Qualifications
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In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management positions located
here.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-05 thru GS-11 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience in evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, or improving communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology.
Desired Skills:
- Minimum of five years Telecom Infrastructure experience in the following categories:
- Performing analysis and fault isolation functions, with hands-on working-level knowledge of Session Border Controllers (SBC), VoIP Call Manager solutions, analog gateways, and switches.
- Advanced working knowledge of TCP/IP, Ethernet, VLANs, VoIP, VTC, Voice security, SSL certificate infrastructure, syslog, SIP trunks, Audio codecs, network diagram applications.
- Working knowledge of Network Infrastructure including the following: copper and fiber cable plant, routers, switches, firewalls, circuits, and Optical Networks.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES
- Knowledge of a full range of telecommunications and networking theories, concepts, architectures, topologies, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, performance characteristics, and operational specifications/requirements.
- Knowledge of operational and performance characteristics of telecommunications and networking equipment, systems, services, and transmission media to develop procedures/practices for local use; and evaluate product, proposals, and strategies.
- Ability to gather facts and effectively analyze telecommunications and networking component interrelationships and evaluate systems, peripherals, applications, and services from an operational and sustainment perspective; and develop concepts and methods to test and troubleshoot equipment and network problems.
- Ability to maintain necessary systems and services documentation, review/revise/develop policy and procedures, initiate plans for enhancements, present research findings, and provide management sufficient technical and cost analysis information, through oral briefings and/or written point papers, to render an informed decision.
Education
Telecommunications Series 0391
Individual Occupational Requirements
Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, business administration, industrial management, or other fields related to the position to be filled.
Other Education: Communications/electronics or automatic data processing training in technical institutes or business schools above the high school level or in Armed Forces schools that included advanced instruction in addition to basic courses, may be substituted for general experience on a month-for-month basis.
Benefits
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