Telecommunications Specialist

This position is located on Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the Branch of Communications, Visitor and Resource Protection Division. The position provides telecommunication support to assure communication systems are operational on a continuing basis for the areas within the Park and Pacific West Region (60+ sites).

This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of three years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years term appointments may last. This change, which may be made at the agency's sole discretion and without further competition, shall not be construed or interpreted as the granting of a right to a selectee or employee to such an extension. No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action.

Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following:

OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.

Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.

Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).

Duties:

• Installs, tests, maintains, and services a wide variety of moderately complex electronic equipment, systems, and devices. This includes primarily land mobile radio systems composed of handheld radios, vehicle radios, and repeaters.

• Works with radio dispatch systems, fiber-optic networks, broadband data circuits, backup power systems, telephone systems (VoIP), local area network, wide area network (WAN), computers, networks, modems, multiplexers, in-band and cross-band repeaters, microprocessor controlled fire/secruity alarm systems, access control systems, telemetry systems, uninterruptible power supies, traffic counters, and solar power systems.

• With supervision, performs radio encryption key and network Radio Over Internet Protocol (RoIP) and climbs communication towers to provide installation and maintenance of antennas and Coax/Heliax/Waveguide runs to radio system equipment installed at various locations.

• Assists with scheduled preventative maintenance and makes timely replacements and/or repairs minimizing unit and systems outages.

• Assists in maintaining telecommunications equipment inventories and performs data management of radio programming archives which include word documents, spreadsheets, and radio specific data files.

• Creates or modifies mounts, brackets, and minor construction projects for radio system operation and maintenance.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-03/15/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as:

Providing support for two-way radio infrastructure, including analog and P25 digital repeaters, LMR encryption, duplexers, combiners, and/or other antenna system components; using industry standard test equipment appropriate to the task and systems under test; installing and maintaining analog or digital telephone systems and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP); applying basic diagnostic and troubleshooting techniques to locate and evaluate malfunctions in telecommunications equipment and systems. You must include hours per week worked.

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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related, include major study in electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, industrial management, or other related fields. You must include transcripts.

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Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). You must include transcripts.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.