Emergency Management Specialist with Land Mobile Radio Expertise

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Functional Experts

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Emergency Management, Emergency Response Operations, Radios
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Job Title: Emergency Communications & Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Operations Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking an Emergency Communications Specialist with advanced technical expertise in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems, mass communications operations, and enterprise emergency management programs. In this role, you will serve as the technical authority for agency-wide emergency LMR communications capabilities, ensuring the reliability, interoperability, and compliance of systems that support daily operations and crisis response across multiple geographically dispersed locations. You will collaborate with executive stakeholders, system owners, and technical teams to drive strategic improvements, strengthen organizational readiness, and ensure continuity requirements are consistently met.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Radio Systems
  Provide technical oversight of the encrypted P25-compliant trunked LMR network, BDAs, and portable/mobile radio cache. Support enterprise asset management strategies, lifecycle planning, and modernization initiatives. Develop and maintain complex radio codeplugs and advanced programming templates. Serve as the senior liaison with the LMR technical service provider for performance optimization, sustainment, and compliance with security and operational standards.
• Technical Guidance for Field Sites
  Serve as the senior technical advisor to non-HQ sites, offering expert analysis, troubleshooting, and strategic guidance. Represent the organization in engagements with host radio system owners and partner agencies to align operational requirements, improve capabilities, and support mission needs.
• LMR Interoperability Program Oversight
  Support the development, validation, and sustainment of interoperability agreements and systems across local, state, and federal partners. Establish long-term strategies for interoperable communications, ensuring alignment with national standards and evolving emergency response missions.
• Mass Communications
  Provide leadership for the enterprise automated notification system and associated mass communication functions. Establish governance frameworks, develop enterprise standard operating procedures, and direct training and compliance programs. Oversee system testing, performance evaluation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance alerting reliability.
• Emergency Management
  Serve as a key contributor to enterprise emergency management, continuity, and preparedness planning. Lead development and revision of response plans, SOPs, and mission-critical training. Support high-visibility exercises, assessments, and after-action processes. Ensure alignment with DoDI 6055.17, agency directives, and federal continuity requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience
  5+ years of progressively responsible experience with encrypted trunked and/or conventional LMR systems (e.g., Motorola), satellite communications, and emergency/continuity communications. Demonstrated experience technically advising enterprise-level LMR emergency communications programs. Prior experience overseeing mass notification applications across diverse networks and device types.
• Technical Expertise
  Advanced knowledge of RF theory, LMR network design, antenna systems, key management facilities, LMR security, and communications infrastructure lifecycle management. Proven experience leading complex radio programming, interoperability initiatives, and system performance analysis.
• Emergency Management Leadership
  Strong understanding of NIMS, ICS, federal continuity requirements, and enterprise emergency management program development. Experience supporting or leading readiness programs, training initiatives, and multi-site coordination.
• Preferred Certifications/Training
  ICS 100, 200, 700, 800; FEMA Level I Professional Continuity Practitioner (or ability to obtain, ICS 300 and 400; COMSEC Custodian; additional FEMA emergency management or continuity certifications.

The likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.