Network Operations Specialist

Welcome to United States Forces Korea. Our mission is to deter aggression and if necessary, defend the Republic of Korea (ROK) to maintain stability in Northeast Asia. The Service Members of the United States and the Republic of Korea have stood together for more than 60 years maintaining the Armistice and setting the conditions for stability and prosperity in the Republic of Korea.

The quality of life in the ROK is great, and you will have an opportunity to experience a magnificent culture. The South Korean people are gracious hosts with an interesting history. For Service Members and their Families, we have a community atmosphere with many activities for single Service Members, Civilians, and Children of all ages.

Responsibilities:

• Monitors critical network elements and applications using various network monitoring systems in a 7x24x365 Joint Network Operations Center (JNCC).
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains telecommunications networks in the NOC environment.
• Uses computerized network management systems to check for system alarms when parts of the network are not working properly and may jeopardize the level of communication services available to customers. Follows procedures to validate, troubleshoot, and escalate issues.
• In this early career position you will work 12 hour shifts in the USFK Joint NETOPS Control Center (JNCC).

Required:

• Associate degree with 2 years of experience.
• Must possess a demonstrated ability to work unsupervised in a shift work environment
• Ability to utilize a comprehensive understanding of all strategic and tactical communications to report critical outages to peer organizations and higher.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills for developing General Officer briefing on network outages
• US citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Invited Contractor status under the ROK/US Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
• An active Secret clearance

Preferred:

• Bachelors degree