Computer Engineer

• ****Duties and responsibilities vary and may increase according to grade level****
• Provide computer system management support.
• Help coordinate the planning and implementation of hardware and software upgrades follow and enforce proper security procedures oversee user accounts and ensure smooth and predictable data flow.
• Test and determine the performance and applicability of data processing equipment and techniques and prepare written reports on these findings.

Conditions of employment

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• Total salary varies depending on location of position
• If authorized PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements may be found at: incentives may be authorized
• Position may be subject to random drug testing
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours to include evenings weekends and/or holidays
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
• Employee must maintain current certifications
• A security clearance may be required
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Qualifications

In order to qualify you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions.

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:

A. Degree: Professional Engineering. To be acceptable the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics such as optics heat transfer soil mechanics or electronics.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience: College-level education training and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering and (2) a good understanding both theoretical and practical of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. Professional Registration: Current registration as a professional engineer by any State the District of Columbia Guam or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g. State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example an applicant who attains registration through a State Boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

OR

2. Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination or the written test required for professional registration which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States the District of Columbia Guam and Puerto Rico.

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3. Specified Academic Courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum.

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4. Related Curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field e.g. physics chemistry architecture computer science mathematics hydrology or geology may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience e.g. in interdisciplinary positions.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11. Examples of specialized experience include management and directing of assigned IT systems and programs for complex programs and/or projects.

GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12. Examples of specialized experience include identifying preparing and presenting detailed technical reports and briefings on new concepts and technical directions impacting programs/projects and defining future technology requirements.

GS-14: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13. Examples of specialized experience include planning organizing and managing branch level activities and developing goals and objectives that integrate organization and objectives for computer engineering programs.

GS-15: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14. Examples of specialized experience include providing technical leadership advice and assistance on complex controversial or precedent setting matters and dealing tactfully and effectively with high level officials engineers and scientists.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):

1. Knowledge of computer engineering policies theories principles and concepts and familiarity with other engineering disciplines.
2. Knowledge of automated data processing concepts systems capabilities and measurements processes to effectively accomplish assigned functions.
3. Ability to analyze evaluate and applies rules regulations and procedures in a variety of situations.
4. Ability to plan and organize work and coordinate with other engineering disciplines; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; and maintain good working relations.