Wide Area Network Engineer Lead

For sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America's advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

The NRO Communications Directorate (COMM) is charged with looking across the NRO’s multi-billion-dollar global enterprise to develop and execute fully integrated IT solutions. As the NRO’s Long Haul and Campus Area Network (CAN)/Local Area Network (LAN) service provider, the Network Services Group (NSG) provides communications services, include engineering, deployment, installation, test, sustainment, and operations for one of the world’s largest network, enabling intelligence operations to over 70,000 users at 1000+ NRO, Department of War (DoW) and mission partner locations.

The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for Non-Supervisor, Wide Area Network Engineer Lead, GGS-12-13, occupational series 2210. More information on the occupational series can be viewed on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website.

• This position is open to the public.
• Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position, Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.
• Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoW 1400.25 Volume 2006.
• The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply internally.
• This position MAY qualify for the appointment of a reemployed federal annuitant IAW DoWI 1400.25 Volume 300.

The Network Services Group (NSG) within NRO/COMM is a distributed group comprised of civilian, military, and contractor employees responsible for the design, development, operations and maintenance of the NRO's network infrastructure which provides service across the NRO, CIA, IC, DoW and US Mission Partners. This position serves as the Wide Area Network (WAN) Project Manager. The WAN Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, execution, and delivery of complex network infrastructure projects supporting the design, implementation, security accreditation and transition to operations of the Network Services Group’s mission and enterprise WAN IT systems and assets.

The WAN Project Manager is responsible for the oversight of a contractor support team leading network WAN solutions for new customer requested items across the NRO, IC mission partners, ODNI and DoW. This is a tremendous opportunity to work at the NRO enterprise level working across all NRO, DOW & the IC to address the unique needs of a broad and diverse mission.

The WAN Project Manager is responsible for project lifecycle management including scope definition, resource allocation, schedule management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination. This individual will integrate bandwidth requirements, track End of Life (EOL) for WAN network hardware/software, and manage the…