Job opening: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Aug 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
If you want to do interesting and challenging work and to make a contribution to national defense, DISA is a great place for you.
DoD temporary appointments will be for a period NTE 1 year and may be extended in increments of up to 1 year for a total of 3 years. Agency has the option to extend the appointment.
Duties
Provides design, installation, operation, and maintenance of
audiovisual, video teleconferencing (VTC) systems, and supporting telecommunications network infrastructure.
Ability to manage multiple technical projects and audiovisual and telecommunication engineering support: monitoring their effectiveness, economy, results, and regulatory compliance and technical quality controls.
Responsible for the maintenance of systems and maintaining operation of the Secretary's office video teleconference environment. This includes all VTC telecommunications equipment, audio, video, and information technology.
Manages, schedules and operates secure and non-secure video teleconference systems. Executive level support is provided to the organization.
Capability to install new software releases, systems upgrades, evaluates, and installs patches and resolves software and hardware related issues.
Ability to plan, program, integrate, coordinate, and evaluates the VTC requirements to develop and maintain VTC architecture, to include the telecommunications portion relating to VTC.
Provides design, engineering, installation, and testing for new conference room/multimedia centers.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship or National
- Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
- Suitable for federal employment
- 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.
- Drug Test Required.
- Completion of an Office of Government Ethics (OGE) confidential financial disclosure form 450 is required.
Qualifications
Individual Occupational Requirement
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.
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Experience
Specialized Experience: Experience in evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, or improving communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology
In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.
Qualifying Experience: To qualify at the GS-13, 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:
Experience in managing the telecommunications and network infrastructure supporting the deployment of desktop video telecommunications equipment.
Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. To be considered for the GS-13, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher in the Federal service.
Education
Education is not substitutable for specialized experience for this grade level.
Official Transcripts: If the position you are applying for has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications (i.e. you would not qualify without the education obtained), you MUST submit transcripts with your application.
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- Official transcripts are not required at the time of application outside of what is outlined above; however, official transcripts must be verified PRIOR to appointment.
- An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation.
- FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying or prior to appointment as outlined above.
- Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation upon request. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.
For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the
U.S. Department of Education
Contacts
- Address DISA- SECDEF COMMS
6910 Copper Road
Fort Meade, MD 20755-7088
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: (317) 212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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