Tech Control III - Kwajalein Atoll - 3896

Range Generation Next LLC•Huntsville, AL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

RGNext employees execute and report on theater and strategic offensive and defensive ballistic missile testing and support space situational awareness operations and experiments using radar, telemetry, and optical sensors. This overseas position is located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and is unaccompanied, with no family accommodation or pets. The role exercises technical control over Global Information Grid (GIG) facilities and transmission systems, monitors and restores communications services, coordinates with DISA and other organizations, and operates base radio functions. The position is part of a 24-hour center and may require work across various shifts, including evenings, nights, and weekends. Employees at this location receive free housing and three meals a day; overseas U.S. tax incentives may be available. The role requires relocation to Kwajalein Atoll, U.S. citizenship, a U.S. passport, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret security clearance.

Requirements

Associate degree in electronics or a related technical field, military experience, or equivalent experience in lieu of education.
Five years of communications experience, including at least four years in Technical Control or equivalent commercial fixed-station operations and maintenance.
Basic PC operation skills.
Ability to patch and test communications circuits, perform frequency changes, troubleshoot problems, and restore communications.
Proficient use of communications test equipment, including equipment such as transmission impairment measuring sets, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, T-Berd 8000, T-Berd 4000, HST-3000, Fireberd 6000 Communications Analyzer, T-Berd 224 PCM Analyzer, T-Berd 310 Communications Analyzer, frequency counters, and oscillators.
Ability to read schematic diagrams, manufacturers’ service manuals, and other documentation to identify equipment faults or circuit degradation and perform repair and restoration procedures.
Ability and flexibility to work various shifts, including evenings, nights, and weekends, as required by a 24-hour center.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility.
Ability to relocate to the United States Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. passport.

Responsibilities

Exercise technical control, coordination, and supervision over subordinate GIG facilities, transmission systems, trunks, and circuits, including unmanned facilities under a Technical Control Facility (TCF).
Report the status of facilities, transmission links, trunks, and circuits in accordance with DISA reporting directives and applicable DISA Network Operations and Network Operations Center supplements.
Coordinate and troubleshoot with DISA NetOps centers, adjacent facilities, customer agencies, maintenance organizations, and commercial vendors to isolate and repair faults and restore service.
Implement DISA Restoral Plans, Minimum Essential Circuit Lists, and local restoral plans as directed, and restore disrupted service for users not covered by those plans using available communications capabilities.
Assist with developing and reviewing restoral plans and circuit lists; maintain current copies and provide required corrections to DISA elements, Facility Control Offices, and Service NetOps components.
Perform quality-control tests and measurements on applicable trunks, channels, circuits, and equipment for which the TCF is responsible.
Ensure the quality of GIG transmission, timing and synchronization, multiplex, and switching equipment using monitoring capabilities and communications test equipment.
Review and analyze system, trunk, circuit, and equipment performance, and coordinate troubleshooting, repair, and correction of faults with relevant facilities and organizations.
Test and accept, activate, change, and deactivate trunks and circuits in accordance with service orders or higher-level direction; submit applicable reports.
Perform assigned network-management functions, including bandwidth control; request authorized service interruptions and control routine downtime for preventive maintenance and equipment substitution.
Arrange for user release of circuits for out-of-service quality-control testing, routine maintenance, and scheduled service interruptions.
Perform DISA-required administration and record keeping, and submit facility or link data and corrections in accordance with applicable instructions.
Submit DD Form 1368 for assigned leased-circuit outages, in accordance with applicable DISA directives.
Report meaconing, intrusion, jamming, and interference affecting electromagnetic systems in accordance with service directives.
Operate the base radio function in accordance with ACP 113, 124, 125, and 147 procedures.
Monitor and transmit, as required, on international distress frequencies assigned to Kwajalein Atoll.
Perform other duties as assigned.