Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within Management Directorate (MGMT), Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), located in Arlington, VA. Limiting Number of Applicants: All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is to facilitate a wide range of activities associated with the DHS Automated Biometric Identification (IDENT) System and the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system. This position starts at a salary of $57,118.00 (GS-09, Step 1) to $107,680.00 (GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $107,680 (GS-12 Step 10). GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.Please visit this link to view special pay rate charts. As a Biometric System Program Specialist your typical work assignments may include: Assisting senior portfolio managers with development of biometric system technologies, facilitation of stakeholder requests, and the generation and execution of routine and special analyses of operations and business processes. Assisting in the development and maturation of systems by providing administrative actions to enhance system design, functionality, efficiencies, and processes aligned with Departmental and stakeholder requirements. Reviewing and ensuring identified data issues are validated, corrected, and prevented from future occurrence. Developing and implementing data quality policies and standards to ensure data uniformity within the system's database.

Requirements

Qualifications

Experience: You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Applying analytical and evaluative techniques to the identification, consideration, and resolution of issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature. Using qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques such as: literature search; work measurement; task analysis and job structuring; productivity charting; determining staff to workload ratios (e.g., span of control); organization design; space planning; development and administration of questionnaires; flowcharting of work processes; graphing; and calculation of means, modes, standard deviations, or similar statistical measures. Assisting with monitoring and improvement of data quality through data analytics, report generation, and formulation of procedural and/or corrective recommendations. Preparing and delivering briefings to managers on study findings and recommendations. Experience: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Assisting in a variety of activities associated with the facilitation, enhancement, operation, maintenance and sustainment of program systems. Researching, analyzing, and providing recommended action on routine data integrity issues impacting the program and its mission-oriented support tasks. Requesting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting the findings of reoccurring or ad hoc data quality and data analytics projects requested by subject matter experts and management. Assisting with recommending short- and long-range data integrity goals for the program, developing draft plans for implementing the goals, and implementing those goals using the approval and guidance of leadership. Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Assisting in a variety of comprehensive, complex and sensitive projects encompassing the analysis and evaluation of identity data accumulated during the operation of administered programs. Monitoring and improvement of data quality through data analytics, report generation, and formulation of procedural and/or corrective recommendations. Auditing data within program systems, identifying data quality discrepancies, and presenting those discrepancies to subject matter experts. Recommending short- and long-range data integrity goals for the program, developing draft plans for implementing the goals, and implementing those goals using the approval and guidance of leadership. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. Education Substitution: GS-09: A Master's degree, two full years of graduate education, a J.D. or an LL.B. degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for experience required at this level. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise two years of graduate education. If that information is not available, use 36 semester or 54 quarter hours. GS-11: A Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M. degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for experience required at this level. (A course of study in business, international business, or a related field is qualifying.) Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise three years of graduate study. If that information is not available, use 54 semester or 81 quarter hours. GS-12: There is no education substitution for the GS-12 grade level. Combining Education and Experience: To combine your education and experience, you must convert each to a percentage, and then add the percentages. The combined total of your percentage of education and experience must equal at least 100% in order to qualify. If your education is currently described in quarter hours, convert the quarter hours into semester hours by multiplying the quarter hours by the fraction 2/3. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, divide the number of graduate semester hours by 18. To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, you must divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by the required number of months of experience. Add your percentages of education and experience. The two percentages must total at least 100%. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must: Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 09/15/2023. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of its mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires each and every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully complete a background investigation for a Secret clearance as a condition of placement in this Non-Critical Sensitive position. This review includes financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period. Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. View information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibilityon OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well qualified under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Education

Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: CBP Hiring Center HR Contact
• Phone: 952-857-2932
• Email: [email protected]