Technical Engineer

Provide hands-on network, RF, and telecommunications engineering support for FEMA CCD continuity-communications programs from the FEMA Headquarters primary duty station. This position uses the same contractual Technical Engineer II baseline as the Mount Weather seats; the location changes, not the required technical scope.Primary Responsibilities· Analyze, design, research, develop, test, implement, optimize, enhance, operate, and maintain terrestrial and wireless telecommunications systems and networks.· Implement and troubleshoot Carrier Ethernet transport; configure and support Cisco routers, switches, servers, network services, and associated telecommunications-system interfaces.· Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, fault isolate, and restore non-secure and secure HF radio, satellite, VHF/UHF land-mobile radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, telephone, satellite telephone, FAX, and related communications capabilities, including Type I encrypted operations.· Configure, install, optimize, repair, or replace RF equipment, base stations, repeaters, duplexers, power components, antennas, switching/control equipment, and encryption devices down to the lowest replaceable unit as directed.· Engineer, fabricate, terminate, test, and document RF, coaxial, fiber, baseband-audio, TTL, serial, CAT3/CAT5, and associated communications cabling using applicable connectors and engineering drawings.· Configure and operate LMR service monitors, spectrum analyzers, watt meters, antenna analyzers, volt-ohm meters, power/signal monitors, cable tools, and related network/RF test equipment.· Support architecture, design, requirements, prototype evaluation, integration, user-acceptance and performance testing, lifecycle/configuration management, LAN monitoring, IT security, change control, and technical documentation.· Ensure solutions, hardware, software, data exchanges, and technical artifacts comply with DHS Enterprise Architecture, TRM Standards and Products Profile, data-management review, and IPv6 requirements.· Prepare configurations, schematics, drawings, bills of material, implementation and rollback plans, test plans/results, change records, SOPs, operator training, and as-built documentation.· Support site surveys, installations, de-installations, exercises, testing, training, and restoration at FEMA facilities, State EOCs, U.S. territories, and other directed locations, including multi-day travel and after-hours maintenance when required.