Job opening: Security Specialist (Protective Security Advisor)
Salary: $98 496 - 151 308 per year
Published at: Dec 01 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Who May Be Considered:
U.S. Citizens
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This is a full time telework position. The employee's home address will be the official duty station. However, this position is ineligible for remote work. Due to frequent travel requirement, selectee must reside within the locality pay area identified in this announcement. Must reside in the states of New Hampshire, Maine, or Connecticut prior to entrance on duty.
Duties
Typical work assignments include:
Liaison for the Department of Homeland Security to other Federal agencies, state, and local government and the private sector on security compliance/enforcement matter relative to the protection of the Nation's Critical Infrastructure.
Federal point of contact for local infrastructure owners and operators requiring assistance in protection planning.
Reviews and interprets new directives, program changes, legal initiatives, and/or DHS guidelines concerned with security and resilience activities affecting critical infrastructure.
Plan, coordinate, and conduct complex critical infrastructure security and resilience assessment activities, including the generation of Protective/Resilience Measure Indices based on industry standards, identifying vulnerabilities, and presenting recommendations to corporate executives and/or senior SLTT officials to mitigate risk.
Develops and maintains relationship with owners and operators of Critical Infrastructure, meeting regularly with site security personnel and state and local officials to share information, review protection support by Homeland Security and other Federal agencies.
Coordinates and leads assessments and analysis to identify dependencies, gaps, interdependencies, and vulnerabilities.
Coordinates physical security protective measures and procedures and assures that appropriate data is captured in centralized database.
Coordinates with and deploys to Emergency Operations Centers to lead critical infrastructure response and recovery efforts.
Identifies and develops strategies for DHS risk mitigation training based on needs analysis.
Plans, develops, coordinates, and executes outreach in response to threats and the threat environment.
Qualifications
To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying.
You qualify for the GS-13 grade level, if you have:
EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties:
Analyzing, investigating, and assessing complex critical infrastructure physical security and resilience processes, procedures, dependencies, interdependencies and vulnerabilities for facilities, systems and protection programs.
You qualify for the GS-14 grade level, if you have:
EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties:
Functioning as a strategic, operational and technical authority in advising critical infrastructure partners, owners and operators, and officials on security and resilience improvements to reduce vulnerability and risk.
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.
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Education
No substitution of education for experience is permitted at the GS-13/14 grade levels.
Contacts
- Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
1616 N. Fort Myer Dr.
CISA-FMD Stop 0380
Arlington, VA 20598-0380
US
- Name: Customer Care Center DEU HR
- Phone: 317-212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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