Job #: 26-018
Status: AGR
Location: Madison
Closing Date: 12/18/2025

Wisconsin Air National Guard Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Vacancy Announcement

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 26-018 ANG
OPENING DATE: 04 DEC 2025
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL: 11:59PM ON 18 DEC 2025
POSITION TITLE: Data Engineering Craftsman
AFSC REQUIREMENTS: Any (Trainees Accepted)
SKILL LEVEL REQUIRED: Open to trainees
MINIMUM GRADE: E3
MAXIMUM GRADE: E7
UNIT/LOCATION: 115th Communications Squadron
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Open to anyone eligible to join the WI ANG AGR program

APPOINTMENT FACTORS

1. Initial tours will be 4 years. Follow-on tour lengths may be from 1 to 6 years per ANGI 36-101.
2. Non AGR Person receiving a federal military retirement or retainer pay are not eligible.
3. Must meet the physical requirements of DAFMAN 36-2905, prior to being placed on AGR tour.
4. Members who are not suitable for Career AGR may be considered for an Occasional Tour.
5. Military grade will not exceed the maximum authorized grade on the unit manning document.
6. Must meet all AGR requirements of ANGI 36-101 and AFSC requirements of AFECD/AFOCD.
7. IAW ANGI 36-101, paragraph 5.10, applicants should be able to complete 20 years of active federal service prior to Mandatory Separation Date (MSD). Individuals selected for AGR tours that cannot attain 20 years of active federal Service prior to reaching mandatory separation must complete a Statement of Understanding contained in Attachment 3 of ANGI36-101 and obtain TAG waiver approval prior to starting AGR tour.
8. IAW ANGI 36-101, paragraph 6.6.1., members should remain in the position to which initially assigned for a minimum of 24 months. TAG may waive this requirement when in the best interest of the unit, State, or Air National Guard.
9. Hiring of an E-8/9 or O4+ is contingent on controlled grade availability.
10. IAW ANGI 36-101, paragraph 5.7, an individual must not have been previously separated for cause from active duty or previous Reserve Component AGR tour.
    1. ASVAB requirements: E > 60
    2. PULHES: 333232

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

Data Operations – 1D7X4D Designs, develops, and modifies AI applications, tools, and/or other solutions to enable successful accomplishment of mission objectives Designs a system’s data models, data flow, interfaces, and infrastructure to meet the information requirements of a business or mission. Holds responsibility for developing, promoting, and overseeing implementation of data as an asset and the establishment and enforcement of data-related strategies, policies, standards, processes, and governance. Builds, manages, and operationalizes data pipelines. Collaborating with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure that data is used effectively to support the mission. Develops and maintains plans, policies, and processes for data management, data governance, security, quality, accessibility, use, and disposal. Software Engineering – 1D7X4D Develops standardized tools and interfaces in accordance with Department of the Air Force Network Operations guidance to transform raw data into actionable C2 information. Develops and implements policy to enable effective information discovery, indexing, storage, life-cycle management, retrieval, and sharing in a collaborative enterprise information environment. Harnesses capabilities of systems designed to collect, store, retrieve, process, and display data to ensure information dominance. Ensures compliance with DoD directives and standards for security and interoperability.

Protects operating systems, application software, files, and databases from unauthorized access to sensitive information, or misuse of communication-computer resources. Determines, analyzes, and develops requirements for software systems through interpreting standards, specifications, and user needs as a system analyst. Determines, designs, and develops data requirements, database structure, process flow, systematic procedures, algorithms, and file structures to implement and maintain software systems using software engineering techniques. Works with systems using software methodologies such as distributed processing, systems networking, advanced information storage and retrieval, and management techniques.

Determines and recommends the most reasonable approach in designing new systems or modifying existing systems. Develops and maintains system specifications. Conducts and participates in system reviews and technical interchanges. Selects appropriate software development tools. Explores commercial off-the-shelf options to satisfy user requirements. Translates system specifications and requirements into program code and database structures, implements designed functionality as software coders. Analyzes output products and debugs source code to isolate and correct errors in program logic, syntax, and data entry, and to ensure accuracy and efficiency. Conducts code reviews and unit-level testing. Develops and maintains unit-level test plans. Arranges test data and routines. Modifies existing programs to correct program errors or modifies existing functionality or interface. Prepares system graphical descriptions, standard language statements, workload data, and presents and proposes cost. Develops and maintains documentation such as program maintenance manuals and operational guides. Designs, develops, maintains, and executes test plans for formal qualification testing, system integration testing, regression testing and verification, validation, and acceptance testing as software testers. Conducts test events.

Analyzes software system requirement documents. Develops and maintains test data. Performs analysis of test data, determines test results and develops test reports. Makes recommendations to release authorities concerning verifiability, validity, conformance, and interoperability of software systems. Designs, develops, maintains, and executes processes to manage software or database components, specifications, test plans, procedures and results, and revision history applicable to a software system to ensure systems in use meet user requirements as software configuration managers. Controls software components at all times to ensure availability and stability of documented baselines. Prepares and manages processes for reporting deficiencies and requesting changes to software components or systems. Manages change packages through analysis and development efforts ensuring testing is performed and documentation is created or updated as required.

Conducts reviews of proposed change packages by the user community and control authorities. Prioritizes deficiency reports and change requests using guidance from the user community and control authorities. Prepares and maintains software system baseline documentation and procedures. Prepares, packages, and documents deliverable products. As software project manager, interacts with and provides oversight for software system developers and maintainers. Develops and prepares system requirements and proposals. Analyzes requests for information. Prepares documentation of proposal specifications and programs. Organizes system study teams and conducts briefings. Conducts and participates in design reviews and technical interchanges between developers and user representatives. Plans, conducts and reports on the results of system acceptance tests. Manages or participates in the contract management, software quality assurance, or quality assurance evaluation process.

SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge. Knowledge of the following is desired. Data administration, data standardization, data mining, data warehousing, query languages (e.g., SQL), database access application programming interfaces (e.g., Java Database Connectivity [JDBC]), national and international laws and regulations pertaining to data, cybersecurity principles, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, using tools to explore data (e.g., Hadoop, Java, Python, SQL, Hive, PIG), cloud computing models (e.g., software as a service, infrastructure as a service, and platform as a service), cloud computing deployment models in various environments, data operations processes and best practices, data security roles and responsibilities, organizational mission processes, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data security standards, Personal Health Information (PHI) data security standards, container orchestration and resource management platforms, DoD AI ethical principles, AI solution integration with cloud or cloud IT infrastructure, automate the integration of AI/machine learning-enabled software to the DoD.

Education. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school or general educational development equivalency is mandatory. Additional courses in computer software, computer science, information technology, and data science are desirable. Any data science or IT certifications are desirable.

Training. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school or general educational development equivalency is mandatory. Additional courses in computer software, computer science, information technology, and data science are desirable. Any data science or IT certifications are desirable.

Other. The following are mandatory as indicated. See attachment 4 for additional entry requirements. For award and retention of this AFSC: Must maintain local network access IAW AFI 17-130, Cybersecurity Program Management and AFMAN17-1301, Computer Security. Must attain and maintain a minimum cybersecurity baseline certification IAW DAFMAN 17- 1305, Cybersecurity Workforce Improvement as specified by AFSC shred and/or work role SEI. For 1D7X4, a minimum certification level is based on position requirements, or a minimum of an Information Assurance Technical Level II certification. Specialty requires routine access to Top Secret material or similar environment. Completion of a current Tier 5 (T5) background investigation according to AFMAN 16-1405, Personnel Security Program Management, is mandatory.

Must maintain a Top-Secret clearance for retention of this AFSC. Software Engineering – 1D7X4D Knowledge: Knowledge of the following is mandatory. System capabilities, limitations, and programming logic; techniques and procedures of systems analysis and design; related information processing devices and systems; C-CS; software methodologies; methods of editing input and output data; configuration management techniques; security practices; customer relations; application of mathematical and analytical concepts to process problems within a C-CS; and computer program editing and testing techniques. Education. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school or general educational development equivalency is mandatory. Additional courses in algebra, geometry, computer science and computer programming are desirable. Any network or computing commercial certification is desirable. Training. For award of AFSC 1D734D, completion of a Computer Systems Programming initial skills course is mandatory. Experience. The following experience is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated. 1D754D. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1D734D. Experience performing programming functions such as designing, coding, testing, or documenting software. 1D774D. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1D754D. Experience performing or supervising one of the functions of programming, such as preparing system requirements, developing high-level or detailed designs, translating designs into code, testing, configuration management, or project management. Other. The following are mandatory as indicated. For entry into this specialty. See attachment 4 for additional entry requirements. For award and retention of this AFSC: Must maintain local network access IAW AFI 17-130, Cybersecurity Program Management and AFMAN17-1301, Computer Security. Specialty requires routine access to Top Secret material or similar environment. Completion of a current Tier 5 (T5) background investigation according to AFMAN 16-1405, Personnel Security Program Management, is mandatory. Must maintain a Top-Secret clearance (Tier-5) for retention of this AFSC. NOTE: Award of the 3-skill level without a completed T5

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested applicants must submit the following documentation to be considered for interview. Any missing items are encouraged to be documented with an explanation in the cover letter included in the application.

APPLICATIONS WILL INCLUDE (All documents must be personally identifiable and must include date if required)

• Cover letter with Job Announcement Number and Position Title for which you are applying, current Military Status (AGR, Technician, Traditional, Active Duty), along with contact information (i.e. Phone numbers and an e-mail address).
• NGB Form 34-1 (Application for AGR Position) dated 20131111 (must be signed and dated). Manually signed copy accepted. Digital signature may fall off when combining PDF files. Double check prior to sending packet.
• Record Review RIP (NOT point credit summary or Career Data Brief) complete and current. Other Service Components submit appropriate individual personnel information printout. This is used to verify AFSCs, aptitude scores, position status, time in service, time in grade, etc. This can be pulled from vMPF.
• Current Fitness Report. Current (within 12 months) Fitness report from myFitness in pdf format
• AF Form 422 Current (within 12 months), Physical Profile Serial Report. Other Service Components submit medical documentation that includes PULHES score. If any PULHES are a “3”, a statement indicating that individual is Worldwide Deployable needs to be submitted.
• SF 181- (Race and Ethnicity Identification). Form is required for packet. However, completion is voluntary. Please see further instructions on the form.
• All Other Service Component applicants must have their ASVAB raw scores converted to Air Force ASVAB scores and include them in a letter from either a Recruiter or MEPS Counselor.

NOTE:

1. Failure to provide all the required documents will result in being disqualified.
2. Applicants must sign NGB Form 34-1; failure to sign the form will result in being disqualified. Please ensure 34-1 reflects Tour Announcement number and current telephone number.
3. If selected for the job, member must have a current passing fitness and an AGR qualified AF Form 422 Signed by the State Air Surgeon prior to being placed on AGR tour.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Interested applicants who meet the eligibility criteria may apply by emailing all required documents, as one (1) pdf to MSgt LaChance at michelle.lachance@us.af.mil and MSgt Aagerup at cody.aagerup.1@us.af.mil. Portfolio formats are accepted. The file and email subject line should read as: LastName, FirstName_#_JobTitle (i.e. Doe, John_22-001_Personnel) An email will be sent to confirm receipt of application. Feel free to call Comm (608) 242-3761 or (608) 242-3131 to verify receipt of your application. Applications will not be reviewed before the closing date.