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TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

U.S. Pacific Fleet

Department of the Navy

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$93,445 - $121,482

per year

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves monitoring and managing communication systems for the U.S.

Pacific Fleet, assessing the impact of any disruptions on naval operations, and providing clear reports and recommendations to leaders.

It suits someone with experience in handling technical network issues in high-stakes environments, like a command center, who can stay calm under pressure and communicate complex info simply.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented team players familiar with military or large-scale operations.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, managing, analyzing, or troubleshooting unified communications systems
  • Experience performing real-time network monitoring, security monitoring, and incident response in a watch floor or operations center environment
  • Knowledge of applying security principles to communications infrastructure and project implementation
  • Ability to obtain and translate highly technical NetOps information into layman terms for leadership
  • Skills in assessing operational mission impact of communications outages and degradations for afloat and shore commands
  • Proficiency in reporting and responding to system outages in a timely manner
  • Experience facilitating meetings and acting as a point of contact for communications events across organizations

Full Job Description

You will serve as a TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST in the COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE of MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTER.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: managing, analyzing, and/or troubleshooting unified communications systems, performing real-time network monitoring, security monitoring, and/or incident response in a 'watch floor' environment, and/or applying security principles to communications infrastructure and project implementation.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

  • You will obtain highly technical NetOps information from diverse organizations, translate the information into layman terms as required, and provide NetOps assessments and recommendations to leadership.
  • You will assess operational mission impact of communications systems outages and degradations and provide Communications System (CS) management.
  • You will report and respond to CS outages in a timely manner.
  • You will act as the single point of contact and facilitate meetings to report Pacific Fleet CS events to numerous entities.
  • You will conduct thorough analysis of data derived from message reporting, emails, voice reports and web-based tools from diverse organizations.
  • You will acquire situational awareness in order to assess operational mission impact of communications systems outages and degradations affecting afloat and shore commands.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/23/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/23/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12916183-26-AMC