Mid-level Spectrum Manager

Leidos • Fort Meade, MD

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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 exercises management and control of electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) matters for the Department of the Navy (DoN). As delegated by the operational chain of command, NMSC represents the DoN in joint, allied, national, and international meetings and organizes, coordinates, formulates, and implements policies and procedures supporting the DoN's worldwide EMS interests. NMSC also provides subject matter expertise in EMS management and control.

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 spectrum management experience related to the described duties.

Responsibilities

• Procure, assign, and protect radio frequencies to meet telecommunications requirements in support of the Department of the Navy.
• Prepare engineering data for 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 communications equipment and systems and initiate national or international actions, as needed, to resolve conflicts in frequency assignments caused by spectrum congestion.
• Coordinate with federal, non-federal, military, and other U.S. and foreign government officials to carry out spectrum management actions.
• Conduct studies of Department of the Navy radio frequency assignments to assess adjustments, sharing, or reassignment and ensure 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 impact on Department of the Navy communications systems and equipment.
• Assist, as directed, with decisions and negotiations concerning Department of Defense policies and positions in these areas and revisions intended to reach the best possible solution for the Department of Defense or Department of the Navy.
• Attend and provide input, as directed, at meetings with U.S. and foreign military services and federal 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