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 spectrum matters worldwide. NMSC also provides subject matter expertise in spectrum management and control. The Spectrum Manager supports radio-frequency procurement, assignment, protection, analysis, and coordination for authorized DoN telecommunications requirements. The role prepares engineering data and participates in working groups, meetings, conferences, and negotiations concerning frequency assignments, spectrum allocation, telecommunications, communications-electronics matters, and related policies. The position requires coordination with U.S. and foreign government and military officials and analysis of technical data, frequency assignments, allocation tables, channel plans, and proposed regulatory changes.
Requirements
- Associate of Arts 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.
- 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 on frequency, telecommunications, and other communications-electronics 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, as needed, 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 reassignment that improve spectrum efficiency for authorized Navy use, with little to no oversight.
- Attend working groups on 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 Radio Regulations prepared at National and International Telecommunications Conferences, assessing their impact 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 the 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
