Job opening: Security Specialist (Direct Hire)
Salary: $112 015 - 145 617 per year
Published at: Aug 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking a highly qualified applicant to serve as a Special Agent and Security Specialist within the Protective Services Division. In this role, you will be responsible for providing criminal and administrative investigations, physical security assessments, and design and oversight of physical security solutions. You will have direct authority as the Contractor Officer Representative (COR) for the GSFC Uniform Police Division at all GSFC locations.
Duties
Duties described below are at the full-performance level. Duties assigned at a lower grade level will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
Performs work concerned with physical security measures designed to safeguard employees, facilities, information, and critical assets at federal facilities, leased spaces, or a campus environment.
Performs criminal and administrative investigations that includes interviewing subjects, witnesses, and victims in concert with NASA Office of Inspector General and other investigative authorities.
Performs risk analyses for operations, facilities, and assets to assure they are adequately protected by security systems (access control, alarms, closed circuit television) and are appropriately implemented and maintained.
Performs case and record reviews; confidential informant recruitment, development, and handling of surveillance operations; crime scene examination; evidence collection; and testimony in administrative and/or judicial proceedings.
Provides written investigative reports to the Chief of Protective Services, Office of Inspector General, and others as required to determine investigative conclusion and report of findings.
Requirements
- This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
- Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation
- You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement
- If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement
- This position may require a one-year probationary period
- This position requires the incumbent to have successfully completed a series of medical exams, psychological requirements, and physical fitness requirements
- The selectee is required to meet the criteria for use of a firearm in accordance with the Federal Arrest Authority;
- The selectee must meet the standard and training qualifications in strict compliance with 14 CFR, Chapter V, Part 1203b.103, Security Programs Arrest Authority, and Use of Force by NASA Security Force Personnel.
Qualifications
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level:
Providing physical security assessments of contractor or government facilities to include oversight or contract management of Uniform Police Division;
Conducting complex criminal or administrative investigations;
Designing and overseeing implementation of physical security solutions to protect personnel, facilities, and/or equipment.
Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Goddard Space Flight Center
8800 Greenbelt Rd
Greenbelt, MD 20771
US
- Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
- Phone: 1-877-677-2123
- Email: [email protected]
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