Principal Mission Communications Specialist (RF)

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.  In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters. 

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Spectrum Management for all Nevada National Security Sites frequency use and related issues.
• Perform mandatory reviews and submit directives for all records up for renewal or expiration according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) guidelines.
• Review and update existing authorizations that may require changes, corrections, edits, and deletions.
• Possess the ability to engineer new Spectrum requests in Global Master File (GMF) card format using the Spectrum engineering software, Spectrum XXI.
• Maintain a database of all local Spectrum dependent systems using government frequency assignments or unlicensed Spectrum bands.
• Develop local policy for procurement of wireless equipment and systems that is in concert with DOE and NTIA requirements to ensure Spectrum coordination and availability of frequencies prior to release of funds.
• Support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Office of Science Spectrum Management Program. 
• Advise the federal staff that has oversight of the Spectrum program on the efficient use of the Spectrum, and on federal and departmental policy related to Spectrum management.
• Maintain a comprehensive working knowledge of policy changes and emerging technologies that impact the use of the Spectrum.
• Perform required responses to Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters Spectrum Management’s Frequency Assignment Subcommittee (FAS) agenda requests.
• Review all requests for Spectrum support from all site frequency coordinators and submit them to DOE’s FAS.
• Assist all site frequency coordinators with equipment certification submissions for Spectrum usage to the DOE Spectrum Planning Subcommittee (SPS)
• Act as the Spectrum liaison between the Headquarters Spectrum Program and the Site Frequency Coordinator.
• Train all incoming or new site frequency coordinators on Spectrum duties and responsibilities.
• Travel to different sites to perform overall quality control reviews of their Spectrum authorizations.

• Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field or equivalent training and experience and at least 8 years of related experience. 
• A thorough working knowledge of radio frequencies and of Spectrum policies and procedures.
• Must be able to travel to remote sites to resolve issues or attend training.
• Ability to complete the NTIA Spectrum XXI certification that is used exclusively in support of the MSTS Spectrum Management Office.
• Able to use software applications needed in this position, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, plus database software.
• Possess the ability to efficiently multi-tsk and display excellent verbal and written communication skills and have legible handwriting/printing.
• Primary work location will be at the Remote Sensing Laboratory on Nellis Air Force Base (RSL-N) in Las Vegas, NV.
• This position will be a 4/10, 5/8, or 9/80 schedule at manager discretion. Must be willing to perform on-call duty and ensure availability to work non-standard hours.
• Must have the ability to obtain a Q clearance.
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess