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Job SummaryThis is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Position. This position is a Temporary GS-2210-11 IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1560P01and is part of the MO 131st Bomb Wing. This is a non-bargaining position. SEE NOTES UNDER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BELOW.
QualificationsMILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Selected candidate must currently be assigned to a military unit in the Missouri Air National Guard. Title 32 employees will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor (grade inversion). Maximum Military Grade - SMSgt (E-8) GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience that provided you basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enable you to understand the stages required to automate a work process; experience 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. GS-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess 36 months of specialized experience that demonstrates your ability to perform assignments as a computer network engineer frequently requiring diagnosing and correcting complex system faults based on data provided by remote systems monitoring tools; experience resolving problems affecting multiple users of a large network; experience assessing situations complicated by conflicting requirements which must be analyzed to determine the applicability of established methods; experience identifying, analyzing and recommending new requirements and changes to current network systems; and experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and repairing new and existing network information systems, network peripherals and devices Possession (or previous possession) of AFSC 1D7XXX is optimum. DOD Information Awareness Certification Requirements: The employee must obtain and maintain at a minimum a Secret security clearance. Incumbent must possess or be able to obtain and maintain certifications per DoD Directive 8570.1-M, AR 25-2, and as detailed in the Information Assurance (IA) Training and Certification Best Business Practice (BBP).Failure to satisfactorily obtain and maintain required certifications in accordance with the listed publications are grounds for termination. Selectee is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoD Publication 8570.01-M, Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program, dated 19 December 2005 (incorporating Change 1 dated 15 May 2008).
Major DutiesDesigned and engineered data and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as multi-channel satellite.Designed and engineered data and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as troposphere scatter systems.Designed and engineered data and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as Line-Of-Sight (LOS) RF radios.Designed and engineered data and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as Line-Of-Sight (LOS) laser radios.Designed and engineered data and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as cable systems, fiber optic as well as copper.Engineered and designed router-to-router connections utilizing military and commercial protocol.Engineered and designed router-to-router connections utilizing circuit configurations through military and commercial multiplexers.Developed plans for employment of communications systems to support in-garrison and deployed operations.Planned and designed Wide Area Networks (WANs) consisting of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and Military Specification (MILSPEC) components to operate IAW accepted Information Technology (IT) security policies using automated network planning tools.Utilized a broad knowledge of IT concepts, principles, methods and practices to provide network services that support a requesting agency's requirements.Utilized a broad knowledge of IT concepts, principles, methods and practices to identify, direct, and coordinate the actions required to provide needed services.Determined the compatibility of frequency assignments for fixed station and/or mobile radio, radar, satellite links, and other systems used by the military.Coordinated frequency assignments with ANG Headquarters, local Spectrum Managers, unit spectrum managers as well as MAJCOM Spectrum Management personnel.Determined requirements and requested resources from different agencies to support contingency and/or training networks.Identified and corrected network and transmission deficiencies in planned or currently operational networks.