Mid-level Spectrum Manager
About The Position
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 manages and controls 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 develops and implements policies and procedures supporting DoN interests in EMS matters worldwide. The Center also provides DoN expertise in EMS management and control. The Spectrum Manager procures, assigns, and protects radio frequencies supporting DoN telecommunications requirements; prepares engineering data for meetings and working groups; analyzes communications equipment and systems data to address frequency-assignment conflicts; and coordinates with U.S. and foreign government and military officials. The role conducts studies to improve spectrum efficiency, evaluates allocation tables and channel plans, supports DoD policy negotiations, and participates in resolving spectrum-management issues. The position is currently contingent upon funding.
Requirements
- Associate of Arts (AA) degree, or graduation from the Interservice Radio Frequency Management School (IRFMS), the Army Spectrum Management Course, or the Navy Fleet Spectrum Manager Course (FSM); experience may substitute for the degree.
- U.S. citizenship and an 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 satisfy DoN telecommunications requirements.
- Prepare engineering data on frequency, telecommunications, and other C-E matters for meetings, subcommittees, working groups, conferences, and conventions at the National and International levels.
- Analyze technical data submitted for communications equipment and systems and initiate National or International actions to eliminate conflicts in frequency assignments.
- Coordinate spectrum-management actions with federal, non-federal, military, and other U.S. and foreign government officials.
- Conduct studies of DoN radio frequency assignments to identify opportunities for adjustment, sharing, or reassignment and improve spectrum efficiency, with little to no oversight.
- Attend working groups concerning frequency allocation and assignment plans and DoD policies affecting the C-E elements of military services.
- Evaluate and analyze Tables of Frequency Allocations, channel plans, and planned changes to Radio Regulations, considering their effects on DoN communications systems and equipment.
- Assist, as directed, in decisions and negotiations concerning DoD policies and positions, including revisions intended to reach the best possible solution for DoD or DoN.
- Attend meetings and provide input, as directed, with U.S. and foreign military services and federal and civil agencies to resolve mutual spectrum-management issues and concerns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
