Telecommunications Manager

Duty Location

FORT DETRICK, FREDERICK, MD

Major Duties

• Serve as Deputy S-3 responsible for operations, communications planning, and coordinating, directing and reviewing a variety of work functions of the 302d Signal Battalion’s Defense Communications System telecommunications facilities.
• Provide operational direction to the Battalion Watch Officers responsible for Higher Headquarters status reporting of Battalion’s DCS facilities and for the after-duty hours security of the 302d Signal Battalion Headquarters building.
• Develop short and long-range plans required for efficient and effective utilization of personnel and equipment required to support 24hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week telecommunications services to customers.
• Provide operational and technical supervision for military and Department of Army Civilian personnel, including serving as first-line supervisor.
• Act as the central point of contact for all communications circuit/trunk/system or equipment degradations or outages.
• Responsible for 24 hour notification and reporting of problem situations to Battalion staff, the 21st Theater Signal Brigade, and Defense Information System Agency (DISA).

Qualifications/ Specialized Experience

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. This position is in the Supervision/Management Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by developing communication systems and network requirements and procedures to meet organizational objectives and/or customer requirements; creating/presenting reports on the status of assigned telecommunications operations; and providing staff direction and advice relative to existing communication systems. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualifications requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.