TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (Title 32)

Air National Guard Units • Oklahoma City, OK

16h

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position with the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 137th Special Operations Wing. The position is located in an Air Support Operations Squadron and Tactical Air Control Party. It designs, deploys, installs, operates, maintains, modifies, and recovers communications transmission systems used to transfer voice and data information within service components and to outside agencies. The incumbent also maintains currency requirements as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) instructor or evaluator. Training may take place in varied climates and austere conditions.

The role plans tactical communications among coalition land, sea, and air forces; integrates existing systems and future technologies; develops operating procedures, policies, and training; and provides technical assistance to users and program managers. It also instructs personnel in close air support doctrine and procedures and develops, implements, and evaluates training and readiness programs. The incumbent analyzes communications issues, equipment needs, costs, and replacement technologies; manages telecommunications programs and radio frequency spectrum; and operates complex analog and digital communications-electronics equipment, including Top Secret communications equipment. Work includes configuring multiplex radios, maintaining training programs, scheduling tasks for drill-status Guard members, conducting on-the-job training, ensuring mobilization readiness, assembling cables and connectors, and applying communications security principles and reporting procedures.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required, with membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state required before the effective date of placement; applicants must be eligible for immediate membership if not already members.
• Military grade must be E-4 through E-5.
• Must have a high school diploma.
• Must demonstrate the GS-0391 competencies, including collecting and analyzing data; presenting training and briefings; understanding communications equipment, automated control and network management systems, transmission media, and telecommunications system components; and applying procedures and directives.
• Must be able to communicate clearly in spoken and written English and apply specialized communications methods and analytical techniques.
• Must have specialized experience designing, deploying, installing, operating, maintaining, modifying, and recovering communications transmission systems and components.
• Must have technical knowledge of telecommunications equipment, systems, networking, transmission media, existing and planned communications technologies, interoperability, compatibility, and information data transfer.
• Must be able to interpret higher-level policy and develop local policy and implementing instructions.
• Must have working knowledge of analog/digital transmission equipment and wireless systems, including diagnosing problems and identifying corrective measures; troubleshooting, recovering, adjusting, modifying, and improving systems; and supporting data transfer devices, ground-to-ground and ground-to-air radios, and transmission media.
• Must understand telecommunications security principles and methods for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems, networks, and data.
• Must have an in-depth understanding of basic electronics, antenna theory, Internet Protocol configuration, and network operating principles.
• Must understand electronic communications theory and multiband antenna, High Performance Waveform, and broadband satellite communications principles, practices, policies, standards, and operational and safety requirements.
• Must have technical knowledge of portable and vehicular telecommunications equipment and systems such as TBMCS, TACP CASS, and AFATDS.
• Must be able to evaluate communications requirements against available technology, operating procedures, equipment and staffing needs, funding, costs, logistics, and supporting services.
• Must understand performance management and measurement methods, systems testing and evaluation, and methods for optimizing systems, networks, and data.
• Must have knowledge of digital software and equipment used for mapping, precision strike, networking, IFACT, PSS SOF, broadband satellite communications, and High Performance Waveform radio and data transmission; must be able to evaluate training quality on these systems.
• Must understand digital and analog communications requirements, including full-motion video, local and wide area networking, and alternative approaches for meeting communications needs.
• Must understand electronic combat principles and anti-jam procedures for high-frequency and satellite beyond-line-of-sight communications, as well as line-of-sight UHF, VHF, and FM bands.
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license to operate government motor vehicles.
• Must possess or be able to obtain the required security clearance within one year of appointment.
• Must meet federal employment suitability requirements and may be required to complete a trial period and serve up to a two-year probationary period.
• Must wear the military uniform and participate in direct deposit.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

Nice To Haves

• An undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent professional military education, supports a well-qualified result.

Responsibilities

• Plan and establish tactical communications among coalition land, sea, and air forces to support joint air operations.
• Integrate existing communications systems with multi-service staffs and plan integration of future technologies to meet user requirements.
• Develop operating procedures, training programs, and telecommunications policies in coordination with outside agencies; ensure compliance with established policies and recommend changes as needed.
• Provide technical assistance, guidance, and training to users on current and new equipment.
• Define system design, equipment functionality, and user requirements for program managers and contractors, including requirements for point-to-multipoint targeting data and time-critical information.
• Instruct on air support operations, close air support doctrine, and joint terminal attack control tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Develop, implement, and execute training and evaluation programs in accordance with MAJCOM, ANG, and Air Force instructions, including readiness reporting, JTAC evaluations, and currency requirements.
• Analyze equipment and staffing problems, recommend corrective actions, evaluate lifecycle replacement costs, and advise on potential technology or equipment changes.
• Forecast unit and community equipment and technology requirements and recommend changes to equipment authorizations.
• Manage radio and frequency spectrum and assess assigned nets for information-transmission effectiveness.
• Operate and configure complex analog and digital communications-electronics equipment, including equipment providing voice, data, and full-motion video.
• Operate communications transmission systems, subsystems, and components; install, configure, and program multiplex radios using military and commercial protocols.
• Develop and maintain work-center training programs, schedule tasks and training for drill-status Guard members, conduct on-the-job training, and ensure personnel and equipment mobilization readiness.
• Assemble cables and connectors to interface with commercial and military transmission systems and subsystems.
• Apply Operations Security and Information Security principles and follow electronic countermeasure reporting procedures in tactical and non-tactical environments.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package, with benefits available to the employee and family; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• The position may be eligible for union membership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED