Who May Apply
All U.S. Citizens
Duration Appointment
Permanent
Marketing Statement
The FCC is an
independent United States government agency, directly responsible to
Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and
is charged with regulating interstate and international communications
by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction
covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.
Summary
This position is
located in the Office of Engineering and Technology, Technical Analysis
Branch, Electromagnetic Compatibility Division.
Relocation expenses will not be paid.
Key Requirements
Education-Transcripts Required Background Investigation US Citizenship
Major Duties
Serves as a senior-level technical advisor and
subject matter expert with regard to Wire line broadband technologies
used in communication networks, service architectures supporting
broadband services, Internet technologies and policy issues; the
ecosystem of vendors, service providers, and standards organizations
supporting the growth of broadband services and the Internet. Provides
technical and policy advice on the architecture, technology, design,
construction, and operations of broadband and legacy wire line
communications networks, including access and wide-area communication
networks and technologies. Performs investigative analyses and original
research with respect to critical and unprecedented network operations
and service provision issues that involve emerging technologies and
services (e.g., IP-based voice and video operations); evaluates
technical, social, legal, institutional and/or other related
implications of systems including broadband systems and the Internet.
Works
with organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
and or Internet Society (ISOC) regarding the development of Internet
standards and technologies and is the expert on internet technology, and
develops the standards supporting the internet. Composes and reviews
technical aspects of proposals related to the agency’s efforts to
promote the growth of Internet services and supports the Commission’s
goals on ensuring a growing and a vibrant Internet. Meets with major
wire line Internet Service Providers (ISPs) associated with broadband
technologies regarding wide area commercial networks and/or with major
carrier class manufactures of other Internet technologies and systems.
Responsible for technical review and engineering analysis of advanced
communication technologies, and Internet related policy and rulemaking
agenda items to determine their impact on existing communications
programs within the Office of Engineering and Technology.
Education
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) statistics, 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 Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer
typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering
positions.
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. Applicants who have passed the EIT
examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a
bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited
college or university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the
physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a
program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering
positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within
or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology
program.
Applicants for positions that involve highly
technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an
advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic
requirements in paragraph A. Because of the diversity in kind and
quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to
complete at least one year of additional education or highly technical
work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the
possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for
professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background
must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.
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 as described
in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum - Successful completion
of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's 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 engineer-type experience, e.g., in
interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula
are not all-inclusive.)
FOREIGN EDUCATION: To receive credit
for education outside the U.S., you must show proof that the education
has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in
interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such
education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in
conventional U.S. education programs.
Requirements
Please note your resume must thoroughly support your
responses to the vacancy questions. Your resume is an integral part of
the process for determining if you meet the basic qualifications of the
position and determining if you are to be among the best qualified.
Evaluations
All applicants will be rated on the extent and
quality of experience and education relevant to the duties of the
position. The FCC determines the BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES based on the
major job related competencies and evaluation of your knowledge, skills,
and abilities reflected in your application and supporting documents
using the CATEGORY RATING PROCESS. All eligible applicants under
Delegated Examining (DEU) will be placed in one of the following three
categories: 1. Highly Qualified (Score 90-100) - the applicants
possessing a background that demonstrates a superior level of major job
related competencies and possession of all evaluation criteria; 2. Fully
Qualified (Score 80-89) - the applicants possessing a background that
demonstrates a satisfactory level of major job related competencies and
possession of the evaluation criteria; and 3. Minimally Qualified (Score
of 70-79)- the applicants possessing only the specialized experience
described in the vacancy announcement. An automated score is
administered based on the on-line application process used. Eligible
applicants will receive a numerical rating based on their responses to
the job specific questions for this position submitted via the
FCCJobs
website. Application of Veterans Preference: The category rating
process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of
three" but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of
non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who
meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have compensable
service-connected disability at least 10 percent MUST be listed in the
highest quality category, except when the position being filled is
scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or higher. A
selecting official may make selection from the highest quality category
("HIGHLY QUALIFIED") provided no preference eligible in that category is
passed over to select a non-preference eligible in the same category.
Applicants under Merit Promotion will be considered in accordance with
the agency's merit promotion plan and union agreement. There are several
parts to the application process that affect the overall evaluation of
your application including: 1. the core questions (answered when you
register in
FCCJobs);
2. the vacancy questions (answered when you apply for this vacancy). To
view the vacancy questions please visit our website at FCCJobs and
click on Search Public Jobs Now' and view the announcement as well as
the vacancy questions; and 4. supplemental documentation (e.g., DD-214,
SF-50, SF-15, transcripts), if applicable; and 5. your resume or C.V.;
Applicants will be rated ineligible, if they do not respond to job
specific questions and submit resume. For more information, please click
on
Rating Process.
Qualifications
Applicants must
meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of
this announcement. Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade
requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Applicants must
have a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at
least the GS-14 in the Federal service.
For this position, specialized experience includes the following: Experience
as a senior level official performing the architecture, technology,
design, engineering and operations of wide-area Internet commercial
systems and networks; and/or implementing Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) broadband technologies, and related
protocols, and their performance measurements; and senior level
experience in developing internet standards and policies.
How to Apply
To apply to this announcement go to
FCCJobs.
Your application, including resume, all supplemental documents,
registration information and answers to job specific questions must be
received no later than midnight U.S. Eastern time of the closing date.
For more information, please click on
How to Apply,
Applying for Jobs, and
Inputting Resumes. If you have question or problems with password or logging in, please click on
Passwords, IDs, and Logging In.
If applying online poses a hardship, please contact the Federal
Communications Commission's Human Resources Office at (202) 418-0130
during business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time) prior
to the closing date of the vacancy announcement. NOTE: FCC Bargaining
Unit employees may apply via hardcopy by printing the vacancy
announcement and emailing, faxing, or hand delivering the completed
package to Human Resources or you may apply on-line using
FCCJobs.
Qualified applicants may be further reviewed and rated by Subject
Matter Experts to determine the validity of on-line question responses
in accordance with the Commission?s Basic Negotiated Agreement.
Required Documents
***Some positions require
supplemental document(s). Documents must be received in the FCC'S Human
Resources Office by midnight U.S. Eastern Time of the closing date of
the announcement. Once you apply to this vacancy you will be prompted by
the system to either upload the documents or print fax coversheets to
fax the documents. The fax number will be listed on this sheet. If
faxing, supplemental document(s) required should be faxed separately on
the fax coversheet provided. Once faxed, you should receive an email
confirmation within an hour. If you do not receive an email
confirmation, your fax has not been successfully received and you should
fax again. If you are unable to fax the required documentation, contact
the Human Resources Office at 202-418-0130 prior to 5:00 p.m. U.S.
Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.*** Hardcopy
Supplement Documents Required: 1. When the area of consideration is
"Government-Wide" or "All U.S. Citizens." current Federal employees,
including those eligible for noncompetitive transfer or reassignment,
must provide a legible hardcopy of Personnel Action, SF-50, that
verifies your status and highest permanently held grade along with your
most recent annual performance appraisal. 2. ICTAP eligible candidates
must submit a copy of their most recent annual performance appraisal (at
least "Meets or Exceeds" or equivalent) and proof of eligibility such
as a RIF separation notice or letter from OPM, or your agency
documenting your priority consideration status. You must be rated well
qualified (a score of 80 or above) for the position. 3. If applying for
consideration under a non-competitive appointment such as Schedule A,
Excepted Service, all documentation establishing your eligibility must
be provided. 4. Veterans must submit form DD-214, "Certificate of
Release or Discharge from Active Duty," or an SF-15, "Application for
10- Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form.
What to Expect Next
Once your complete
application is received, we will conduct an evaluation of your
qualifications to determine your ranking. The best-qualified candidates
will be referred to the hiring official for further consideration and
possible interview. You will be notified of the outcome.
Benefits
The FCC offers a wide range of employee benefits, including:
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Dental & Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Long-Term Care Insurance
Holidays and Leave
Retirement
Thrift Savings Plan
Transit Benefit
Alternative Work Schedule
Telecommuting
Other Information
EEO Policy StatementReasonable Accommodation Policy StatementVeterans InformationLegal and Regulatory Guidance
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