Job Description
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Key Details:
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Job Title:
Communications Engineer
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Job Type:
Full Time
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Location:
Australian Capital Territory
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Security Clearance:
Minimum NV2 (active)
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Overview:
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Calexi is seeking Communications Engineers to support Defence tactical, strategic, and secure communications environments. You will design, integrate, and sustain resilient communications architectures across complex, distributed, and contested environments.
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This role operates across radio, satellite, network, and secure communications domains.
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Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
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Technical Delivery:
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Design and integrate communications systems (RF, IP, SATCOM, tactical networks)
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Conduct link budget analysis and performance modelling
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Support network architecture design and optimisation
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Perform communications system testing and validation
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Troubleshoot complex network and RF performance issues
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Support secure communications configuration and integration
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Defence Environment:
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Work within classified communications environments
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Support secure communications compliance frameworks
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Participate in system acceptance testing and field trials
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Contribute to capability enhancement and upgrade activities
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Compliance & Governance:
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Align with Defence communications security requirements
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Maintain secure configuration documentation
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Support accreditation and security assurance processes
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Skills and Abilities:
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Technical Proficiency:
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RF fundamentals and signal propagation
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Tactical and enterprise communications systems
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Secure communications principles
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Network protocols and routing technologies
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Understands DDIL and its application in complex environments
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Operational Resilience:
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Ability to operate in mission-critical environments
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Solid diagnostic capability under time pressure
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Specific Experience Requirements:
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Degree in Communications,
Telecommunications,
or Electrical Engineering
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Experience within Defence communications environments
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Experience with secure or classified systems
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Active NV2 clearance (minimum)
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