SURTASS Field Support Team; FST Network Specialist

Overview

This position description is subject to change at any time as needed to meet the requirements of the program or company.

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

As we continue to grow, V2X intends to welcome the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Technician Crew members and Field Support Team (FST) program to our extensive portfolio of similar Operations and Maintenance / Sustainment (O&M/S) programs. We offer growth opportunities, significant experience caring for personnel deployed in austere environments, and the operational advantage of 24/7 reach back support to technical SMEs, engineers, maintenance technicians, and operators on our other programs.

A few of these programs include:

• Fleet Systems Engineer Team (FSET) program located in key ports around the world, delivering support to the US Navy on complex C4
  
  ISR systems;

• Mobile Sensors (COBRA KING) Radar and Communication O&M/S program, on which we have 25 years of service supporting several vessels which today includes the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Howard O. Lorenzen;

• COBRA DANE Radar O&M/S program at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska, which V2X has operated and maintained for over 50 years;

• The Hughes Air Defense Radar (HADR) Sustainment program that includes SME and Depot support of two radars located in Taiwan;

• Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific (NCTAMS PAC) program and their efforts in facilitating key communication requirements from Hawaii and Australia; and

• Japanese – Auxiliary Oceanographic Surveillance (J-AOS), on which we have a long history of providing key Field Support.

• The SURTASS program provides an on-demand, mobile, and active / passive maritime surveillance capability in support of Joint and Naval Task Force commanders via towed acoustic sensor systems. The ships and installed SURTASS mission equipment are designed for extended duration deployment and independent operations in remote geographic areas; self-sufficiency in operations and maintenance is an important mission objective. It is intended that operations and maintenance be performed on board vessels and in depot maintenance facilities with the objective of maximizing operational readiness.

• In performance of this mission, V2X is seeking an experienced Field Support Team (FST) Network Specialist to work at the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) Operations Support Center (IOSC) on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, VA (JEBLCFS) 40-hours per week.

• This position is contingent upon successful contract award to V2X.

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Major Job

Activities:

• Provide operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair support to all C4I systems and networks onboard SURTASS Vessels.

• Utilize the WILD trouble ticket application to log all maintenance trouble tickets for action in the JSN / WKRQ log. This shall include all applicable labor, external technical assistance, parts and time expended.

• Submit and/or verify trouble tickets are submitted to external command, as required, and actively working to resolve open trouble tickets.

• Generate reports for SURTASS mission systems status as directed by the Government.

• Provide technical assistance to mission systems to troubleshoot, repair, test, and return to service.

• Conduct all tenets of In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) responsibilities in accordance with SPAWARINST 5400 (series) and intermediate and depot level maintenance on mission systems and support handling equipment.

• Conduct refresher training (REFTRA) in accordance with the established requirements.

• Review of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Engineering Changes (ECs), and Requests for Variance (RFV), and develop schedules…