Telecommunications Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at the Directorate of Emergency Services, Joint Base Myer - Henderson Hall, Virginia .Fort Myer is a 15 minute commute to/from the Arlington National Cemetery Metro Station, a 10-15 minute commute to/from the Rosslyn, Virginia Metro Station, and is accessible by bus transportation.

The installation is approximately 7 miles from Washington D.C. and a short distance from major roadways and express highways.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the Education and/or Experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining hardware and software systems; troubleshooting and restoring network/telecommunication services for emergency management communication; and entering information collected into an automated trouble ticket system such as remedy tickets.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, business administration, industrial management, or other fields related to the position to be filled.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Serves as the point of contact for Directorate of Emergency Services responsible for interfacing the automated system (desktop, workstations, laptops, and servers) with various interrelated acquisition, and office automation systems.
• Develops operating specifications for telecommunications equipment and services to transmit and receive data between computers, and between computers and terminal stations.
• Serves as a liaison between organizations, both fixed and visiting, in fulfilling requirements for current, special events or future military exercises as well as normal day-to-day operations
• Works with users to test and evaluate a variety of software packages.
• Ensures work is compatible with other systems and meets requirements.
• Serves as a System Manager/Frequency Manager for the Directorate of Emergency Services performing the research, planning, direction, and administration of the Land Mobile Radio Project and frequency management
• Performs triage on equipment prior to initiating service request.
• Installs, maintains, and monitors performance tuning, backup, and recovery of databases
• Provides new customer orientation training on system operation as needed and provides guidance on integration between talk groups and procedures on obtaining authority to share resources.
• Maintains, updates, assigns, and controls all radio identifications to include, block identifications, radio identification numbers, talk group identification, and encryption secure codes used on the system.