Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Supervisory Security Specialist position is located Security and Administrative Services (SAS), Enterprise Support (ES), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Serving as the primary advisor and authoritative consultant on the full scope of TSA internal security programs and security issues to senior TSA leadership. Provides representation of TSA in OHS-wide and other external working groups, forums, and conferences. Managing integral components of TSA's personnel security program, governing employees' access to classified information, including determinations of eligibility for employment. Developing or directing the development of new policies or revisions to existing policies that affect all security programs under the CSO. Planning, coordinating, managing, and monitoring policy implementation both within the Security Branch and across TSA, as appropriate. Managing and monitoring the Security Branch's budget to include spending plans and justifying new funding requirements. Identifying and evaluating risks of potential cuts and efficiencies. Evaluating resource impacts of requirements and acquiring or shifting resources as needed. Overseeing the TSA Special Access Program, including management of multiple TSA Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), and advising TSA management of significant issues that may compromise the security of facilities or information. Serving as the lead subject matter expert for internal security programs, independently planning, directing, and monitoring work of subordinate Section Chiefs and support personnel. Responsible for all Security Branch procurement efforts, including contracts for services from outside vendors. Managing TSA's Industrial Security Program, ensuring contract security classification specifications for each industrial security contract are forwarded to the OHS CSO for review, and changes in specifications are implemented as required by OHS policies and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band ( equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J or GS-14 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialize experience is defined as: Experience managing and/or overseeing a staff that supports one or more of the following security areas: Information Security, Operations Security, Industrial Security, Foreign Visitor/Travel, Personnel Security or Physical Security; and Experience advising and providing strategic guidance to TSA leadership on security policies and procedures in order to ensure alignment with governing regulations (i.e., Department of Homeland Security (OHS) etc.); and Experience implementing security practices, policies or guidelines in order to resolve discrepancies, inconsistencies or identified issues. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. 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. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address ES - Security and Administrative Services 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]