About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is with 7th Signal Command, 21st Signal Brigade, 302nd Signal Battalion, located at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Duties

Serve as Deputy S-3 responsible for operations, communications planning, and coordinating, directing and reviewing a variety of work functions of the 302d Signal Battalion’s Defense Communications System telecommunications facilities. Provide operational direction to the Battalion Watch Officers responsible for Higher Headquarters status reporting of Battalion’s DCS facilities and for the after-duty hours security of the 302d Signal Battalion Headquarters building. Develop short and long-range plans required for efficient and effective utilization of personnel and equipment required to support 24hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week telecommunications services to customers. Provide operational and technical supervision for military and Department of Army Civilian personnel, including serving as first-line supervisor. Act as the central point of contact for all communications circuit/trunk/system or equipment degradations or outages. Responsible for 24 hour notification and reporting of problem situations to Battalion staff, the 21st Theater Signal Brigade, and Defense Information System Agency (DISA).

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
• One year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• This position requires compliance with Drug Abuse Testing Program requirements --preemployment and random drug testing.
• See "Additional Information" section for additional requirements and Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

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 Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) EmployeeCurrent Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army)Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions This position is in the Supervision/Management Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Qualifying experience would be demonstrated by developing communication systems and network requirements and procedures to meet organizational objectives and/or customer requirements; creating/presenting reports on the status of assigned telecommunications operations; and providing staff direction and advice relative to existing communication systems. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualifications requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address KB-WHBW99 302D SIGNAL BN AUG DO NOT MAIL Frederick, MD 21702 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk