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Astrion · 1 day ago

Principal Communications Systems Technician

Bedford, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $180K/yr

10+ years exp

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Communications Systems Technician to directly support the Base Information Transport Infrastructure (BITI) program. The role involves installing, maintaining, and repairing various cyberspace systems and equipment platforms, ensuring compliance with installation practices and technical orders.

ManufacturingSpace Travel

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Advise and support activities for installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling, deploying, and modifying cyberspace systems and equipment platforms, to include voice, data, video client devices, network infrastructure systems, radio, satellite, intrusion detection, space systems, telemetry, microwave, and cryptographic

Ensure cyber and communication equipment and components meet installation practices, technical orders, and accepted commercial installation specifications

Apply communications security program expertise to include physical, cryptographic, transmission, and emission security

Support communication system implementation and project installation, and ensures architecture, configuration, and integration conformity

Serve as advisor for facility design, platform IT programs installation, minor construction planning, and coordinates with base communications systems as necessary

Determine adequacy and correctness of project packages and amendments for installation and integration of communication systems

Conduct site and equipment surveys and validates equipment systems interface

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

ElectronicNetwork principlesInformation assuranceTelephony systemsNetwork system installationCryptographic techniquesProject diagram interpretationTest equipment proficiencyVoiceData systemsTroubleshooting skillsSoft skills

Required

Must be a US citizen

Degree (BA/BS) and 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed

or an AA/AS degree and 15 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed

Experience with electronic and network principles, information assurance, telephony, copper and fiber-optic transmission principles, cryptographic techniques, network system installation practices, project and circuit diagram interpretation, test equipment, special tools, and management practices

Must have knowledge of electricity and radio theory, including transistors, solid-state components, and digital techniques applying to ground RF communications and related equipment maintenance; and interpretation of management information data, technical orders, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and schematic drawings

Experience with evaluating operational readiness of communications equipment, network devices, sensors, intrusion detection, and related support equipment, to include: troubleshooting and repairing standard voice, data, and video network infrastructure systems, IP detection systems and cryptographic equipment

maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing voice and network systems equipment and circuits utilizing tools and test equipment

sustaining, troubleshooting, and repairing standard radio frequency wireless, line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, wideband, and ground-based satellite and encryption transmission devices in a fixed and deployed environment

Have experience coordinating request for service orders, reviewing, recommending, and implementing changes to communications-computer systems installations records (CSIR), technical data, engineering drawings, and equipment wiring diagrams, and updating and verifying entries on cyber system, facility, maintenance, and inspection records