Telecommunications Specialist
Maynard, MA
| Employer: | FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
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Summary In this position, you will serve as a Telecommunications Specialist for Regional Offices, Region One, Response Division. The ideal candidate will have experience maintaining disaster emergency communication systems, fulfilling communications security (COMSEC) duties, developing operational plans, and ensuring compliance with security standards. They will also maintain a TOP SECRET-SCI clearance and be available for travel and irregular work hours during emergencies. Duties What will I do in this position if hired? In this Telecommunications Specialist position, you will Identify and analyze telecommunications system solutions, provide project management support to solve interoperability issues, develop standards, and meet anticipated mission disaster emergency communications requirements. Typical assignments include:
What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA. This position will be hired into a temporary 4-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval. Requirements All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Basic Requirements: 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 OR Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): 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. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. To qualify for this Telecommunications Specialist position at the IC-12 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-11 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:
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