**Req ID:** 37191 **Summary** **Telecommunications Specialist** **Purcellville, VA** Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level! **Astraeus Operations (AO)** is an SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SBD) subsidiary of the Chenega Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). We are a small business with large business capabilities due to our shared-services Program Management Office (PMO) structure. Through our **ISO 9001:2015** certification, we can accomplish the full range of contract services including financial, human capital, recruiting, procurement, security, and technical resources to achieve contract mission requirements. As a result, our ‘ _small business – big capability’_ dynamic benefits our clients through consistent communications and straight-lined workflows, ensuring our accountability to our clients for successful mission fulfillment. In plain terms, our clients gain a team that’s on the same page to achieve and support the client’s mission. We vigorously respond to clients’ requests without additional costs, delays, or inefficiencies that are often experienced with larger, more cumbersome organizations. AO is eligible for sole source, direct awards up to $100M for DOD and up to $25M for other federal agencies, without J&A. Astraeus is the easy button for a client wishing to take advantage of the rapid, agile, and flexible sole source procurement option. Combined with the shared PMO services, Astraeus offers highly competitive labor rates to fulfill day-to-day contract operations. Astraeus Operations is seeking an experienced **Telecommunications Specialist** to provide installation, maintenance, and operational support for critical communications systems at the Remote Strategic Operations Center (RSOC) in Purcellville, VA. This position supports continuity of operations and requires active TS clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI polygraph. **Responsibilities** + Install, maintain, and repair two-way radios, base stations, microwave, and satellite systems. + Configure and troubleshoot AN/PRC-117G, AN/PRC-150, AN/PRC-160 radios. + Operate and maintain INMARSAT/BGAN and UHF-SATCOM equipment. + Integrate communications systems, accessories, and network components. + Conduct site surveys and plan new system installations. + Perform functional and operational testing, frequency measurements, and interference resolution. + Inspect and verify operational condition of all radio and tower-mounted equipment. + Maintain and operate COMSEC devices, including Key Management Infrastructure (KMI). + Calibrate, maintain, and repair test instruments to ensure diagnostic accuracy. + Support surge operations and continuity events as mission-essential personnel. + Other duties as assigned. **Qualifications** + Associate’s degree or DoD/civilian telecoms training program (or equivalent). + 10+ years hands-on comms equipment/antenna installation, deployment, maintenance. + 10+ years in telecommunications operations (config, troubleshooting). + Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and CI polygraph. **Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:** + DoD/agency communications planning preferred + Military telecoms operator/maintainer preferred + Joint ops/federal law enforcement experience preferred + TOC operational experience preferred + Ability to lift 70 lbs. + Independent problem-solving + Ability to develop and deliver technical reports and written responses to customer inquiries + AN/PRC-117G, AN/PRC-150, AN/PRC-160 radio + BGAN & INMARSAT systems + STE/vIPer, VTC, fiber optics, routers, networks, antennas + Motorola XTS-3000/5000 radios + COMSEC, Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) **How you’ll grow** At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers. **Benefits** At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you. **Chenega MIOS’s culture** Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives. **Corporate citizenship** Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities. Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world. Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/ **Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team** We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links: Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI\_IE369514.11,23.htm LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/ \#Astraeus Operations Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Native preference under PL 93-638. We participate in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program