Telecommunications Mechanic

Position title: Telecommunications Mechanic

Location: Fort Detrick, MD

Clearance level required: Secret

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Serves as the Alternate Inside Plant Section Chief in the absence of the ISP Section Chief.
• Perform operations and maintenance (O&M) of post-VMOD Inside Plant voice services, with emphasis on VoIP platforms, call routing, user provisioning, and service assurance, rather than legacy TDM switching.
• Provide day-to-day administration of VoIP services, including user profiles, device configuration, class of service, feature activation, and troubleshooting of IP-based voice endpoints.
• Serve as a primary customer service interface for voice services, resolving user issues related to call quality, voicemail, softphones, desk phones, mobility features, and service availability.
• Configure, modify, and remove VoIP and analog gateway circuits, ensuring proper integration with the enterprise network and adherence to cybersecurity and configuration standards.
• Administer and maintain voicemail systems and user accounts; experience with Callegra Callware or equivalent VoIP voicemail platforms preferred.
• Ensure Emergency 911 (E911) service accuracy, including:
  • Validation of station-level and user-based location data
  • Coordination of adds, moves, and changes (MACs) to maintain accurate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) & Altenate AT&T (IP-FLEX) records
  • Troubleshooting E911 call routing, location discrepancies, and compliance issues
• Monitor and troubleshoot VoIP trunks, SIP services, gateways, and session management components to ensure high availability and call quality.
• Perform preventive maintenance and fault isolation for ISP voice infrastructure, identifying issues related to software, hardware, network dependencies, or configuration errors.
• Maintain accurate voice service documentation, including call routing diagrams, user records, E911 location mappings, circuit inventories, and configuration records within the Telephone Management System (TMS) or equivalent platform.
• Execute work order and trouble ticket administration, ensuring timely response, accurate documentation, and customer communication throughout resolution.
• Support remote diagnostics, component replacement, emergency service restoration, and technical documentation updates as required.
• Coordinate with vendors and service providers for circuit installations, VoIP services, and troubleshooting activities.
• Maintain strong customer rapport, proactively communicating service impacts, changes, and resolutions in a professional, service-oriented manner.
• Support quality assurance and post-deployment validation, ensuring voice systems and services operate as designed following modernization or configuration changes.
• Comply with all safety, security, and regulatory requirements, including DoD training, Information Assurance, and site-specific policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of contract requirements.

Qualifications

DoD 8570 IAT Level 2. At least one of the following must be current and maintained:

• CCNA Security : Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA) demonstrates you have the skills needed to develop a secure infrastructure and mitigate cyberthreats.
• CySA+ : This is an intermediate-level exam for security professionals focusing on vulnerability and threat analysis.
• GICSP : The Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional demonstrates your knowledge to secure critical infrastructure assets.
• GSEC : GIAC® Security Essentials is a certification exam that demonstrates hands-on IT security capability.
• Security+ CE : Security+ is a CompTIA exam focusing on cybersecurity issues.
• CND: EC-Council's Certified Network Defender (CND) . The certificate is used to demonstrate knowledge in defensive cyber operations (Blue-Teaming). The CND certification teaches IT professionals about defensive mechanisms when protecting IT Systems against cyberattacks.
• SSCP : Systems Security Certified Practitioner shows you have the skills needed to manage and monitor IT infrastructures and apply security policies.

• Knowledge and experience with Avaya and VoIP communications systems