Job Title: Mission Assurance Specialist

Summary

Mission Assurance Specialists perform cross-discipline tasks supporting day-to-day and long-term mission assurance (MA) strategies and operations within NGA. They manage, plan, exercise, and administer readiness, response, recovery and reconstitution directives and plans at the project level. They ensure mission assurance policies are applied to projects, standards, and plans. They prescribe, a

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Overview
Accepting applications

Open & closing dates
03/18/2024 to 03/30/2024

Salary
$62,107 - $120,981 per year

Pay scale & grade
IA 03

Locations
Many vacancies in the following locations:

Arnold, MO

Bluemont, VA

Springfield, VA

Telework eligible
No

Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional Travel Required

Relocation expenses reimbursed
No

Appointment type
Permanent - This is a permanent position.

Work schedule
Full-time - Full Time

Service
Excepted

Promotion potential
PB3

Job family (Series)
0089 Emergency Management Specialist

Supervisory status
No

Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information

Drug test
Yes

Announcement number
20240208

Control number
781611100

This job is open to

The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency
External Applicants Only

Duties
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This position requires day-to-day management of testing and development activities supporting four continuity-related Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST) systems: Continuity Planning Tool (CPT); Location Information Tool (LIT); NGA Risk Management and Opportunity Management (NROM); and Enhanced Master Scenario Event List (EMSEL). This position provides direct support to track, manage, mitigate, and prioritize risks, both internal and joint. This position works with the Branch Chief to manage team deliverables for the branch, which include MAST and Risk deliverables and provides routine and ad hoc updates to NM leadership.

Key responsibilities include: responding to Help Desk tickets, answering questions/capturing metrics to identify trends, conducting MAST training/demos to interested stakeholders and ensuring the accuracy of User Guides, capturing and tracking requirements for Tool enhancements, leading scrum meetings, leading requirements discussions on MAST systems, conducting and leading testing activities, and coordinating sprint cycles with a team of developers in both East and West locations. Also includes: reviewing NGA risks, working with Risk SMEs across the Agency, updating records in NROM, preparing for Working Group and Committee meetings (internal and joint), assessing internal controls processes, and facilitating risk mitigation activities.

This position will work with the Technology and Risk/Resiliency Branch Chief to manage the product delivery efforts of contractor team members across two different teams (Technology and Risk/Resiliency).

Additional Application Requirement: You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
Security Investigation SPECIAL INFO:
As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards.

- U.S. Citizenship Required

- Security Clearance (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information)

- Polygraph Test Required

- Position Subject to Drug Testing

- Two Year Probationary Period

- Direct Deposit Required
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.

Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.

NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee's annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process. Employees on term or temporary appointments are not eligible to apply for internal assignment opportunity notices.

This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility.

Qualifications

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:

1. Demonstrate ability to successfully coordinate and collaborate across multiple teams and organizations to produce deliverables in a timely manner.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of agile development or use of agile methodology on a project.
3. Demonstrate ability to identify, track and manage risks on project.
4. Demonstrate ability to brief status updates to team leadership on various project deliverables.
5. Demonstrate a basic level of understanding of business continuity concepts.
6. Demonstrate ability to facilitate identification, prioritization, and/or management of requirements.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Continuity Planning, Emergency Management, Information Assurance, Information Security, Strategic Planning, or a related field. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience in the performance of disaster planning and emergency response duties, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C. Experience: A minimum of 4 years experience in the performance of disaster planning and emergency response duties, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:

1. Possession of SCRUM and/or Agile certification.
2. Experience working with a team of IT developers.
3. Experience with the JIRA tool.
4. Experience with MS Teams, OneNote, or similar systems.
5. Experience facilitating meetings and providing guidance on next steps.
6. FEMA Level 1 Certification.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter for employment consideration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. However, a cover letter is recommended. Applicants will have the option to attach a cover letter in the Qualifications - Attachments step of the online application.
APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS: Applicants will be evaluated for this job opportunity in three stages:

1) All applicants will be evaluated using the Mandatory Qualification Criteria,

2) Qualified applicants will then be evaluated by an expert or panel of experts using a combination of qualification criteria to determine the best-qualified candidates,

3) Best-qualified applicants may then be further evaluated through an interview process.

Military retiree applicants, if selected, may be impacted by the 180-day appointment restrictions of DODI 1402.01. HD personnel will provide additional information if applicable.

Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Assignment Description, Additional Information Provided By the Selecting Official, and the Qualification Requirements; and then construct their resumes to highlight their most relevant and significant experience and education for this job opportunity. This description should include examples that detail the level and complexity of the performed work. Applicants are encouraged to provide any education information referenced in the announcement. If education is listed as a mandatory requirement, only degrees obtained from an institution accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Secretary, US Department of Education will be accepted.

In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.)

All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.

NGA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applications will only be accepted online. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at recruitment@nga.mil. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

Disabled applicants are encouraged to apply directly to external job announcements in addition to the Resume Repository. NGA reserves the right to direct hire Disabled Veterans with 30%+ Comp in alignment with the NGA Hiring Strategy. By selecting this option on the application form and applying to the NGA Resume Repository, you may be considered for future direct hire against critical mission vacancies. Participation does not guarantee employment.

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As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
None

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.