Spectrum Management Specialist

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Requisition #: 1383

Job Title: System Administrator 

Location: Quantico, VA

Clearance Level: Active Top Secret Required (CI Polygraph upon hire)

Required Certification: Spectrum XXI

SUMMARY

Agile Defense is seeking a Spectrum Management Specialist to join our team supporting a mission-critical federal law enforcement agency. In this role, the Spectrum Management Specialist will be responsible for developing required frequency plans according to the system requirements and National Telecommunications Information Administrations standards, policies, and procedures; and preparing radio frequency applications involving both Government and Non-Government frequencies, ensuring requests conform to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or other established policies. The Spectrum Management Specialist will utilize Spectrum XXI tool.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for reviewing, correcting, and updating frequency assignments in accordance with the NTIA Five-Year Review Program; and will use specialized engineering computer programs to perform work duties and for retrieval of frequency information to include Government Master File (GMF), Spectrum XXI, Hertz Warfare, Annex I and Canadian TAFL. The Spectrum Management Specialist will also coordinate, select, and manage of frequency assignments with NTIA, the FCC, and/or other Government Agencies; as well as identify and develop transition plans for operational activities to migrate from the unit’s legacy systems to include researching and itemizing all legacy operations in the area (frequency assignment, specific user, location, current area of responsibility, etc.). Additionally, the Spectrum Management Specialist will conduct performance analysis of legacy operations so it can be compared against proposed network designs; and identify spectrum resources required for network build out.

This position offers the opportunity to engage with a wide range of technical challenges—from everyday RF Spectrum needs to interoperability between Federal Government and Local Law Enforcement Agency professionals across the nation.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Requires 10 years of extensive experience in an engineering and spectrum management discipline such as frequency assignment, spectrum certification, spectrum allocation, and spectrum policy/regulation/procedures

• Prepare radio frequency applications involving both Government and non Government frequencies, ensuring requests conform to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and other established policies.

• Robust knowledge of radio frequency management; experience supporting radio systems

• Experience with federal spectrum frequency allocation and assignments, and experience using the Spectrum XXI tool for national level assignments.

• Review, correct and update frequency assignments in accordance with the NTIA Five-Year Review Program

• Experience with Land Mobile Radio systems

QUALIFICATIONS Required Certifications

Completion of Spectrum XXI Training Course

Education, Background, and Years of Experience

Preferred B.S. Degree in Information Systems Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Or, competition of either U.S. DoD military frequency management schools; Inter-service Radio Frequency Management School (IRFMS) at Keesler AFB, MS or Electromagnetic Spectrum Management (ESM) Course at Ft. Gordon, GA or equivalent course

Experience – Minimum 10 years of related experience

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