TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Company: U.S. Marine Corps
Location: Twentynine Palms
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Summary You will serve as a TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST in the COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORATE of MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CTR. This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. Responsibilities You will manage and maintain the installation's Dense Wave Division Multiplex (DWDM), Cisco Optical Network System 15454, and proprietary transport systems. You will perform an initial review of all new Defense Information System Agency (DISA) and Special Data circuit requirements. You will coordinate with customers, DISA engineers, and with contractors to validate the technical requirements to ensure equipment compatibility, and to make recommendations on circuit routing and channelization. You will use various automated Telecommunications Service Request software applications to document and submit new circuit requirements to higher headquarters. You will prepare justifications for new systems or improvements to existing ones. You will serve as technical advisor to the directorate's personnel in areas of assigned responsibilities. You will provide technical assistance/guidance to Commercial Service Providers for any circuits provided to the installation by the Commercial Service Provider. You will provide technical assistance/guidance to end users, program managers and contracting personnel. You will conduct studies and perform technical analysis of the installation's telecommunications requirements in order to develop designs, technical specifications, statements of work, manuals, and handbooks. You will monitor contractor performance and serve in a liaison capacity between contractors Marine Corps officials to resolve a wide variety of problems involving critical circuits. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: provisioning, installing, and maintaining telecommunications circuits on synchronous optical networking and dense wave division multiplexing systems; troubleshooting circuits on cable (i.e. copper and fiber optic) infrastructure, and reading and updating circuit diagrams and databases; using telecommunication tools to test circuits and cable infrastructure (i.e. bit error rate testers, oscilloscope, digital multi-meters, optical power meters). 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/0300/telecommunications-series-0391/ 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. Education The following education may be substituted for experience: Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree 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 Successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree 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 Successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/orA combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. Your percentage of the required education plus your percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent. Additional Information COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION: To comply with the recent preliminary nationwide injunction on Executive Order 14043, Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees, the Department of the Navy is not taking any action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement. New hires will need to provide their vaccination status as well as comply with workplace safety protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Recruitment incentives may be authorized to eligible new hires. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under the specific hiring authority addressed in the Summary section of this announcement. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below. If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.

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