Telecommunication Specialist (TESA) - NC3

About the role

Trace Systems is hiring an NC3 Telecommunication Specialist (TESA) in Ramstein, Germany. The specialist provides day-to-day operation and maintenance support for strategic SATCOM equipment, including on-the-spot training, and may also act as the SATCOM planner for strategic systems. The position requires US citizenship and a US government Secret clearance.

Key responsibilities

• Operate and maintain Promina-based TCF systems and analyze equipment capabilities, limitations, troubleshooting methods and security protocols to support full TCF operations and link restoration.
• Perform advanced corrective maintenance at the chassis-mounted component level within Technical Control Facilities.
• Evaluate and re-engineer complex circuits and link restoration strategies for critical communications infrastructure.
• Document technical data during installation and troubleshooting using logs, trouble tickets, outage reports or Equipment Repair Orders (ERO).
• Coordinate activation, deactivation and fault isolation of communication circuits across multiple services, agencies, time zones and nationalities.
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers to create more efficient methods.

Required profile

• Active, in-scope US Government Secret clearance (interim acceptable); US citizenship required.
• Meets DoD 8140 qualification requirements for Network Operations Specialist (Intermediate, work role 441), via education, military training, certifications or a combination.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or an associate's degree plus seven years of specialized experience, or a certification plus seven years, or eleven years of recent specialized experience.
• At least two years of experience supporting installations, repair, troubleshooting or maintenance of communications electronic systems, and two years in a tactical environment maintaining antenna controllers, SSPA, LNA/LNB, up/down converters, fiber/coax/ethernet cable, FDMA and TDMA modems.
• Experience with commercial and military satellite acquisition procedures and commercial TDMA/DAMA modems.
• Able to travel up to 50% to support the mission.

Required skills

• DMVPN architecture understanding, configuration and troubleshooting; OSPF, EIGRP, RIP routing protocols.
• Switching fundamentals (VLANs, VTP, port security, Spanning Tree).
• Cisco encryption concepts within DMVPN and TCP acceleration over satellite.
• DoD 8140 certifications such as Security+, Cloud+, GCIH, SSCP, GSEC, SecurityX/CASP+, CCNA or others.