IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH) - TITLE 32

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION This position is for an IT SPECIALIST (ENTARCH), Position Description D2358000 located in the 202nd Engineering Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia. This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent, dual status position which requires Georgia Air National Guard Membership.

Area of Consideration: Georgia Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve or an Air Force Active Duty component.

What you will do

• Provides IT engineering and installation services to DoD, MAJCOM, NGB and base level customers.
• Performs IT architectural design and engineering work for complete IT systems, downward directed programs/systems, Internet Protocol (IP)-based systems and circuits, one-of-a-kind systems, routine upgrades, and system enhancements.
• Analyzes capabilities and performance, identifies problems, and directs corrective actions to provide seamless integration, proper configuration, operation, defense, restoration, and improvements.
• Deploys, sustains, troubleshoots and repairs standard voice, data and video network infrastructure systems, IP detection systems and cryptographic equipment.
• Directs activities for installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling, deploying, and modifying cyberspace systems and equipment platforms and evaluates facilities layout and performance standards.
• Researches, interprets and applies appropriate technical and policy guidance for each assigned project.
• Ensures downward directed IT projects/programs integrate with existing infrastructures.
• Manages and directs engineering and installations training and operations in garrison and at deployed locations by performing duties to develop, sustain, and enhance network and electromagnetic capabilities to defend national interests from attack.
• Ensures personnel are trained, equipped, and available to perform the assigned mission.
• Conducts career field development and mentoring for subordinate cyberspace support personnel.
• Plans and organizes cyberspace support activities.
• Determines equipment, training and supplies required for systems implementation and support.
• Establishes tactics, techniques and procedures.
• Ensures work standards are maintained.
• Organizes teams that use methodologies to meet mission requirements.
• Organizes and participates in mission implementation and conversion.
• Ensures continued interface between functional users, and programming and operations personnel for implemented systems.
• Performs administrative support for function personnel including requesting special orders, making travel arrangements and assembling data to support engineering efforts.
• Requests, evaluates, and selects engineering workload to meet function training and proficiency requirements.
• Ensures compliance with standards for systems documentation.
• Produces IT architectural installation project packages.
• Coordinates project requirements with affected Communication and Information Systems Officer (CSO) to ensure system inter-operability, compatibility, and cost effectiveness of the proposed technical solution.
• Directs activities responsible for system analysis and design, programming, operations and maintenance, security, systems management, technical support, plans, implementation, and resource management.
• Researches, interprets, and implements policies, directives, and procedures to ensure proposed requirement(s) conform to policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Develops detailed design specifications.
• Identifies source of major equipment items and necessary logistical lead-time required.
• Advises the CSO on potential problems or delays.
• Coordinates project requirements and assignment of project identification numbers with project manager.
• Ensures project package is published and distributed.
• Reviews, recommends, and implements changes to communications-computer systems installations records (CSIR), technical data, engineering drawings, and equipment wiring diagrams.
• Reviews assigned projects for environmental considerations.
• Applies communications security programs to include physical, cryptographic, transmission, and emission security.
• Develops and ensures compliance with safety standards and instructions.
• Ensures required studies and tests such as electro-magnetic compatibility, electro-magnetic radiation hazards, TEMPEST, are performed and included in final IT project package.
• Recommends solutions to electromagnetic compatibility problems.
• Configures, installs, maintains, reconstitutes, removes, relocates, overhauls, and modifies IP-based systems, circuits, and intrusion detection systems, physical and wireless Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), ground radio, satellite, and telemetry communications, command and control, weather, ground aircraft control and warning radar systems, air traffic control radio, meteorological and navigational aid systems, and airfield systems and other equipment platforms.
• Manages infrastructure devices and systems using the latest approved software tools.
• Applies communications security programs to include physical, cryptographic, transmission, and emission security.
• Interprets sketches, schematics, and layout drawings to ensure distribution systems are properly placed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: For the GS-5 level, a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree may be substituted for the experience requirements. At the GS-7 level, on full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

At the GS-9 level, a masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree may be substituted. At the GS-11 level, a Ph.D. or equivalent, or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Major study-computer science, information science, information systems management, mathematics, statistics, operations research, or engineering, or course work that required the development or adaptation of computer programs and systems and provided knowledge equivalent to a major in the computer field.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Engineering and Technology

Documents you must provide

• Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***).