Telecommunications Specialist (Aviation)

Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Basic Qualification Requirements: Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study — electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, business administration, industrial management, or other fields related to the position to be filled. Other Education: Communications/electronics or automatic data processing training in technical institutes or business schools above the high school level or in Armed Forces schools that included advanced instruction in addition to basic courses, may be substituted for general experience on a month-for-month basis. OR Specialized Experience: Experience in evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, or improving communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology. AND Applicants applying for the GS-12 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-11 grade level. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Using and applying sensitive state-of-the art airborne telecommunications equipment, applications, and computer systems that are used to track, monitor, and intercept radio and digital data signals for active airborne surveillance and data and information gathering activities; 2) Advising on the proper use of highly sophisticated airborne telecommunications equipment and devices for use in active agency operations; 3) Configuring, installing, maintaining, operating and repairing airborne telecommunications equipment; 4) Assisting in the planning and coordinating technical operations requiring covert tactics and strategies to maintain anonymity during criminal investigations; 5) Evaluating new or prototype telecommunication systems, computer applications, or other technologies before utilizing them into agency operations and 6) Monitoring or operating airborne surveillance systems to include operating radio communications and telecommunications intercept equipment. Applicants applying for the GS-13 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-12 grade level. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Using and applying sensitive state-of-the art airborne telecommunications equipment, applications, and computer systems that are used to track, monitor, and intercept radio and digital data signals for active airborne surveillance and data and information gathering activities; 2) Advising on the proper use of highly sophisticated airborne telecommunications equipment and devices for use in active agency operations; 3) Configuring, installing, maintaining, operating and repairing airborne telecommunications equipment; 4) Planning and coordinating technical operations requiring covert tactics and strategies to maintain anonymity during criminal investigations; 5) Evaluating new or prototype telecommunication systems, computer applications, or other technologies before utilizing them into agency operations; 6) Monitoring or operating complex airborne surveillance systems to include operating radio communications and telecommunications intercept equipment. Specialized 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.
This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Operational Support Division, Aviation Division. This position(s) serves as the technical expert in the areas of covert surveillance, tracking, and interception to assist Special Agents, personnel internal or external to the agency, and across the DEA world-wide with investigative operations by researching, modernizing, testing, evaluating and integrating the use of electronic communications aerial surveillance equipment.