Telecommunications Specialist

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/25/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either “full-time” (or “40 hours a week”) or “part-time” with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Applicants must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service. Examples include: Providing support for two-way radio infrastructure, such as analog and P25 digital repeaters, LMR encryption, duplexers, combiners, and/or other antenna system components; using industry standard test equipment appropriate to the task and systems under test; installing and maintaining digital and PBX and telephone systems; applying basic diagnostic and troubleshooting techniques to locate and evaluate malfunctions in telecommunications equipment and systems. You must show hours worked. -OR- A master’s or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related, include major study in electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, industrial management, or other related fields. You must submit transcripts. -OR- A combination of specialized experience and education as described above (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). You must submit transcripts. Volunteer Experience: 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.
These positions are located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in the Administration Division.