Computer Scientist
· Department of the Air Force
This job in plain English
This is a Computer Scientist job at Lackland AFB, Texas, with the Air Force under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). It is a full-time, permanent job with few openings and occasional travel. It is a special-sensitive position that requires access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), a type of classified intelligence material.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference applies to eligible veterans if they submit proof.
What you would do
- Perform a broad range of computer science assignments with unique problems and new technologies.
- Develop mathematical models and computer programs to evaluate and predict project support.
- Give technical guidance and advice on entire projects or major project phases.
- Attend meetings, conferences, and briefings on program planning and advanced technologies.
- Keep technical skills current through societies, academia, and formal training.
Do you qualify for GG-13?
With experience: Your resume must show experience at the GG-13 level, which the announcement says equals GS-13 duties. This means skill in applying technical knowledge to difficult, complex work, and military, private sector, or other government experience can count.
With education: You need a bachelor's degree in computer science, or a bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of those hours must include calculus-based math or statistics. Schools must be accredited. A master's degree in a technical field is highly desired.
Licenses and certifications you need:
- Information Assurance (IA) certification within six months, if your assigned duties require it
How to apply well
What to send:
- Resume of two pages or less, with font no smaller than 10 points
- Resume showing hours per week and month/year dates for each job
- Your full name on your resume and all other documents
- Transcripts if you use education to qualify
- If you have no transcripts, a resume listing your field and all courses taken, with dates, grades, and credit hours
- SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee
- Proof that foreign education is equivalent to U.S. education, if applicable
- Documents proving veterans' preference eligibility, if you claim it
- Completed online application questionnaire
- Optional: recent performance appraisals and awards if you are a current federal employee
How you will be rated: Your application package, including your resume, documents, and questionnaire answers, is used to rate your eligibility and quality. If your documents do not support your questionnaire answers, you may be rated not qualified or insufficient information.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must list hours per week and month/year dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or it will be removed from consideration.
- If you qualify through education, attach transcripts with your application.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time. You may need to work evenings, weekends, or holidays, and shift work and emergency overtime may be required.
Incentives and relocation: A recruitment incentive and a relocation incentive may be authorized. Relocation expenses may be reimbursed under agency policy.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship required
- Two-year DCIPS trial period for all new employees
- Must be registered for Selective Service
- Special-sensitive position requiring Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility
- Non-disclosure agreement must be signed
- Initial and periodic short-notice drug testing
- Background check and suitability review
- Periodic polygraph testing if the position requires it
- Possible work outside normal hours, shift work, and emergency overtime
- Occasional travel by military or commercial aircraft
- Direct deposit required
- No statutory right to return to a previous position or location
We wrote this summary automatically from the official announcement. The announcement on USAJOBS is the only one that counts: read it before you apply.
Job details
- Salary
- $132,751 – $172,578 per year
- Pay scale and grade
- GG-13 · General Schedule equivalent
- Location
- Lackland AFB, Texas
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Full-time
- Service
- Excepted
- Openings
- FEW
- Security clearance
- Sensitive Compartmented Information
- Travel
- Occasional travel
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Computer Science (1550)
- Announcement
- 8X-DCIPS-13105552-425773-JR
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