Telecommunications Specialist

**Duties**:

- You will work with Current and Future Operations Division, fleet units, Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Group Staffs to plan and manage transport services for Fleet Unites deriving transport connections with NCTAMS LANT.
- You will review all new transport Service, Change or Deactivation Requests.
- You will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all variants of the Automated Digital Network System.
- You will develop troubleshooting strategies and processes for Tier II level issues.
- You will determine and recommends priorities for corrective actions planned to be undertaken.
- You will employ sound troubleshooting and testing techniques designed to achieve services requested as quickly as possible.
- You will train military and civilian personnel in Transport Service Division to include operation troubleshooting practices for equipment and systems installed in the Radio Room and Cryptographic Center.
- You will act as a member of Watch Station qualification boards as a part of the training process.
- You will develop and implement service plans which identify equipment configurations and connections along the signal path through the building.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- This is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code 411, proficiency level Intermediate, the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Department of Navy policies.
- You must successfully complete a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph with No Deception Indicated (NDI).
- The work could involve moderate travel by commercial or military carrier.
- MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.

**Qualifications**:

- **-Experience utilizing security procedures, principles, and methods to protect receipt and transmission of data voice and video.**
**-Experience using analog and digital test equipment to test performance and isolate the causes for circuit outages.**
**-Experience** **providing advice or guidance on transport services.**

This position is within the Work Category PROFESSIONAL at Work Level FULL PERFORMANCE, Series and Grade GG-0391-12.
- 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**:
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

**Additional information**:
This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

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.

The Cyber Interagency Transfer Authority (CITA) permits movement of CES employees appointed under Section 1599f of Title 10 U.S.C. and excepted service employees appointed under Schedule A, Section 213.3106(b)(11) of Title 5 CFR, info cyber workforce positions in the competitive service and movement of competitive service employees into DoD Cyber Workforce positions within the Military Departments and Defense Agencies.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

In accordance with DoDI 1400.25, Volume 3005, Section 3.15, all employees newly appointed to a CES position will serve a 3-year probationary period. Permanent and term employees currently serving in a probationary period in the competitive service or a probationary or trial period in the excepted service will complete the period as prescribed in their original conditions of employment in the new CES position if they transfer without a break in service or are promoted, demoted, or reassigned to a CES position.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of t