spacecraft and ground segments telemetry and data flow; and Monitoring and evaluating data systems for product ingest, processing and dissemination using support tools and applications.
This position is located in the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Satellite & Product Operations (OSPO), Mission Operations Division (MOD), Operations Branch, with 5 vacancies in Suitland, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NESDIS OSPO-25-12597077-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.