Education versus Experience
Oasis Systems offers only personnel who meet or exceed the minimum qualification requirements stated in the Commercial Labor Category Descriptions provided herein. Oasis does allow experience to substitute for education requirements and education for experience. Also, Professional Certification related to the technology is equivalent to two years of experience or the education requirement. GSA and/or the ordering activities may have access to any Oasis employee resume (by request) before, during or after assignment of any GSA order. If for some extenuating reason a person assigned to an order must be replaced or substituted, the ordering activity will be notified in advance, in writing, and the substituting person will have equal or greater qualifications than the departing employee. Oasis’s criteria for substitution of educational degree or experience is as follows:

Education Substituted for Experience: Formal education may substitute for experience. Each formal degree (i.e., Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D.) may substitute for four (4) years of experience.

Experience Substituted for Formal Education: Specialized experience may substitute for formal education. Four (4) years of experience may substitute for a Bachelor Degree. Bachelor’s Degree plus 2 years of additional general experience and 2 additional years of specific related experience with similar functional responsibilities may substitute for a Master’s Degree.

1. PM/Subject Matter Expert III

Minimum/General Experience: Sixteen (16) years of progressive experience in supporting programs, systems or projects related to the individual’s subject matter expertise.

Functional Responsibility: Serve as technical, functional, and/or management expert in areas relevant to a particular project. Provide expertise to assist and support problem resolution, process improvement and development of systems and processes.

Demonstrated knowledge of design, development, test and evaluation, and sustainment ofsystems and operations. The SME may be responsible for managing, directing and implementing projects with a diverse group of functional activities. Provide broad consulting services in area of expertise.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.

2. PM/Subject Matter Expert II

Minimum/General Experience: Fourteen (14) years of progressive experience in supporting programs, systems or projects related to the individual’s subject matter expertise.
Functional Responsibility: Serve as technical, functional, and/or management expert in areas relevant to a particular project. Provide expertise to assist and support problem resolution, process improvement and development of systemsand processes.

Demonstrated knowledge of design, development, test and evaluation, and sustainment of
systems and operations. The SME may be responsible for managing, directing and implementing projects with a diverse group of functional activities. Provide broad consulting services in area of expertise.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.

3. PM/Subject Matter Expert I

Minimum/General Experience: Eleven (11) years of progressive experience in supporting large specialized Information Technology projects related to the individual’s subject matter expertise.

Functional Responsibility: Serve as technical, functional, and/or management expert in areas relevant to a particular project. Provide expertise to assist and support problem resolution, process improvement and development of systems and processes.

Demonstrated knowledge of design, development, test and evaluation, and sustainment of systems and operations. The SME may be responsible for managing, directing and implementing specialized projects with a diverse group of functional activities. Provide broad consulting services in area of expertise.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.

4. Principal Engineer III

Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience including but not limited to any combination of designing, planning, analyzing, testing and implementing solutions for equipment and systems.

Functional Responsibility: Provide comprehensive definition of all aspects of system development from analysis of needs to verification of system performance. Establish performance and technical standards. Develops and refines techniques to enhance quality and productivity.

Minimum Education: Master’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.

5. Senior Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Six (6) years of experience including but not limited to any combination of designing, planning, analyzing, testing and implementing solutions for equipment and systems.
Functional Responsibility: Plan project coordination, management and engineering. Develops and refines techniques to enhance quality and productivity.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.

6. Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Four (4) years of experience including but not limited to any combination of systems analysis and design, conversion and implementation support, network services, and database planning and design.

Functional Responsibility: Performs complex engineering analysis and design tasks. Prepares specifications and designs, and implements solutions.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.

7. Jr. Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Two (2) years of experience including but not limited to any combination of systems analysis and design, conversion and implementation support, network services, and database planning and design.

Functional Responsibility: Performs simple engineering analysis and design tasks. Assist in the preparation of specifications and designs, and solutions implementation.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in technical, business or other related.

8. Principal Analyst Specialist III

Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience including but not limited to any combination of operations or strategic systems support or planning, business processes, financial management, or other relevant social science, analytical, scientific, technical or related field.

Functional Responsibility: Plans and develops financial, operational, acquisition and technical tasks or related research to support strategic and business operations. Interprets, evaluates, and develops integrated analyses, projections and solutions.

Minimum Education: Master’s Degree in technical, business or other related discipline.