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V86B SSDS Open Architecture (OA) Tech Refresh Maintenance MOD 1C/3C/5C/6C Technician

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Overview

SSDS Open Architecture Tech Refresh Maintenance Technicians monitor, manage, and perform documented organizational level maintenance on SSDS MK 2 configurations and BFTT AN/USQ-T46D(V) equipment. They load programs, perform operating system tasks, isolate and repair faults, configure tactical systems and replacement devices, restore hard drives, and upgrade interfaces including fiber optic networks.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Hardware and software fault isolation
  • Operating system loading and configuration
  • Drive restoration and replacement processor configuration
  • Fiber optic network interface upgrades

Civilian Career Paths

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Network and Computer Systems Administrators

SSDS experience maintaining networked computing equipment, administering operating systems, restoring drives, and configuring replacement processors transfers directly to systems administration.

How to prepare: Build a Linux lab that demonstrates operating system installation, device configuration, backup restoration, and documented troubleshooting of a network fault.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
  • Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
  • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Bash
  • Microsoft Active Directory

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Documented maintenance and diagnostic fault isolation on SSDS consoles, converters, processors, and associated equipment provide a foundation for commercial electronics repair.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting course focused on diagnosing faults and verifying repairs on equipment beyond SSDS.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  • Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V86B

    [1] NEC entry "V86B - SSDS Open Architecture (OA) Tech Refresh Maintenance MOD 1C/3C/5C/6C Technician"; cached text line 15508; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Hardware and software fault isolation, Operating system loading and configuration, Drive restoration and replacement processor configuration, Fiber optic network interface upgrades, Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Network and Computer Systems Administrators

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00)

  3. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

Defense contractor jobs for V86B

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