Control and Reporting Center (CRC) Communications Lifecycle Management and Sustainment Support
Location: Hampton, VA
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
** This position is contingent upon contract award. **
This role requires an active, fully-adjudicated US Government Security Clearance at the SECRET level. US Citizenship is required to hold a US Government security clearance. Candidates without the appropriate clearance are not eligible to be considered.
Travel: up to 10%
A CRC Comms Lifecycle Management and Sustainment Support Professional will offer their expertise in developing and managing communications support functions for the CRC, ensuring alignment with ops requirements and CRC standards. They offer oversight of the full lifecycle of comms equipment, from acquisition, deployment, maintenance, upgrades, and planned retirement and develop management plans and tracking metrics to make recommendations on processes, training, and capabilities. The role may review, offer opinions, and implement sustainment and lifecycle extension strategies, coordinate with program offices and various affected MAJCOMs to stay up on systems developments as well as enhance performance or resolve maintenance or logistics issues. Additionally, the position will participate in test, exercises, and planning events as a comms expert, contributing to strategic planning and requirements documentation. The Comms Lifecycle Professional will maintain access to equipment tracking systems, assess equipment and training gaps, and provide leadership with recommendations and reports to improve readiness.
Who You Are and What You Need:
- 10 years of experience within one of the following mission support or maintenance AFSCs or a comparable DoW equivalent job code: USAF Radar, Airfield & Weather Systems (AFSC 1C8), Material Management (AFSC 2S0) or Cyber Defense Operations (AF AFSC 1D7)
- OR 10 years of experience as Cyberspace Operations Officer (AF AFSC 17D) or comparable DoW equivalent job code with focus on ground radios or radar maintenance
- 3 years of experience with CRC weapons system or comparable DoW equivalent mission support or maintenance functions; overall familiarity with CRC weapons system operations, capabilities, developments and initiatives, sustainment, and organizational structure
- 3 years of experience with maintenance/sustainment/logistics functions and the USAF Lifecycle Sustainment Processes
- 3 years of experience with USAF provisioning processes, technical order development, maintenance training, and allowance source requirements development and review
- 4 years relevant experience as a project and/or program manager with demonstrated ability to perform as a senior level expert and serve as a senior project lead
- 3 years of experience working within a USAF Headquarters Staff environment at the NAF, MAJCOM, or above level, with experience producing decision documents, developing and presenting staff-level briefings, building staff packages, coordinating actions across staff directorates and major command elements, and interfacing with senior USAF leadership and external staffs
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications and platforms, including but not limited to Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint, with the ability to produce professional documents, briefings, data analyses, and collaborative workspaces in support of senior leadership
What You Will Do:
- Provide support, expertise, and advisement to leadership in the overall development, planning, establishment, and implementation of CRC operational employment of communications support functions.
- Provide oversight of entire lifecycle of CRC communications equipment, from acquisition and deployment to maintenance, upgrades, and eventual decommissioning. Develop and maintain lifecycle management plans and metrics management for communication equipment and systems. Provide leadership with monthly metrics.
- Provide analytical and technical support for all CRC communications equipment and recommend options and solutions to manage and improve CRC processes, procedures, and doctrine; manning levels; efficiency and effectiveness; equipment capabilities; training requirements.
- Review, develop, prepare and execute sustainment strategies, maintenance concepts, and fielding plans for new systems equipment modifications and changes to legacy CRC equipment.
- Liaise with system program offices, MAJCOM counterparts, other agencies on staff to remain current on CRC weapon system (WS) capabilities, developments and initiatives; advise branch leadership on policies and positions.
- Coordinate with subordinate units to assess product improvement and deficiencies. Develop and recommend modifications to CRC equipment to leadership to improve operational capability and to resolve maintenance, logistics, and training issues.
- Participate as a communications SME in CRC related exercises, tests, experimentation,
