- Position Title
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (TITLE 32)
- Agency
- Army National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- IL-12494878-AR-24-225 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, July 31, 2024 to Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
US Citizens. Are you a US Citizen?
2.
Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised?
3.
Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
4.
Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
Conditions of Employment
This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions.
1.
I have a valid, current state driver's license or I am able and willing to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
2.
This position requires membership in the IL Army National Guard (IL ARNG). If you are not willing or are ineligible to join the IL ARNG, please do not apply to this announcement. If selected, you MUST be or become a member of the Selected IL ARNG.
Do you possess an IL ARNG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ARNG?
Do you possess an IL ARNG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ARNG?
3.
Please type your current RANK, AFSC/MOS, and UNIT in the space provided below.
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
Civilians should type "N/A".
(limit 20 characters)
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
Civilians should type "N/A".
(limit 20 characters)
Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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General Experience: Do you possess the education, experience, or training in work primarily concerned with the movement of information between locations; information moved in the form of voice communications, such as radio or telephone (including cellular), data communications involving digital transmission between computers, computer terminals, facsimile stations, or video communications such as that used in teleconferencing; technical work of gathering materials; coordinating schedules; developing specifications and planning telecommunications programs and projects; testing equipment; providing services and software for performance acceptability; and related work connected with the acquisition, technical acceptance, installation, testing, modification, and replacement of telecommunication equipment, services, and systems?
2.
Specialized experience: Do you possess the specialized experience for the GS-11 Level, which includes 12-months at the GS-09 level, education and training that provided knowledge of communications equipment, systems, services, and transmission media; knowledge of electronic communications concepts, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, and operational requirements; application of specialized communications methods and analytical techniques; technical knowledge of the operational and performance characteristics of communications equipment, automated control and network management systems, transmission media, and the relationships among component parts of telecommunications systems; and competencies in the subject matter or business processes associated with the DoD, U.S. Army, or U.S. Air Force telecommunication programs?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Interpret a variety of Department of Defense (DoD), major military component and National Guard Bureau (NGB) guidance and develops the state policy implementing higher agency policies and directives.
4.
Interface with numerous DoD and NGB activities and command to resolve COMSEC issues and provide input on proposed changes affecting the command.
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Develop and manage the command spectrum management program, which includes all aspects of bandwidth spectrum management.
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Prepare, publish, and disseminate Signal Operating Instructions (SOI) using automated systems.
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Report findings of COMSEC audits/inspections to NGB and the appropriate COMSEC organizations.
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Manage the states non-tactical radio networks, to include High Frequency (HF), Very High Frequency (VHF), and trunked systems.
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Develop plans and procedures to support emergency and/or contingency operations in support of state or national requirements.
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Responsible for determining hardware distribution requirements, key distribution, and operational status of the states' secure telephone and securable facsimile assets.
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Allocate and assign frequencies to supported activities within the state.
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Provide guidance, and technical assistance to subordinate elements concerning SOI preparation and frequency management.
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Provide guidance and assistance to activities operating radio nets and ensures operational readiness of same, to include Military Affiliated Radio System (MARS).
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Manage satellite communications (SATCOM) interfaces, to include up/down links, digital to wireless integration, and satellite phones.
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Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.