Mid-level Spectrum Manager

Leidos • Fort Meade, MD

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About The Position

The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector is seeking a Mid Level Spectrum Manager to provide spectrum management support to the Navy Marine Corps Spectrum Center (NMSC). NMSC exercises management and control of electromagnetic spectrum matters for the Department of the Navy (DoN), represents the DoN in Joint, Allied, National, and International meetings as delegated by the operational chain of command, and organizes, coordinates, formulates, and implements policies and procedures supporting the DoN’s worldwide interests in EMS matters. NMSC also provides subject matter expertise in EMS management and control.

This position is currently contingent upon funding. The role involves procuring, assigning, and protecting radio frequencies; analyzing equipment and spectrum data; coordinating with U.S. and foreign government officials; and supporting the DoN’s participation in national and international spectrum management activities. The position requires five to ten years of relevant spectrum management experience and an active DoD Secret clearance.

Requirements

• Associate of Arts degree, or graduation from the Interservice Radio Frequency Management School (IRFMS), the Army Spectrum Management Course, or the Navy’s Fleet Spectrum Manager Course (FSM); experience may substitute for the degree.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Five to ten years of experience in spectrum management work related to the described duties.

Responsibilities

• Procure, assign, and protect radio frequencies to meet DoN telecommunications requirements.
• Prepare engineering data concerning frequency, telecommunications, and other communications-electronics matters for meetings, subcommittees, working groups, conferences, and conventions at national and international levels.
• Analyze technical data submitted for communication equipment and systems and initiate national or international actions, as required, to resolve frequency assignment conflicts in the congested radio frequency spectrum.
• Coordinate with appropriate federal, non-federal, military, and other U.S. and foreign government officials to carry out spectrum management actions.
• Conduct studies and analyses of DoN radio frequency assignments to identify adjustments, sharing, or reassignments that improve spectrum efficiency for authorized Navy use, with little to no oversight.
• Attend working groups concerning frequency allocation and assignment plans and Department of Defense policies affecting the communications-electronics elements of the military services.
• Evaluate and analyze the Table of Frequency Allocations, channel plans, and planned changes to the Radio Regulations prepared at national and international telecommunications conferences, considering their effects on DoN communications systems and equipment.
• Assist as directed in negotiations concerning DoD policies and positions in these areas and in revising those policies and positions to reach the best possible solution for the DoD or DoN.
• Attend and provide input, as directed, at meetings with U.S. and foreign military services, federal agencies, and civil agencies to resolve mutual spectrum management issues and concerns.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree