Battle Watch Officer

The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of War (DoW) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (Acq. Demo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO

Serves as the Battle Watch Officer (BWO) and is responsible for Missile Defense System configuration control, operational readiness reporting, asset management execution, and incident reporting in support of MDA and Warfighter customers. The BWO is the government lead of the MDA Operations Support Center (OSC) and is responsible for all functions within the MDA OSC.

NOTE for: conditions of Employment: Tour of Duty: Other/Shift Work NOTE: This is a rotational watch standing position which requires shift work to include weekends and holidays. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This position is being filled under Acq. Demo Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for non-acquisition positions involving 51% or more of time in direct support of acquisition positions within Business and Technical Management Professional Career path. As a Battle Watch Officer at the NH-0301-4 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include: Executes real-time Missile Defense System event coordination and system configuration control during day-to-day operations.

Responsible for directing the isolation of assets not in compliance with the MDA operational capacity baseline. Tracks the status and configuration of the Missile Defense System and enters asset outage and return to service data in the application. Reports Missile Defense System asset failures generated from inputs for distribution into a global community of operations centers and organizations.

Performs asset management execution and tracks all Missile Defense System activities through the asset management process and direct communication with MDA Elements at the distributed sites. Responsible for collecting data and entering into system(s) which depicts the status and configuration of the Missile Defense System on its respective dashboards to MDA leadership and the Combatant Command operations centers.

Coordinates rescheduling of operational and developmental activities throughout the asset management execution phase as necessary. Serves as the MDA Element advocate to the Warfighter for coordination and approval of unscheduled maintenance, test, or developmental activities. Captures and reports incidents and significant events to MDA senior leadership.

Executes the MDA Commander's Critical Information Reporting process when necessary to inform the Director, Deputy Director, Executive Director, and executive and senior leaders, enabling them to make decisions regarding MDA support to the Combatant Commanders. Reports also inform the leadership on the status of MDA resources and personnel (military, civilian, and contractor).

This position requires shift work to include weekends and holidays.

You may qualify at the NH -04 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 2 of the 3 specialized experience listed below to be qualified: Maintaining, troubleshooting, tracking and reporting the status and configuration of weapons systems or other broad systems and providing real-time coordination of maintenance actions.

Reporting operational, logistical, and other significant events to senior leaders using verbal and written communication. Serving as a technical expert or consultant on a broad program or complex weapon system. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.

g., Peace Corps, Ameri. Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.