TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (Title 32)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

(Title 32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 137th SOG, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

(Title 32), Position Description Number D1835000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operions Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

(Title 32), Position Description Number D1835000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operions Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Oklahoma City, OK Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) 0391 Telecommunicions Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

OK-12947613-AF-26-038

Control number 868779300 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to current members of the Oklahoma Air Nional Guard assigned to the 137th SOW within the military grades of E-5 through E-6. Duties Help This position is loced an ANG Aviion Wing, Air Support Operions Group (ASOG) Air Support Operions Squadron (ASOS) and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP). The purpose of this position is to design, deploy, install, opere, maintain, modify, and recover various types of communicions transmission systems and their components. These systems transfer voice and da informion within service component and to outside agencies and services. Incumbent is also responsible for maintaining currency requirements as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Instructor or Evaluor. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) are the final authority in the sensor to shooter kill chain for U.S. and coalition airborne, ground and naval forces expending ground-to-ground and air-to-ground munitions in close proximity to friendly conventional and special forces. Mission Ready currency requirements for the purposes of training entail performing duty while exposed to a variety of climes and in austere conditions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILIITIES

Incumbent plans and establishes tactical communicions between all echelons of coalition land, sea and air forces to ensure joint air operions are conducted effectively and efficiently throughout the btlefield. Works with multi-service staffs to integre and adapt existing systems and plans integrion of future technologies to meet user requirements. Develops opering procedures to standardize use of voice and da communicions equipment and designs training programs to implement those procedures. Develops and refines telecommunicion policies, in coordinion with outside agencies, which provide user guidelines. Provides technical assistance, guidance and training to users on all current and new equipment. Provides system design and equipment functionality defining user requirements to program managers and contractors (who manufacture tactical military ground-to-air or ground-to-ground telecommunicions equipment). Incumbent defines basic and contingent needs as they pertain to the point-to-multi point transmission of targeting da and time critical informion. Develops and reviews specificions of new equipment to ensure they meet user needs and complement mission requirements. Instructs on all aspects of air support operions encompassing doctrine, theory, formal classroom, and field performance for joint terminal tack control tactics techniques and procedures. Plans and controls air strikes in close proximity to U.S. and coalition forces. Incumbent is capable of supporting all U.S. and coalition land forces and controlling all allied aircraft delivering ordnance. Develops instruction and techniques on Close Air Support doctrine, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures to other services. Integres a synergistic Close Air Support operion function within the land forces scheme of maneuver. Develops and recommends approprie weapons delivery methods and munitions to the land forces commander. Develops, implements and executes all training and evaluion programs by complying with Major Command (MAJCOM), Air Nional Guard (ANG) and Air Force Instructions to include unit commanders training objectives, comb readiness reports, Joint Terminal Attack Control evaluions and currency requirements on any multi-purpose/bombing range. Analyzes and identifies trends of problems to recommend best corrective action to include procurement of new equipment or changes to staffing and standards. Analyzes costs of life cycle replacement and advises if new technology or equipment would better serve the needs of users. Manages telecommuncicion programs by forecasting unit and community equipment and technology requirements. Recommends changes to existing equipment authorizions to functional managers Nional Guard Bureau (NGB) and active duty. Develops staffing levels for current operions and provides planning and execution input to meet deployed or local emergencies. Manages the radio and frequency spectrum for multiband and multiple nets analyzing assigned nets for effectiveness in the transmission of informion. The incumbent will opere and configure the protocols and configurions of highly complex analog and digital communicions-electronics equipment, to include Top Secret communicions equipment providing voice, da and full motion video capabilities. Advises if new analog or digital nets are needed to meet user requirements. Provides da transmission by opering communicions transmission systems, sub-systems and components. Installs, configures and programs multiplex radios (Ultra High Frequency, Sellite Communicion and High Performance Waveform) using military and commercial protocols. Upgrades software, modifies hardware and corrects equipment deficiencies on transmission sub-systems and components, and handheld navigion devices. Requirements Help Conditions of employment This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard, required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a trial period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Upon accepting this position, the employee may be required to serve up to a two-year probionary period. Qualificions

MILITARY GRADES

: E-5 through

E-6 BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

: To qualify an applicant for any GS-0391 position, apply and evalue the applicant's competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors) th include military and civilian experiences, completed educion, learned skills, obtained knowledge, endorsed abilities, and training program accomplishments. The following seven basic qualificion competency factors are applicable to the GS-0391 career levels: Skilled in collecting and analyzing da effectively, efficiently, and accurely; Skilled in presenting formal training presentions and briefings; Skilled in the operional and performance characteristics of communicions equipment, automed control and network management systems, transmission media, and the relionships among component parts of telecommunicions systems; Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program merial; Knowledge of communicions equipment, systems, services, and transmission media; Knowledge of electronic communicions concepts, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, and operional requirements; Ability to clearly enuncie English without impediment of speech th would interfere or prohibit effective communicion; Ability to write English in reports and presention forms; Ability to communice clearly and effectively; and, Ability to apply specialized communicions methods and analytical techniques.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: All series personnel must be certified the next higher level before being eligible for th level. Experiences gained through military technical training schools (restricted to one of the identified/allowed compible military skills) are included in the one year on-the-job experience. An applicant must have a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: The applicant must meet the position's specialized experiences and competencies in designing, deploying, installing, opering, maintaining, modifying, and recovering various types of communicion transmission systems and their components. Has working knowledge of systems th transfer voice and da informion within service component and to outside agencies and services. The applicant must have the skills to maintain currency requirements as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Instructor or Evaluor. To perform JTAC duties, the applicant must have the skills to perform as a final authority in the sensor-to-shooter kill chain for U.S. and coalition airborne, ground and naval forces expending ground-to-ground and air-to-ground munitions in close proximity to friendly conventional and special forces. The applicant requires in-depth knowledge and experiences with applicions of existing and planned technology to communicions requirements; equipment interoperability and compibility; and, the methods and techniques for systems and services to accomplish informion da transfer. The applicant requires the technical knowledge of the operional and performance characteristics of portable and vehicular telecommunicions equipment. Must have the detailed technical knowledge of transmission media, and the relionship among component parts of telecommunicions system such as, Theer Btle Management Core Systems (TBMCS); Tactical Air Control Party Close Air Support System (TACP CASS); and Advanced Fire Artillery Tactical Da System (AFATDS). Experiences provided a working knowledge of maintenance, installion, and operion of analog/digital transmission equipment and wireless transmission systems in order to diagnose problems and identify corrective measures. Has knowledge of technical digital software (Digital Close Air Support, TACP CASS, Military Ruggedized Tablet) reling to mapping, precision strike, networking, the Integred Fire And Control Trainer (IFACT); along with, Precision Strike Suite for Special Operions Forces (PSS SOF) broadband sellite communicions and High Performance Waveform radio and da transmission equipment. Skilled in analyzing and evaluing the quality of training applicions used to administer and function these systems. The applicant needs an in-depth knowledge of telecommunicions opering techniques, digital and analog communicions requirements (including full motion video), local and wide area networking and procedures to evalue alternive approaches for sisfying communicions requirements. Experienced in the concepts, principles and practices on da transfer devices, ground-to-ground radios, ground-to-air radios, and transmission media. Skilled on systems, such as, Military Ruggedized Tablet (MRT), High Performance Waveform (HPW) radio and Automic Link Establishment (ALE). Knowledgeable and skilled on electronic comb principles and anti-jam procedures as they rele to High Frequency and sellite beyond line-of-sight communicions systems and line-of-sight UHF, VHF and FM bands. Knowledge of a wide range of technical methods in the detailed performance characteristics of specific telecommunicions equipment, systems, networking and transmission media. In-depth knowledge and experience with applicions of existing and planned technology to communicions requirements, equipment interoperability and compibility, and the methods and techniques for systems and services to accomplish informion da transfer. In depth knowledge and understanding of the technical theory of electronic communicions and multiband antenna, High Performance Waveform (HPW) and broadband sellite principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, and operional and safety requirements. Knowledge and ability to interpret and transle policy from higher organizional levels and develop local policy and implementing instructions. Technical knowledge of the operional and performance characteristics of portable and vehicular telecommunicions equipment. Detailed technical knowledge of transmission media, and the relionship among component parts of telecommunicions system, such as Theer Btle Management Core Systems (TBMCS), Tactical Air Control Party Close Air Support System (TACP CASS), and Advanced Fire Artillery Tactical Da System (AFATDS). Knowledge of methods and practices for troubleshooting, recovering, adjusting, modifying, and improving telecommunicions systems to provide support th minimizes interruptions in the ability to provide critical air support to customers. Knowledge of performance management/measurement methods, tools, and techniques to optimize the functionality of systems, networks, and da. Knowledge of systems testing and evaluion principles, methods, and tools to test the functionality and operability of telecommunicions systems, software applicions and telecommunicions components. Knowledge of technical digital software (Digital Close Air Support, TACP CASS, Military Ruggedized Tablet) reling to mapping, precision strike, networking, the Integred Fire And Control Trainer (IFACT), Precision Strike Suite for Special Operions Forces (PSS SOF) broadband sellite communicions and High Performance Waveform radio and da transmission equipment. Knowledge and ability to analyze and evalue quality of training administered on these systems. Knowledge of telecommunicions systems security principles and methods to implement and manage systems, networks, and da th ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Such systems include the Military Ruggedized Tablet (MRT), High Performance Waveform (HPW) radio and Automic Link Establishment (ALE). Knowledge of electronic comb principles and anti-jam procedures as they rele to High Frequency and sellite beyond line-of-sight communicions systems and line-of-sight UHF, VHF and FM bands. Educion Must have a high school diploma. An undergradue degree from an accredited college or university or from an equivalent professional military educion school supports a well-qualified result. Additional informion 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 Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). This position may be eligible for Union Membership. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

For additional informion see:

Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or

NGB 22 SF-50

Official Transcripts PAA If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12947613 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Virginia Salazar Phone 572-247-5325 virginia.p.salazar.civ@army.mil Address OK 137th Special Operions Wing 5624 Air Guard Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73179 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

For additional informion see:

Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or

NGB 22 SF-50

Official Transcripts PAA If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12947613 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Virginia Salazar Phone 572-247-5325 virginia.p.salazar.civ@army.mil Address OK 137th Special Operions Wing 5624 Air Guard Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73179 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Oklahoma City, OK Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

OK-12947613-AF-26-038

Control number 868779300