Telecommunications Specialist

This Telecommunications Specialist position is with U.S. Army Cyber Command (Department of the Army) in Fort Huachuca, AZ. 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 located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Key duties: • Serve as the Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) Action Officer for Base Emergency Communications System (BECS) to ensure NETCOM equities across all five BECS capabilities are properly represented, defended, synchronized, and mitigated. • Coordinate with the Department of Army (DA) and key commands to ensure BECS modernization schedules are synchronized. • Manage technical details such as Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) circuits and spectrum requests in coordination with NETCOM to minimize overall mission impacts to installations selected for modernization. • Execute duties as the Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) Action Officer for developing, coordinating, and implementing policies, procedures, plans, and trainings to maintain 100% regulatory compliance in support of MARS and HF operations. • Analyze complex IT and telecommunications requests for technical and functional ramifications to maintain operational readiness. • Coordinate with stakeholders and oversee projects or programs in support of enterprise level Change Management to facilitate the implementation of IT and telecommunications infrastructure. • Monitor contract execution as Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to ensure that all delivered goods and services satisfy rigorous quality standards. Qualifications: CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Level within the CES Occupational Structure. 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 Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized 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. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by: Analyzing technical impacts of proposed enterprise-level IT and telecommunications changes to formulate long-range strategic recommendations for senior leadership, ensuring the maintenance of network integrity; Operationalizing program guidance for major IT and telecommunications modernization projects to interpret broadly defined guidelines across diverse operating environments; Developing policy to manage and maintain operations of High Frequency (HF) telecommunications projects or programs; and Managing service contracts by monitoring contractor operations to ensure performance standard compliance. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.