Telecommunications Specialist

Defense Information Systems Agency; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking a senior telecommunications specialist (GG-12) for the Cyber Excepted Service, to support US Cyber Command. The role, based in the DISA - Infrastructure and Services Division (EU41), requires TS/SCI clearance and willingness to travel up to 25%.

You will evaluate enterprise telecommunications systems, coordinate with customers, manage projects, couple cybersecurity, and prepare reports and plans to improve readiness.

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of enterprise telecommunications systems and practices.
• Experience evaluating system performance and testing against standards.
• Ability to coordinate across civilian, military, and contractor personnel.

Responsibilities

• Conducts technical and quality assurance evaluations of enterprise telecommunications systems.
• Coordinates with customers to define requirements and resolves installation issues.
• Performs telecommunications project management and provides technical direction.
• Integrates cybersecurity principles and conducts security risk assessments.
• Develops policy and planning inputs and publishes plans for readiness.

Skills

Project management

Cybersecurity concepts

Technical coordination

Quality assurance

Education

Electrical or Electronic Engineering or related field

Job description

Summary

This position is being recruited under 10 USC 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. It has been identified as a position necessary to carry out and support the mission of the US Cyber Command. It is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. It is located in the DISA - Infrastructure and Services Division (EU41).

Duties

• Conducts technical and quality assurance evaluations of enterprise telecommunications systems; identifies deficiencies, resolves complex network problems, and prepares compliance reports.
• Coordinates with customers to define requirements and resolve installation issues; provides technical guidance during system commissioning and reviews test reports against specifications.
• Performs telecommunications project management to achieve project milestones; provides technical direction and coordination to civilian, military, and contractor personnel; manages training programs.
• Integrates cybersecurity principles into telecommunications operations; conducts security risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and collaborates with technical teams to implement mitigation strategies.
• Develops policy and planning inputs for telecommunications capabilities; conducts network performance reviews using trend data, and publishes plans and procedures to enhance operational readiness.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• In accordance with the DoD 8140 policy series, the position is subject to completing Foundational Qualifications in 9 months and completing Residential Qualification requirements overall in 12 months.
• This position requires Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• This position requires occasional travel/TDY away from the normal duty station to other locations (CONUS and/or OCONUS) up to 25% of the time.
• LENGTH OF TOUR: The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months. Tour extensions may be authorized at the discretion of management. With few exceptions, DOD policy limits overseas tours to a maximum of 5 years.
• Eligibility for foreign-area allowances such as Foreign Post Allowance and Living Quarter Allowance will be determined at the time of hire.
• Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
• PASSPORT/VISA: Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an official government passport and, as required by location, a VISA. Passport must be valid for at least 6 months prior to arrival in the foreign country.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.

Basic Requirements

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- 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.

Other Education: Communications/electronics or automatic data processing training in technical institutes or business schools above the high school level or in Armed Forces schools that included advanced instruction in addition to basic courses, may be substituted for general experience on a month-for-month basis.

OR

Experience

Evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, or improving communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology.

Qualifying Experience

To qualify at the GG-12, your resume must describe at least one year of experience that demonstrates the competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Experience refers to any paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work and Military service, that would be considered equivalent to work normally performed at the next lower grade level in the federal service.

For This Position, Qualifying Experience Is Defined As

• Conducting technical evaluations or performance tests on enterprise telecommunications systems (e.g., IP networks, fiber optics, satellite, or switching systems); or
• Analyzing test data and authoring reports evaluating system performance against technical standards; or
• Resolving technical issues related to telecommunications equipment installation, configuration, or commissioning; and
• Coordinating project milestones and providing technical guidance across cross-functional teams to meet telecommunications objectives.

Candidates must describe how they meet the qualifying experience and/or selective placement factor(s) within the body of their resume. All qualifications must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

There is no substitution of education for the qualifying experience at the GG-12 grade level.

Additional information

• This position is in the Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. It is being recruited under 10 U.S.C. 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system.
• Current Federal Career/Career-Conditional employees will be placed on an Excepted appointment.
• Current competitive service employees who accept or convert into an overseas Cyber Excepted Service (CES) position are not entitled to statutory return rights. Administrative return rights may still be granted at the discretion of the losing DoD Agency. Employees without administrative return rights will, at the end of their overseas tour, be subject to placement through the DoD Priority Placement Program.
• We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing date.
• You may be required to serve a 3-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives MAY be authorized; The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), click here.
• If an employee brings a family member to an overseas location who requires medical or dental care, the employee will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only.
• U.S. citizens in a foreign overseas country under ordinary resident status are not eligible to apply for appointment under Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
• If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis under DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
• If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler, but for the child's age, is entitled to attend a DoDEA school on a space-required basis under DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the required EIS consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
• This position is subject to the limitations imposed by the DoD Priority Placement Program.
• Because this position is in the Cyber Excepted Service, Veterans' Preference will be applied to preference eligible candidates, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2108 in accordance with procedures in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement." If you are claiming veteran's preference, you must submit documents verifying eligibility with your application package. For more information, click here.
• Current federal employees within CONUS selected through a competitive announcement for a lower-graded position overseas may be eligible for pay retention. Pay retention may be granted to employees already in the overseas area if recruitment efforts were extended outside the overseas command and the selectee must PCS. Locality rates of pay will not be used for pay setting when transferring to an overseas area.
• For more information regarding qualifications requirements, click here.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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