About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the ST-IC-W3U2AA US ARMY FUTURES AND CONCEPTS CENTER. Serve as organization Security Advisor, Security Program Manager, and Operations Officer.

Duties

As Operations Officer, participate and lead weekly C-CDID plans and operations meetings. Operations security (OPSEC) Officer, establish, provide oversight, and serve as the technical authority for policy and program management for OPSEC discipline area. Recommend priorities to the supervisor; integrate and prepare calendars and tasking matrixes for completion of work. Develop and maintain tracking matrices and schedules for short to long range activities, exercises, and tasks. Plan and coordinates directorate briefings for high-ranking military and civilian personnel and foreign dignitaries. Submit all required briefings to the CCoE and FCC Foreign Disclosure officers for approval. Receive, distribute, track, and close all Security related taskings received from CCoE and FCC HQs. Serve as the lead integrator for all Conferences and Symposiums. Conduct OPSEC assessments of operations, activities, exercises, critical programs, and support functions to determine if sufficient OPSEC measures are in place to protect critical information. Develop long-range program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones to evaluate the effectiveness of the OPSEC Program. Maintain awareness of all OPSEC sensitive activities, advises leaders about the organization’s OPSEC posture, policy and the likelihood that OPSEC can be adequately maintained for those activities. Serve as organization’s point of contact on personnel security (PERSEC) matters and resolve complex issues related to the PERSEC program. Organization expert and account manager liaison on the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) and provides DISS training to subordinates, managers, portal account access, and account hierarchies for DISS. Provide direct support and guidance to personnel with in/out processing tasks pertaining to PERSEC. Interpret, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards for the protection of classified information. Serve as POC for information security (INFOSEC) matters and resolve complex INFOSEC program related issues. Advise and assist managers on classification problems. Ensure classification guides are distributed and maintained. Ensure locally generated classified documents contain appropriate classification markings. Conduct routine inspections to ensure appropriate INFOSEC safeguards are in place and provide inspection results. Identify, investigate, record, and report actual or suspected threats to security, compromises, and other INFOSEC violations. Support and ensure compliance with local physical security (PHYSEC) policies, standards, and procedures, and provide technical guidance designed to protect personnel, facilities, property, and other assets.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on a T5 investigation/Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans5-Point Veterans' PreferenceCurrent Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDisabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPrior Federal Service EmployeePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleUnited States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. To qualify, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience that demonstrates a practical knowledge of the methods and techniques of multi-discipline security program administration as demonstrated by (1) administering a multi-disciplined security program that includes providing advise and guidance within two or more of the following areas: Personnel Security (PERSEC), Physical Security (PHYSEC), Information Security (INFOSEC), or Operations Security (OPSEC); and, (2) conducting security inspections for PERSEC, PHYSEC, OPSEC, and/or INFOSEC discipline areas. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service (GG/GS-11). Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series. Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information SecurityOperations SecurityPersonnel SecurityPhysical SecurityPlanning and EvaluatingProject Management

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address ST-IC-W3U2AA US ARMY FUTURES AND CONCEPTS CENTER DO NOT MAIL Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk