Total 90 job vacancies by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS IATC-25-12618240-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Because of the level of interest anticipated for these positions, you will be asked to select up to three duty locations for which you wish to receive consideration. You are encouraged to choose carefully and please select only those locations where you would be willing to accept a position. You may wish to consider such things as the cost of living in the duty location(s) you select. You will be referred for only those locations you choose and for which you are within reach for consideration. If you are selected you may or may not receive offers for all locations you choose.

This is an open continuous announcement. The open period is 12 months. Applications will be reviewed on the established cut-off dates: December 6, 2024; January 21, 2025; March 7, 2025; April 21, 2025; June 5, 2025; July 21, 2025; September 4, 2025; and October 20, 2025.

NOTE: The period of eligibility for applications is through each cut-off date. The agency will issue a list of eligible applicants at each cut-off date to hiring officials within the period of eligibility. Applicants will not need to reapply to be considered.

If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', or 'not qualified'. If this occurs, you are eligible to reapply to a future cut-off date.

If you have previously declined an offer, in order to be considered for future cutoff dates, your application must be updated.

As a Consumer Safety Officer, you will perform the following duties:

• Conduct audits of seafood processing facilities and vessels to evaluate conformity with regulations, program policy, and industry standards for ensuring safe, healthy and quality seafood products in manufacturing processes.
• Perform inspections of raw and processed seafood products to evaluate the safety, quality, and health of the products in accordance with regulations, grade standards, program policy, and item descriptions or specifications.
• Support implementation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) process in facility audits and inspections to identify violations, recommend corrective actions, and develop HACCP and quality management programs in processing plants and vessels in compliance with regulations and program policy.

Note: The duties described above are at the ZP-2 level and the ZP-1 is the developmental grade level leading to such performance. The full performance level for this position is a ZP-3.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Incumbent must possess a valid driver's license to travel to seafood processing locations, and/or transport samples for inspection, on a regular and recurring basis.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds or more.
• Must possess and utilize sensory abilities (sight, smell, taste) which are capable of detecting and identifying abnormalities (defects) in product characteristics.
• Incumbent may be required to travel 25% or greater both domestically and internationally to perform inspections and audit services.
• This position requires the operation of a Federal motor vehicle.
• This position has physical requirements.
• This position requires the submission of a Financial Disclosure Form, OGE-450.

This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS IATC-25-12618241-DE, which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Because of the level of interest anticipated for these positions, you will be asked to select up to three duty locations for which you wish to receive consideration. You are encouraged to choose carefully and please select only those locations where you would be willing to accept a position. You may wish to consider such things as the cost of living in the duty location(s) you select. You will be referred for only those locations you choose and for which you are within reach for consideration. If you are selected you may or may not receive offers for all locations you choose.

This is an open continuous announcement. The open period is 12 months. Applications will be reviewed on the established cut-off dates: December 6, 2024; January 21, 2025; March 7, 2025; April 21, 2025; June 5, 2025; July 21, 2025; September 4, 2025; and October 20, 2025.

NOTE: The period of eligibility for applications is through each cut-off date. The agency will issue a list of eligible applicants at each cut-off date to hiring officials within the period of eligibility. Applicants will not need to reapply to be considered.

If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', or 'not qualified'. If this occurs, you are eligible to reapply to a future cut-off date.

If you have previously declined an offer, in order to be considered for future cutoff dates, your application must be updated.

As a Consumer Safety Officer, you will perform the following duties:

• Conduct audits of seafood processing facilities and vessels to evaluate conformity with regulations, program policy, and industry standards for ensuring safe, healthy and quality seafood products in manufacturing processes.
• Perform inspections of raw and processed seafood products to evaluate the safety, quality, and health of the products in accordance with regulations, grade standards, program policy, and item descriptions or specifications.
• Support implementation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) process in facility audits and inspections to identify violations, recommend corrective actions, and develop HACCP and quality management programs in processing plants and vessels in compliance with regulations and program policy.

Note: The duties described above are at the ZP-2 level and the ZP-1 is the developmental grade level leading to such performance. The full performance level for this position is a ZP-3.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Incumbent must possess a valid driver's license to travel to seafood processing locations, and/or transport samples for inspection, on a regular and recurring basis.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds or more.
• Must possess and utilize sensory abilities (sight, smell, taste) which are capable of detecting and identifying abnormalities (defects) in product characteristics.
• Incumbent may be required to travel 25% or greater both domestically and internationally to perform inspections and audit services.
• This position requires the operation of a Federal motor vehicle.
• This position has physical requirements.
• This position requires the submission of a Financial Disclosure Form, OGE-450.

As a Meteorologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as an expert forecaster, working forecast shifts approximately 85 percent of the time, responsible for independently preparing and issuing Fire Weather Outlooks.
• Provide fire weather advice and guidance to critical decision makers during high impact weather situations.
• Serve as an Incident Meteorologist (IMET), providing on-site or remote Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) to emergency managers, emergency response officials, and federal, state and regional decision makers.

This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS-NCEP-25-12612000 DE , which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

As a Meteorologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as an expert forecaster, working forecast shifts approximately 85 percent of the time, responsible for independently preparing and issuing Fire Weather Outlooks.
• Provide fire weather advice and guidance to critical decision makers during high impact weather situations.
• Serve as an Incident Meteorologist (IMET), providing on-site or remote Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) to emergency managers, emergency response officials, and federal, state and regional decision makers.

As a Criminal Investigator, you will perform the following duties:

• Conduct investigations that may result in criminal or civil/administrative prosecution and criminal or civil/administrative penalties, providing support, learning, and receiving on the job training. Conduct complex domestic and international investigations.
• Conduct complex investigations of national or international scope. Uncover and document the illegal commercialization and destruction of protected wildlife resources.
• Utilize a full range of investigative techniques such as surveillance and use of undercover operations, and coordinate investigative efforts with other Federal, State, and local Tribal agencies.
• Conduct arrests, searches, and seizures in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, pertinent laws, regulations, directives and court decisions; comply with all existing policies, procedures, and guidelines (including use of force policy) pertaining to use, display, safety, and maintenance of firearms and intermediate weapons.

Note: The duties are at the full ZA-3 performance level and the ZA-2 is the developmental grade level leading to such performance.

As a Criminal Investigator, you will perform the following duties:

• Conduct investigations that may result in criminal or civil/administrative prosecution and criminal or civil/administrative penalties, providing support, learning, and receiving on the job training. Conduct complex domestic and international investigations.
• Conduct complex investigations of national or international scope. Uncover and document the illegal commercialization and destruction of protected wildlife resources.
• Utilize a full range of investigative techniques such as surveillance and use of undercover operations, and coordinate investigative efforts with other Federal, State, and local Tribal agencies.
• Conduct arrests, searches, and seizures in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, pertinent laws, regulations, directives and court decisions; comply with all existing policies, procedures, and guidelines (including use of force policy) pertaining to use, display, safety, and maintenance of firearms and intermediate weapons.

Note: The duties are at the full ZA-3 performance level and the ZA-2 is the developmental grade level leading to such performance.

As a Hydrologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Perform daily hydrologic forecast functions including the production of mission-critical river forecasts during high water and flood events and seasonal forecasts to support stakeholder needs.
• Develop, modify, maintain, and utilize computer hardware and software components in support of the agency's hydrology program.
• Assimilate and analyze water resource data related to river conditions or reservoir operations.

These duties are described at the GS-12; the GS-07, GS-09, GS-11 are developmental leading to such performance. All positions are developmental to the full performance level GS-12.

As a Hydrologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Perform daily hydrologic forecast functions including the production of mission-critical river forecasts during high water and flood events and seasonal forecasts to support stakeholder needs.
• Develop, modify, maintain, and utilize computer hardware and software components in support of the agency's hydrology program.
• Assimilate and analyze water resource data related to river conditions or reservoir operations.

These duties are described at the GS-12; the GS-07, GS-09, GS-11 are developmental leading to such performance. All positions are developmental to the full performance level GS-12.

As a General Engineer, you will perform the following duties:

• Serving as Future Capabilities Lead, to perform Systems Engineering Functions related to the identification of future needs, overseeing fundamental and applied research to explore new capabilities, and overseeing development, testing, and transition of new capabilities for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) Space Situational Awareness (SSA) mission.
• Formulate, identify, implement, and oversee fundamental and advanced applied research studies to develop future capabilities to enhance future goals and objectives of the program.
• Serve as a technical consultant to coordinate with stakeholders to ensure existing and future requirements are planned, identified, tested, assessed, and implemented as directed.

As a Physical Scientist, you will perform the following duties:

• Conduct internal and external training on data stewardship processes; provide coordination and collaboration across the organization; define and communicate internal requirements to facilitate long term planning; interface with external stakeholders to define archive and access requirements for long term planning, negotiate agreements, and write statements of work.
• Serve as a lead for environmental data stewardship; informing development of software packages supporting data stewardship improved functionality in a team environment, utilizing new technology and addressing security concerns; develop innovative software strategies and software development to improve processes related to data stewardship, assessment and archive of environmental data; perform requirements gathering for software development, soliciting stakeholder feedback on software design and implementation.
• Contribute technical expertise and experience in leading teams to meet data stewardship goals; work with data producers and science stewards in archiving and accessing environmental data and metadata; recommend adjustments to archive submissions and formats, and informs archive policies and processes based on scientific expertise; assist internal stakeholders with archive and access processes.

As an IT Specialist (INFOSEC), you will perform the following duties:

• Provide focus on the assessment of cyber-security requirements and implementation of technical and administrative security controls in accordance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA), NIST 800-53 R4, Department of Commerce (DOC) Commerce Interim Technical Requirements (CITRs), and all other applicable Federal cyber-security mandates. Responsible for managing the security, operation, design, and configuration of a hosting environment which encompasses premise elements distributed across National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and cloud-based elements hosted in off-premise environments such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
• Utilize expertise in datacenter virtualization technologies including operating systems, networking, and storage, along with provisioning and monitoring tools and technologies which overlay these underlying elements. Utilize skills in Internet Domain Name System (DNS and DNSSEC) architecture and administration, network configuration, and mastery of the Linux operating system.
• Lead task force/project teams in advanced systems software/hardware project efforts. Function/act as a technical authority in all assignments. Analyze and evaluate work concerned with integrated systems of computer programs and/or computer equipment. Apply available technologies and basic management principles to adapt computer methods to a variety of subject matter situations.
• Oversee/perform equipment installation or relocation-testing and acceptance processes. Respond to and resolve problems with software, hardware and systems management. Integrate several hardware, software, and/or computer related services to provide an integrated information system.

The working title for this position is Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations). As a Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations), you will perform the following duties:

• Serves as an authority and subject matter expert on Employee Relations for an assigned office, providing well-researched and described guidance and instruction to heads of offices.
• Recognizes policy areas needing improvement or clarification and recommends appropriate changes to current regulations to improve the administration of the program.
• Provides advice on the issuance of all types of personnel Suitability and Fitness matters.

The working title for this position is Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations). As a Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations), you will perform the following duties:

• Serves as an authority and subject matter expert on Employee Relations for an assigned office, providing well-researched and described guidance and instruction to heads of offices.
• Recognizes policy areas needing improvement or clarification and recommends appropriate changes to current regulations to improve the administration of the program.
• Provides advice on the issuance of all types of personnel Suitability and Fitness matters.

As a Lead Meteorologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as the shift leader responsible for quality and timeliness of all NWS forecast and service products, warnings, and advisories prepared and issued by the Weather Forecast Office (WFO).
• Conduct a weather watch which involves interpretation of Doppler radar data, satellite imagery, and the analysis of other hydrometeorological data for the preparation of all WFO warning, forecast and service products, including individual briefings.
• Serve as the primary contact with other Federal, state, and local agencies such as FAA, FEMA, and emergency management and law enforcement officials over matters involving the initiation and implementation of immediate or emergency public health and safety measures based on NWS forecasts, warnings and watches.
• Handle general office administrative matters which may occur on shift including augmenting staff, approving overtime and leave.

As a Lead Meteorologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as the shift leader responsible for quality and timeliness of all NWS forecast and service products, warnings, and advisories prepared and issued by the Weather Forecast Office (WFO).
• Conduct a weather watch which involves interpretation of Doppler radar data, satellite imagery, and the analysis of other hydrometeorological data for the preparation of all WFO warning, forecast and service products, including individual briefings.
• Serve as the primary contact with other Federal, state, and local agencies such as FAA, FEMA, and emergency management and law enforcement officials over matters involving the initiation and implementation of immediate or emergency public health and safety measures based on NWS forecasts, warnings and watches.
• Handle general office administrative matters which may occur on shift including augmenting staff, approving overtime and leave.