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Communications Systems Specialist

MELE Associates, Inc. · Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area · 2 days ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. The posting includes description, essential functions (list), minimum qualifications, preferred qualifications, location, salary (but salary is vague: "Salaries are determined based on several factors..." not a specific number, so we should NOT include Pay section because it's not specific. Benefits: they list benefits: Employer Paid, High Quality Employee Medical, Dental & Vision Care, Low-Cost Family Health Care offered, 11 Federal Holidays and 3 weeks’ vacation, 401k with Generous Employer Match, Cross-training opportunities. That's specific enough to include Benefits section. Schedule: they mention full-time on-site position, 25% travel. That's schedule info (full-time, on-site, travel). Could include Schedule section. However we need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". The schedule info is specific: full-time on-site, 25% travel. So include Schedule. We need headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we should only include sections with real content. Let's map: - About the role: could be the introductory paragraph: "MELE Associates is seeking a mission-driven Communications Systems Specialist to support NEST operations with classified computing and secure communications systems. The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical support for a variety of IT and communications infrastructures in both classified and unclassified environments. This role requires a strong foundation in networking, system security, and operational readiness." That's substantive. So include About the role. - Responsibilities: Essential Functions list. Provide as
  • . - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications list. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list. - Skills: Could be derived from qualifications but maybe we can combine? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could merge Requirements and Qualifications into one "Requirements" section? But they ask to use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide which to include. We have both minimum and preferred qualifications; we could put Minimum under Requirements, Preferred under Qualifications. Skills maybe not explicitly listed separate; we could omit Skills if no specific skill list beyond those. However there are skill statements: "Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication abilities. Ability to operate effectively in high-tempo, mission-critical environments." Those could go under Skills. But we already have them in Minimum Qualifications. Might be redundant. Better to follow instruction: include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. We have content for Responsibilities, Minimum Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule, About the role. That's six sections. Could we combine Minimum and Preferred into Requirements? But they'd be separate headings; we could still include both if they have content. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having six may be okay if each substantive. Let's keep them. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: EEO, E-Verify, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, scam-warning, duplicated lines. Also remove "Other duties as assigned" maybe keep as part of responsibilities? It's generic; but it's part of essential functions list; we can keep it as a bullet. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all bullet points exactly as given, but we can format as
  • . Ensure we keep the percentages, etc. Let's extract sections: About the role: first paragraph(s) before Essential Functions. "MELE Associates is seeking a mission-driven Communications Systems Specialist to support NEST operations with classified computing and secure communications systems. The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical support for a variety of IT and communications infrastructures in both classified and unclassified environments. This role requires a strong foundation in networking, system security, and operational readiness." That's it. Responsibilities: Essential Functions list (the bullet points). Let's list them exactly: - Provide day-to-day operational support for classified and unclassified systems and mobile communications equipment. - Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network components including switches, routers, and firewalls. - Support the integration and sustainment of off-the-shelf and custom hardware and software solutions. - 25% travel, CONUS, to conduct IT/Communications training with operational end users. - Assist in implementing and maintaining inline hardware encryptors. - Maintain readiness of deployable communications systems, including hardware lifecycle tracking and routine diagnostics. - Train and collaborate with cross-functional teams, sometimes across different organizations, on solution implementation, system deployments, training, logistics planning, and capability documentation. - Support compliance with DOE and Intelligence Community standards for IT system security. - Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel to support mission objectives. - Assist office staff with ad hoc troubleshooting on teleconference and general IT issues - Support facility network infrastructures and problem resolution. - Other duties as assigned Note: there is a line break after "Assist office staff with ad hoc troubleshooting on teleconference and general IT issues" then next bullet "Support facility network infrastructures and problem resolution." We'll keep as separate bullets. Minimum Qualifications: list: - Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent technical training and experience - Minimum of 6 years of experience in IT system administration, networking, or communications system support. - Demonstrated experience managing network infrastructure and troubleshooting network issues. - Familiarity with secure communications protocols and cross-domain security solutions. - Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication abilities. - Ability to operate effectively in high-tempo, mission-critical environments. - Ability to obtain and maintain a US DOE Q-level security clearance Preferred Qualifications: list: - Prior experience supporting Department of Energy or other government mission environments. - Experience in configuration and operation of Persistent Systems products - Experienced creating and conducting training on communications/networking equipment. - Experience supporting deployable IT/communications kits for field operations. - Baseline understanding/experience ECM, RF theory, and radio communications systems. - Baseline understanding/experience with COMSEC. - Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Network+, Security+, CCNA). - Active DOE Q or TS security clearance. Location: "Location : This is a full-time on-site position in Albuquerque, NM with 25% travel." We'll put location maybe in Schedule section? Actually schedule section could include full-time on-site and 25% travel. Location could be part of About the role? But we have a Schedule heading; we can include location there as well. However the instruction: Use headings for Schedule. So we can put schedule info: full-time on-site, 25% travel. Location could be included in Schedule or maybe we could add a separate "Location" section but not in allowed headings. Since not listed, we should fold location into Schedule or About the role. Probably Schedule is appropriate: "full-time on-site position in Albuquerque, NM with 25% travel." Benefits: list: - Employer Paid, High Quality Employee Medical, Dental & Vision Care - Low-Cost Family Health Care offered - 11 Federal Holidays and 3 weeks’ vacation - 401k with Generous Employer Match - Cross-training opportunities Salary: The posting says "SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position." That's not specific; we should NOT include Pay section. Now produce HTML fragment:

    About the role

    MELE Associates is seeking a mission-driven Communications Systems Specialist to support NEST operations with classified computing and secure communications systems. The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical support for a variety of IT and communications infrastructures in both classified and unclassified environments. This role requires a strong foundation in networking, system security, and operational readiness.

    Responsibilities

    • Provide day-to-day operational support for classified and unclassified systems and mobile communications equipment.
    • Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network components including switches, routers, and firewalls.
    • Support the integration and sustainment of off-the-shelf and custom hardware and software solutions.
    • 25% travel, CONUS, to conduct IT/Communications training with operational end users.
    • Assist in implementing and maintaining inline hardware encryptors.
    • Maintain readiness of deployable communications systems, including hardware lifecycle tracking and routine diagnostics.
    • Train and collaborate with cross-functional teams, sometimes across different organizations, on solution implementation, system deployments, training, logistics planning, and capability documentation.
    • Support compliance with DOE and Intelligence Community standards for IT system security.
    • Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel to support mission objectives.
    • Assist office staff with ad hoc troubleshooting on teleconference and general IT issues
    • Support facility network infrastructures and problem resolution.
    • Other duties as assigned

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent technical training and experience
    • Minimum of 6 years of experience in IT system administration, networking, or communications system support.
    • Demonstrated experience managing network infrastructure and troubleshooting network issues.
    • Familiarity with secure communications protocols and cross-domain security solutions.
    • Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
    • Ability to operate effectively in high-tempo, mission-critical environments.
    • Ability to obtain and maintain a US DOE Q-level security clearance

    Qualifications

    • Prior experience supporting Department of Energy or other government mission environments.
    • Experience in configuration and operation of Persistent Systems products
    • Experienced creating and conducting training on communications/networking equipment.
    • Experience supporting deployable IT/communications kits for field operations.
    • Baseline understanding/experience ECM, RF theory, and radio communications systems.
    • Baseline understanding/experience with COMSEC.
    • Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Network+, Security+, CCNA).
    • Active DOE Q or TS security clearance.

    Benefits

    • Employer Paid, High Quality Employee Medical, Dental & Vision Care
    • Low-Cost Family Health Care offered
    • 11 Federal Holidays and 3 weeks’ vacation
    • 401k with Generous Employer Match
    • Cross-training opportunities

    Schedule

    Full-time on-site position in Albuquerque, NM with 25% travel.

    Check for any boilerplate left: we removed EEO, E-Verify, etc. Also removed "About MELE" paragraph? That's company description; is that substantive? It's about the company, not the role. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The "About MELE" section is about the company; is that considered substantive? It's not about the role but could be considered part of job posting. However the instruction says to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "About MELE" is not boilerplate; it's company overview. Should we keep it? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep it. But we have no heading for company overview; we could include it under About the role? But About the role is supposed to be about

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