Telecommunications Specialist - Military Veterans

Summary Serves as a Telecommunications Specialist within the Telecomm Network Services Team, Telecomm Services Group, NAS Security & Enterprise Operations (NASEO) Directorate. Responsibilities The Telecommunications Specialist applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of telecommunications pertaining to technical and analytical work in the planning, development, acquisition, testing, integration, installation, utilization, or modification of telecommunications systems, facilities, services, and procedures. The work involves performing multiple, varying, and complex assignments under minimal direction of a manager. Works collaboratively with a team to identify, distribute, and balance the workload amongst the team. Provides policy guidance and instruction, both internally and externally, to address diverse, complex issues which often cross multiple projects/programs or functional/technical areas. Responsible for ensuring that all project activities are completed within the FAA Enterprise Network Services (FENS) transition parameters to support organizational objectives and project transition goals. Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Works with management or more experience technical leads to solve problems. Collaborates with the FENS vendor to obtain technical specifications for available hardware, software, or services and to develop NAS telecommunications transition and/or upgrade schedules. Coordinates with the NASEO Operations Team and field organizations. Assists leadership with the telecommunication modernization planning efforts when end systems remain analog/serial based, or with a similar complex multi-solution IP based modernization initiative. Primary focus is on activities required to ensure a successful transition to the FENS infrastructure and other similar projects. As the project lead, he/she may participates in critical transition planning efforts with the FENS Program Management Office (PMO), Enterprise Engineering and Infrastructure Services, Engineering Services and Technical Operations District Offices. Provides guidance to lower-level staff on how to solve difficult transition and operational issues. Resolves most technical problems without managerial intervention, but works jointly with management to resolve unique issues. Considers program objectives when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Conducts research and analysis to develop new and innovative solutions to resolve transition and operational problems with a national or international implications. Monitors and reports on the progress of the project, and ensure the work meets management’s instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality. Contacts are internal and external. Often represents NASEO as the senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and work activities. Communicates findings to technical and non-technical audiences as needed. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing or editing status reports, PowerPoint briefings, and read-ahead materials. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations, in meetings, discussions, and seminars. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies. Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project milestones up to completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work has a direct impact on the NAS. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference - U.S. OPM Individual Occupational Requirements for Telecommunications Series, 0391 Individual Occupational Requirements: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/telecommunications-series-0391/ To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS -13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is: Experience performing analytical work pertaining to the utilization or modification of telecommunications systems, facilities, services, and procedures. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. Education Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA); listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA