Telecommunications Specialist

Duties: Serve as the point of contact for Directorate of Emergency Services responsible for interfacing the automated system with various interrelated acquisition, and office automation systems. Develop operating specifications for telecommunications equipment and services to transmit and receive data between computers, and between computers and terminal stations. Works with users to test and evaluate a variety of software packages. Ensure work is compatible with other systems and meets requirements. Serves as a liaison between organizations, both fixed and visiting, in fulfilling requirements for current, special events or future military exercises as well as normal day-to-day operations. Provides new customer orientation training on system operation as needed and provides guidance on integration between talk groups and procedures on obtaining authority to share resources. Maintains, updates, assigns, and controls all radio identifications to include, block identifications, radio identification numbers, talk group identification, and encryption secure codes used on the system. Serves as a System Manager/Frequency Manager for the Directorate of Emergency Services performing the research, planning, direction, and administration of the Land Mobile Radio Project and frequency management.