Telecommunications Specialist (Program Manager)
What you'd do
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as a Telecommunication Specialist (Program Manager) for the Joint Activities located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Only resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted.
Major duties
Serves as Telecommunication and Information Technology Projects Program Manager for the Joint Communications Unit. Delivers technical expertise and modernized telecommunications to maintain state-of-the-art information management programs for all supported organizations. Leads and oversees project related functions which prepare, guide, monitor, control, and report the activity effort in meeting implementation objectives throughout the life cycle of projects. Manages project databases to track planning, budgeting, and life-cycle configurations of authorized programs Directs project databases and policies to manage budgets, resources, and status reports for Headquarters and participating organizations Serves as representative at all Requirement Review Boards, Change Management Boards, and Vulnerability Management Boards. Maintains liaison with multiple inter-agencies and vendors.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes developing, managing, maintaining, and interpretating various databases of approved/authorized projects containing, planning programming, budgeting and interoperability management/execution, status impacts, Basis of Issuance (BOI) enforcement, configurations/standardization and, transfer, historical, life-cycle management and future technology information; AND analyzing communications equipment from commercial vendors to determine suitability for integration with existing systems; AND performing system checks, maintenance, and repairs of communications equipment at or below the depot level. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
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