MICROBIOLOGIST

MICROBIOLOGIST

Department of Defense Defense Thre Reduction Agency Summary This position may be filled using Direct Hire Authority and is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstrion Project ( AcqDemo ): Z5CAV/Direct-Hire Authority (Certain DoD Personnel) PL 118-31, Sec 125OB (i)(2), 12/22/2023.This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," ded August 12,2024. Learn more about this agency Summary This position may be filled using Direct Hire Authority and is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstrion Project ( AcqDemo ): Z5CAV/Direct-Hire Authority (Certain DoD Personnel) PL 118-31, Sec 125OB (i)(2), 12/22/2023.This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," ded August 12,2024. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 6, 2026 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Fort Belvoir, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is an in-person position facilities loced Fort Belvoir, VA. This position may be eligible for limited, situional telework subject to supervisory approval and not to exceed current Agency guidelines. This position is not eligible for remote telework. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0403 Microbiology Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes - OGE 450 Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DTRA-26-12995414-DH

Control number 874662300 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to All U.S. Citizens, and is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense. Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612)(NonComp Mil Sp), Priority Placement Program (PPP) Retained Grade Preference (RGP), and PPP Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician eligibles may also apply. Duties Help As a

MICROBIOLOGIST

the

GS-0403-14

some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as a subject mter expert and senior Science and Technology Manager (STM) for all aspects and phases of Science and Technology (S&T) project management reled to thre agent science of chemical and biological (CB) agents as well as overseeing the development of enduring thre characterizion capabilities to enable CB thre understanding and to inform CB capability development (detection, protection, modeling and simulion, and hazard mitigion). Develop, coordine, and manage research and development activities performed by Service/Nional laborories, academia, industry, and prive sector while coordining with interagency and internional partners. Applies professional knowledge of microbiology to critically evalue the scientific validity of research projects, determining if the proposed experimental methodologies for studying chemical and biological agent fe, phogenesis, and transmission are scientifically sound. Identifies and transles Joint Force operional vulnerabilities into specific microbiological research objectives, identifying gaps in current CB defense science to genere technical S&T plans. Provides authoritive scientific oversight of R&D deliverables, analyzing complex microbiological da (e.g., genomic sequencing, viral replicion res) or chemical da (toxicity, human health estimes, etc.) to determine if research projects are achieving the required scientific outcomes. Generes technical and fiscal program plans for accomplishing focused and cost effective CB thre characterizion research and development efforts. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S.

Citizen Occasional Travel Work Schedule:

Full-time Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period

Overtime:

Occasionally Tour of Duty:

Flexible Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):

Exempt Financial Disclosure:

Required Telework Eligibility:

This position is telework eligible Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/Special Compartmentalized Investigion (SCI) security clearance Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Stement, OGE 450, upon entering the position, annually, and upon terminion of employment, in accordance with DOD Directive 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics Regulion, August 30, 1993. Travel up to (25%) is required. Travel may be required to locions within and outside the continental United Stes. Valid passport required The employee must be willing to comply with each Combant Command (COCOM) travel medical requirement to include vaccinions. Must consent to and pass pre-employment drug testing and be subject to periodic random drug testing thereafter. This is an Acquisition Workforce position in the Engineering and Technical Management functional area. The incumbent required to become certified in the Practitioner tier within 5 years. The incumbent is required to acquire a minimum of 40 continuous learning points (CLPs) every fiscal year as a goal and 80 CLPs being mandory within 2 years Qualificions You may qualify the GS 14 , if you fulfill the following qualificions: A. Have one year of specialized experience the next lower grade (GS-13) or equivalent in the federal service (experience may have been gained in the prive sector).

Specialized Experienced is defined as:

Planning, integring, and executing thre agent science research in chemical and biological defense concepts leading to robust CB thre agent knowledge/da and capability development Studying and characterizing technical areas of thre agent science including agent fe, phogenesis/health based effects, transmission/toxicity, and signure mapping for novel and emerging thre chemical and biological thre agents Creing, building, guiding, and assessing research and development program/projects, including gap analysis, stregy development and implemention, and project initiion in the area of thre agent science chemical and biological defense Developing and managing financial plans associed with complex multi-project research and development portfolio to achieve obligion and expenditure goals. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. In addition to meeting qualificions, your applicion package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupional Requirements for the 0403, series as listed below:

Degree:

microbiology; or biology, chemistry, or basic medical science th included least 20 semester hours in microbiology and other subjects reled to the study of microorganisms, and 20 semester hours in the physical and mhemical sciences combining course work in organic chemistry or biochemistry, physics, and college algebra, or their equivalent. OR Combinion of educion and experience: courses equivalent to a major in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or basic medical science th included courses as shown in A above, plus approprie experience or additional educion Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional informion

Other Notes:

ACQUISITION POSITION

This is an Acquisition Workforce position in the Engineering and Technical Management functional area. The incumbent required to become certified in the Practitioner tier within 5 years. The incumbent is required to acquire a minimum of 40 continuous learning points (CLPs) every fiscal year as a goal and 80 CLPs being mandory within 2 years.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities :

For more informion on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT

This position

DOES NOT

meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ) Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and supporting documents, to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and evalue your relevant work experiences as it reles to fundamental competencies, identified below, required for this position.

Traditional ring and ranking of applicions does not apply to this vacancy. Your applicion (resume and supporting documention) evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required as listed on the announcement under qualificion requirements. For informion on entitlement see http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the " Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp)" eligibility. If you are claiming Military Spouse eligibility and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager. Informion and required documention for claiming Military Spouse eligibility may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)

Technician Eligible:

- Submit a copy of the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement. Priority Placement Program (PPP)

DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible:

- You must provide a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist, DD3145-1 (whs.mil), a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF) 50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade. Benefits Help A 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED

.

Your resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2.

Transcripts:

This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript College transcript (s), required if qualifying based on educion. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the de and degree th was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. 3 . SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees should submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. 4.

Veteran's Documents:

If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12995414 Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Agency contact informion DTRA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-0259 Fax (215) 516-6068 DHRC-DDTRAHR@dla.mil Address Defense Thre Reduction Agency 8725 JOHN

J KINGMAN ROAD MSC 6201 FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201 US

Next steps A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

REGARDING INTERVIEWS

Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED

.

Your resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2.

Transcripts:

This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript College transcript (s), required if qualifying based on educion. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the de and degree th was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. 3 . SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees should submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. 4.

Veteran's Documents:

If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12995414 Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DTRA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-0259 Fax (215) 516-6068 DHRC-DDTRAHR@dla.mil Address Defense Thre Reduction Agency 8725 JOHN

J KINGMAN ROAD MSC 6201 FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201 US

Next steps A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

REGARDING INTERVIEWS

Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 6, 2026 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Fort Belvoir, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is an in-person position facilities loced Fort Belvoir, VA. This position may be eligible for limited, situional telework subject to supervisory approval and not to exceed current Agency guidelines. This position is not eligible for remote telework. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes - OGE 450 Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DTRA-26-12995414-DH

Control number 874662300