TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying wide range of communications and electronics concepts, principles and practices to accomplish the work assigned.

Experience evaluating the inter-relationships between existing electronic and communication equipment, circuits, automated switches, operating protocols and characteristics and equipment control systems, with the inter­connect-ability and inter-operability of new equipment, switches, circuits and software that may differ in kind from those presently in use.

Experience planning and implementing electronic and communications installation involving a variety of available equipment, services, security methods and operating techniques, including automated switches, packet switching systems, and control devices. Experience understanding, evaluating, and translating the needs of communications users into requirements.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will provide telecommunications program oversight, using sound technical knowledge as it relates to specific elements of electronics and communications systems to a general set of requirements.,You will coordinate requests and requirements for specialized communication systems, radios, access control systems, and intrusion detection systems.,You will serve as the technical expert on committees and working groups to help identify and resolve applicable electronic and communications issues.,You will coordinate emergency communications planning and operations with other services, federal agencies, and state and local authorities having emergency management responsibilities within the local area.,You will install, groom, and maintain back-up power to support operations in the event of loss of primary power.,You will receive and verify proper operation of government owned radio equipment to ensure that transmitters comply with various governing instructions dependent on actual band segments allocated.