Job Overview
Job Title: Satellite Communications Technician (OR)
Location: Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Job Responsibilities
The Satellite Communications Technician position will provide technical support for the operation and maintenance of a teleport site. The Satellite Communications Technician (OR) will perform the following tasks:
- Provide communication and non-communications functions as set forth in this PWS for full time (24 hours/day, 7 days/week) support for the DoD Gateway Systems, earth terminals with associated shelters.
- Be responsible for the management, personnel training, operation, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, monitoring, reporting, and operation and preventive maintenance.
- Meet all identified response and restoral times.
- Abide by all local labor laws and regulations.
- Provide services including real time transmission systems configuration control, circuit restoration, circuit activation, circuit deactivation, quality control and performance standards, status reporting, master station log, and other actions required by policies, responsibilities and operational procedures contained in DISAC 310-70-1 Chapter 2.5.
- Apply the performance standards and quality control standards contained in DISAC 300-175- 9 and DISAC .
Minimum Qualifications
- Active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance .
- Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US Citizenship is required.
- Candidates must meet the applicable DoD 8140 qualification requirements for the assigned work role. DoD 8140 Work Role(s): 441 – Network Operations Specialist, Proficiency Level: Basic; and may qualify through education, military training, certifications, or a combination thereof.
- Qualifying 8140 certifications may include CND, Network+ or other DoD 8140-approved certifications. Higher proficiency-level or equivalent DoD 8140-approved certifications applicable to the assigned work role may also be accepted.
- Must possess three (3) years experience in communications software, hardware or networks.
- Specific experience required includes protocol analysis, knowledge of OSI protocol (TCP/IP, X.25.X 400, and X.500).
- Experience with ATM, frame, relay h bridges, routers, gateways, FDDI, and UNIX operating systems is required.
- Knowledge of strategic SATCOM terminals; C, Ku, X, and Ka bands.
- Knowledge of test equipment of their operation.
- Knowledge of strategic UHF systems.
- Good communication and writing skills.
Desired Qualification
- CNE or ECNE experience is desired, as well as supervising the operation and maintenance of communication network systems, mainframe, mini or client/server based.
Education
- Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering preferred OR an Associates degree plus 7 years of recent specialized experience OR 11 total years of total specialized experience.
Trace Systems
Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad––whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
Trace Systems is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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Satellite Communications Technician (OR) Arbeitgeber: Trace Systems Inc.
Trace Systems Inc. ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern am Ramstein Air Base in Deutschland eine dynamische und unterstützende Arbeitsumgebung bietet. Mit einem starken Fokus auf berufliche Weiterentwicklung und innovativen Lösungen im Bereich IT und Engineering, fördert das Unternehmen eine Kultur des Wachstums und der Zusammenarbeit. Die Mitarbeiter profitieren von umfassenden Schulungen, Zugang zu modernsten Technologien und der Möglichkeit, an bedeutenden Projekten zur Unterstützung der nationalen Sicherheit mitzuwirken.
