{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7ba6449ad8c6ba2b2cc9fa16","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7ba6449ad8c6ba2b2cc9fa16","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7ba6449ad8c6ba2b2cc9fa16","title":"Senior Systems Engineer, SYD 81","description":"Summary\n\nDo not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\nLearn more about this agency\nThis job is open to\n\nThe public\nU.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.\nDuties\n\nThe United States Space Force (USSF) at Patrick AFB, FL is searching for a Senior Systems Engineer for SYD 81 (NH-0801-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nYou will join a dynamic leadership team delivering cutting-edge capabilities for the nation's newest military force. Delivering first of a kind human resources capabilities leveraging modern, commercial software products, the United States Space Force is leading the charge to modernize HR across the federal workforce. This is a high-visibility, high-impact program that will touch every Guardian's experience in the military and deliver of the USSF's mission to be a data-driven force. Your expert engineering and scientific leadership will ensure leadership incorporates achievable technical solutions as part of their cost, schedule, and performance trades.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\nThe ideal candidate for this position is a highly driven and motivated engineer with experience in cloud data management, data lake/service/stack development and implementation, cloud implementation, and operational software experience. The ideal candidate must have experience in reviewing and assessing cloud architectures, managing testing programs, delivering in an agile methodology, and data interface management. The candidate must work well with others across a dispersed team and communicate complex ideas, strategies, and work plans with clarity.\n\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:\n1. Knowledge of a wide range of advanced multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts, principles, practices,\nstandards, methods, and techniques to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, and to plan and execute specialized programs of marked difficulty, responsibility, and significance.\n2. Knowledge of planning, programming, and budgeting cycles, financial systems, and restrictions on expenditure of funds.\n3. Knowledge of safety, security, and operational engineering procedures.\n4. Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships, building consensus and coalitions, negotiating, and resolving conflicts with a variety of individuals and organizations as well as communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.\n5. Ability to expertly and effectively communicate, verbal, and written, formally (to include briefing) and informally across a broad spectrum of technical engineering disciplines.\n6. Expert ability to plan, direct, and integrate the complex engineering and technical operations of a major Space Force sustainment program or portfolio.\nRequirements\n\nConditions of employment\nMust be a U.S Citizen.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nSafeguards classified or sensitive and/or classified information and/or files.\nEmployee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually, thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.\nEligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\nThis position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\nMay be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.\nPCS / relocation funding is authorized and may be made available.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.\nMay be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\nPosition requires a professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution is required. Advanced degrees are preferred.\nThe employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.\nThis is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP).\nQualifications\n\nThe 0801 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.\n\nAdditional information\n\nEmployed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\nCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\n\nBenefits\n\nA career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.\n\nReview our benefits\n\nEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\n\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\nRequired Documents\n\nResume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\n\nPersonal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\nEducation information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\nWork experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\nJob title\nDetailed duties and accomplishments\nEmployer's name and address\nSupervisor's name and phone number\nStarting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\nHours per week\nSalary, if applicable\nOther qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\n\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\n\nIf you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\n\nEducation 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.\n\nFailure 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.\nHow to Apply\n\nDo not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.\n\nAgency contact information\n US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\nEmail\nHQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil\nAddress\nUSSF - Space Systems Command\n1670 Space Force Pentagon\nWashington, DC 20330\nUS\nNext steps\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nOverview\n\nAccepting applications\nLocation\n1 vacancy in the following location:\n Patrick AFB, FL\nNo matching locations found.\nWork site options\nTelework eligible\nYes—as determined by the agency policy.\nRemote job\nNo\nRelocation expenses reimbursed\nYes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.\nSalary\n$126,711 - $193,760 per year\nPay scale & grade\nNH 4\nPromotion potential\nNone\n Learn more about pay scale and grade\nPay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.\nWork schedule\nFull-time\nTravel Required\n25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.\nAppointment type\nPermanent\nOccupations and job series\n0801 General Engineering\nSupervisory status\nNo\nFederal service type\nThis job is in the Competitive Service\nRepresented by a union\nNo\nDrug test\nNo\nSecurity clearance\nSecret\nPosition sensitivity and risk\nNoncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk\nJobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.\nBackground check type\nNational security\nFinancial disclosure required\nYes\nSome jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.\nAnnouncement number\nSF-FY26-6S-NH-0801-4-SPLASH\nControl number\n883273000","company":"Us Space Systems Command","rawCompany":"us space systems command","city":"Patrick Air Force Base","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-06T13:28:45.933Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"},{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"},{"code":"928110","title":"National Security","slug":"national-security"},{"code":"921190","title":"Other General Government Support","slug":"other-general-government-support"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Systems Engineer, SYD 81","description":"Summary\n\nDo not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\nLearn more about this agency\nThis job is open to\n\nThe public\nU.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.\nDuties\n\nThe United States Space Force (USSF) at Patrick AFB, FL is searching for a Senior Systems Engineer for SYD 81 (NH-0801-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nYou will join a dynamic leadership team delivering cutting-edge capabilities for the nation's newest military force. Delivering first of a kind human resources capabilities leveraging modern, commercial software products, the United States Space Force is leading the charge to modernize HR across the federal workforce. This is a high-visibility, high-impact program that will touch every Guardian's experience in the military and deliver of the USSF's mission to be a data-driven force. Your expert engineering and scientific leadership will ensure leadership incorporates achievable technical solutions as part of their cost, schedule, and performance trades.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\nThe ideal candidate for this position is a highly driven and motivated engineer with experience in cloud data management, data lake/service/stack development and implementation, cloud implementation, and operational software experience. The ideal candidate must have experience in reviewing and assessing cloud architectures, managing testing programs, delivering in an agile methodology, and data interface management. The candidate must work well with others across a dispersed team and communicate complex ideas, strategies, and work plans with clarity.\n\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:\n1. Knowledge of a wide range of advanced multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts, principles, practices,\nstandards, methods, and techniques to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, and to plan and execute specialized programs of marked difficulty, responsibility, and significance.\n2. Knowledge of planning, programming, and budgeting cycles, financial systems, and restrictions on expenditure of funds.\n3. Knowledge of safety, security, and operational engineering procedures.\n4. Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships, building consensus and coalitions, negotiating, and resolving conflicts with a variety of individuals and organizations as well as communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.\n5. Ability to expertly and effectively communicate, verbal, and written, formally (to include briefing) and informally across a broad spectrum of technical engineering disciplines.\n6. Expert ability to plan, direct, and integrate the complex engineering and technical operations of a major Space Force sustainment program or portfolio.\nRequirements\n\nConditions of employment\nMust be a U.S Citizen.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nSafeguards classified or sensitive and/or classified information and/or files.\nEmployee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually, thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.\nEligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\nThis position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\nMay be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.\nPCS / relocation funding is authorized and may be made available.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.\nMay be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\nPosition requires a professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution is required. Advanced degrees are preferred.\nThe employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.\nThis is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP).\nQualifications\n\nThe 0801 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.\n\nAdditional information\n\nEmployed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\nCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\n\nBenefits\n\nA career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.\n\nReview our benefits\n\nEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\n\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\nRequired Documents\n\nResume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\n\nPersonal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\nEducation information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\nWork experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\nJob title\nDetailed duties and accomplishments\nEmployer's name and address\nSupervisor's name and phone number\nStarting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\nHours per week\nSalary, if applicable\nOther qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\n\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\n\nIf you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\n\nEducation 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.\n\nFailure 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.\nHow to Apply\n\nDo not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.\n\nAgency contact information\n US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\nEmail\nHQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil\nAddress\nUSSF - Space Systems Command\n1670 Space Force Pentagon\nWashington, DC 20330\nUS\nNext steps\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nOverview\n\nAccepting applications\nLocation\n1 vacancy in the following location:\n Patrick AFB, FL\nNo matching locations found.\nWork site options\nTelework eligible\nYes—as determined by the agency policy.\nRemote job\nNo\nRelocation expenses reimbursed\nYes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.\nSalary\n$126,711 - $193,760 per year\nPay scale & grade\nNH 4\nPromotion potential\nNone\n Learn more about pay scale and grade\nPay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.\nWork schedule\nFull-time\nTravel Required\n25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.\nAppointment type\nPermanent\nOccupations and job series\n0801 General Engineering\nSupervisory status\nNo\nFederal service type\nThis job is in the Competitive Service\nRepresented by a union\nNo\nDrug test\nNo\nSecurity clearance\nSecret\nPosition sensitivity and risk\nNoncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk\nJobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. 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