Telecommunications Specialist (RF)

This position is located in Response and Recovery, Response Directorate, Disaster Emergency Communication Division, Maynard MERS detachment. The ideal candidate for this position will have considerable expertise in planning, designing, deploying, and operating mobile, wideband, and narrowband RF systems and their associated ancillary equipment - including radios, amplifiers, duplexers, antennas, multiplexers, modems, and fiber optic transmission systems.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as a Telecommunication Specialist -RF. Typical assignments include: Planning and implementing the deployment, placement, installation, integration, operation, maintenance and testing of a large variety of wide and narrowband radio systems to include their associated ancillary sub systems. Performing, monitoring, testing, alignment and fault isolation of voice, data, and radio telecommunication systems using state-of-the-art test and diagnostic equipment and perform system repairs to the lowest component level unit. Coordinating with FEMA, other government agencies, and non-government personnel for the restoration and repair of voice, data and video telecommunications circuits. Developing procedures and checklists to ensure effective operation and readiness of assigned communications systems, vehicles, and team member personnel. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Tops Secret/SCI as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below. Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. Selective Service registration required. Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.