Communications Systems Engineer

This position is contingent upon contract award; the hiring timeline depends on that outcome.

TS/SCI clearance is explicitly required ('Must possess a TS/SCI Security Clearance').

The DoD IAT Level 1 certification requirement lists CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Network+ as named alternatives; Cisco certification is listed as 'preferred' and Voice/Video Network Certification appears alongside it in the same sentence — both are treated as preferred.

A higher education degree in Network Engineering, Systems Administration, or related field is explicitly stated as 'preferred', so the degree requirement is set to None.

The '5 years military experience' requirement is stated under qualifications and is treated as the role-level experience floor (the overall years minimum of 5); it is military-specific experience rather than a named technology.

Several SATCOM-specific skills (FDMA, TDMA, UHF TACSAT, GBS, COMSEC, engineering diagrams) are listed in the core responsibilities/qualifications sections and are treated as hard gates given the specialized nature of the role.

Prior MARFORCENT/MARCENT theater experience is listed as 'preferred' throughout and is not captured as a hard gate.

The role requires significant OCONUS travel (including to active conflict zones) and a current US Passport — both are hard requirements but are not technology skills and so are not listed in the skills table.

SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role blends network architecture/design (15-1241) with network administration and SATCOM operations (15-1244); the emphasis on planning, design, and engineering diagrams tips it toward 15-1241.

Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD IAT Level 1, network configuration.

Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.