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AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Area I: All Current On-Board Permanent and Term Title 32 and Title 5 (Competitive & Excepted) Employees Area II: Currently serving members of the Maine Air and Army National Guard. (Veterans' Preference will Apply) Area III: Former members of the Maine Air and Army National Guard. (Veterans' Preference will Apply) Area IV: All US Citizens. (Veterans' Preference will Apply)

Purpose: The primary purpose of the position is to provide highly technical expertise to a wide variety of customers to ensure enterprise-level IT solutions are developed and implemented in line with customers' strategic goals. This position requires knowledge and conceptual understanding of existing and theoretical enterprise architectures with the expertise and highly developed communication skills to bridge the gap of understanding when communicating technical solutions to customers at various levels of leadership.

MAJOR DUTIES
1. Provides IT engineering and installation services to DoD, MAJCOM, NGB and base level customers. Performs IT architectural design and engineering work for complete IT systems, downward directed programs/systems, Internet Protocol (IP)-based systems and circuits, one-of-a-kind systems, routine upgrades, and system enhancements. Analyzes capabilities and performance, identifies problems, and directs corrective actions to provide seamless integration, proper configuration, operation, defense, restoration, and improvements. Deploys, sustains, troubleshoots and repairs standard voice, data and video network infrastructure systems, IP detection systems and cryptographic equipment.

2. Manages and directs engineering and installations training and operations in garrison and at deployed locations by performing duties to develop, sustain, and enhance network and electromagnetic capabilities to defend national interests from attack. Ensures personnel are trained, equipped, and available to perform the assigned mission. Conducts career field development and mentoring for subordinate cyberspace support personnel. Plans and organizes cyberspace support activities. Determines equipment, training and supplies required for systems implementation and support. Establishes tactics, techniques and procedures. Ensures work standards are maintained. Organizes teams that use methodologies to meet mission requirements. Organizes and participates in mission implementation and conversion. Ensures continued interface between functional users, and programming and operations personnel for implemented systems. Performs administrative support for function personnel including requesting special orders, making travel arrangements and assembling data to support engineering efforts.

3. Produces IT architectural installation project packages. Coordinates project requirements with affected Communication and Information Systems Officer (CSO) to ensure system inter-operability, compatibility, and cost effectiveness of the proposed technical solution. Directs activities responsible for system analysis and design, programming, operations and maintenance, security, systems management, technical support, plans, implementation, and resource management. Researches, interprets, and implements policies, directives, and procedures to ensure proposed requirement(s) conform to policies, standards, and guidelines. Develops detailed design specifications. Identifies source of major equipment items and necessary logistical lead-time required. Advises the CSO on potential problems or delays. Coordinates project requirements and assignment of project identification numbers with project manager. Ensures project package is published and distributed. Reviews, recommends, and implements changes to communications-computer systems installations records (CSIR), technical data, engineering drawings, and equipment wiring diagrams. Reviews assigned projects for environmental considerations.

4. Configures, installs, maintains, reconstitutes, removes, relocates, overhauls, and modifies IP-based systems, circuits, and intrusion detection systems, physical and wireless Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), ground radio, satellite, and telemetry communications, command and control, weather, ground aircraft control and warning radar systems, air traffic control radio, meteorological and navigational aid systems, and airfield systems and other equipment platforms. Manages infrastructure devices and systems using the latest approved software tools. Applies communications security programs to include physical, cryptographic, transmission, and emission security. Interprets sketches, schematics, and layout drawings to ensure distribution systems are properly placed. Uses drawings, task lists, instructions, and technical data to work on copper core, coaxial, waveguide, fiber optic cable and antenna systems. Installs distribution equipment.Ensures equipment and components meet installation practice technical order and accepted commercial installation specifications. Terminates copper core and fiber optic cables on main distribution frames and interface equipment.

Conditions of employment

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
• individuals have 6 months in which to complete and receive training mandated by DoD Career Development Program for Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program (DoD 8750.01M).

Qualifications

**This position has INDEFINITE Tenure. This position may be terminated with a 30-Day Notice. This position may convert to Permanent without future competition.


GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

1. Ability to provide primary oversight of IT infrastructure planning projects requiring new or modified IT infrastructure.

2. Ability to provide highly complex technical and operational solutions that support unique command and control telecommunications systems requirements.

3. Applicant must have Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification or be able to obtain within 6 months of hiring.

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume showing:

• Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
• Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade.
• Education, certifications or licensures.

It is highly suggested that applicants address the General and Specialized Experience required of the position within their resume or on a separate document. All information provided during the application process will be verified. Failure to address all General and Specialized Experience requirements may result in non-selection for an interview.

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