The following requirements are prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management and used to determine minimum qualifications.
Individual Occupational Requirements
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.
Experience and education requirements for GS-7 and above
In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education in the amounts shown in the table below.
| GRADE | EDUCATION | SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE |
|---|---|---|
|
GS-7 |
1 full academic year of graduate education or law school or superior academic achievement |
1 year equivalent to at least GS-5 |
|
GS-9 |
2 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or masters or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D. |
1 year equivalent to at least GS-7 |
|
GS-11 |
|
1 year equivalent to at least GS-9 |
|
GS-12 |
(No educational equivalent) |
1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level |
NOTE: Education and experience may be combined for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.