Telecommunications Analyst

• Client: Quality Engineering Test Establishment (QETE), DND
• Work location: 45 Blvd Sacré-Coeur, Gatineau QC (on-site, no travel or overtime)
• Contract period: 26 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 (22.6 weeks)
• Hours: approximately 37.5 hours per week (estimated total hours per resource: 802.50)
• Language: English essential (Oral: Advanced, Comprehension: Advanced, Written: Advanced). Bilingual is not required.
• Security: Reliability Status
• Resources needed: 2 (up to 3 resumes accepted)
• References: 2 per resource
• Interview: Required
• Bid closing: 5 October 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Minimum mandatory criteria (Stream 5.3, Intermediate)

Education: Certificate, diploma, or degree in telecommunications, information technology or computer science from a recognized Canadian post-secondary institution.

Experience: 12 months telecommunications, informatics, computer science or other relevant experience.

Additional mandatory criterion (M1)

Must clearly demonstrate 12 months of experience within the past 2 years providing technical support to an enterprise network.

Typical duties (Stream 5.3, Intermediate)

• Maintaining and monitoring existing telecommunication systems to ensure ongoing connectivity and functionality
• Evaluating and ensuring robustness of systems at the server level or higher
• Analyzing system compatibility for technical requirements such as Wide Area Network (WAN) or wireless systems compatibility for content streaming, audio and video conferencing, Web conferencing, etc. (et cetera)
• Analyzing user requirements
• Reviewing general specifications for telecommunication systems
• Developing broad system alternatives
• Identifying the administrative, operational, economic and technical feasibility of alternative solutions
• Assisting in the preparation of technical specifications, schedules and technical reports related to the functional requirements of the client department's application
• Assisting in the development and presentation of recommendations
• Assisting in the development of current, long range and strategic information technology and information management plans
• Setting up and operation of standard test equipment to diagnose, test and analyze the performance of basic electrical components, assemblies and systems
• Analyzing electrical specifications, network architecture and engineering changes
• Assisting in maintaining audio visual, information technology control systems and network inter connectivity

Contract-specific scope (Annex A)

Canada requires Telecommunication Analysis expertise to support the development of situational awareness on a variety of local area networks in operation at the Quality Engineering Test Establishment.

Tasks:

1. Conduct a physical survey to identify the computer hardware, routers, switches, network drop locations and other computer networking equipment associated with QETE local area networks (hereafter "QETE LANs");
2. Record the manufacturer, model, serial number, version number, QETE tag, and other characteristics of the QETE LAN devices and applications in a SharePoint database;
3. For network infrastructure hardware, identify the provider, area covered, use, supported end-users, connected peripheral equipment and security details
4. Identify, update and secure access credentials to meet QETE 1-3 security requirements
5. Establish logging required for a live monitoring visual product to represent QETE LAN network coverage, status of network nodes and usage.

What the resume must show

• The candidate's name, clearly indicated
• Where, when and how each qualification and experience was acquired, with contact information for a reference who can confirm it
• Duties and relevance to the requirements. Listing experience without supporting detail, or copying the RFP wording, will not count as "demonstrated".
• Overlapping projects are counted only once when calculating months of experience
• Copies of degrees, diplomas and certifications

Needed from each candidate

• Signed consent, or proof of employment if the candidate is a full-time employee of the bidder. It must be signed during the solicitation period, reference solicitation S6104266, and confirm availability for 26 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
• Confirmation of whether they currently work on other contracts (Appendix E1 disclosure)
• Reliability Status, or willingness to be processed for it
• Availability for an interview