Job opening: Security Specialist
Salary: $66 670 - 86 670 per year
Published at: Dec 29 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
As a Security Specialist you will:
Perform all functions necessary to operate multiple Electronic Security Systems (ESS) including emergency monitoring and surveillance equipment, Physical Access Control Systems (PACS), Emergency Notification Systems, Video Surveillance Systems (VSS), and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) for the purposes of preventing and discouraging crime, protecting property, and ensuring safety.
Serve as the key hub for all security and internal emergency actions and incidents.
Have continuous routine access to classified information and networks in support of CDC's public health mission.
Manage the physical security mailbox, other mailboxes, and multiple communications, and responds to security related questions and requests for access.
Qualifications
Requirements Continued:
In accordance with Executive Order 12564 of September 14, 1986, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is A Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The Federal government, as the largest employer in the Nation, can and should show the way towards achieving drug-free workplaces through programs designed to offer drug users a helping hand, and at the same time demonstrating to drug users and potential drug users that drugs will not be tolerated in the Federal workplace. The use of illegal drugs, on or off duty, by Federal employees is inconsistent not only with the law-abiding behavior expected of all citizens, but also with the special trust placed in such employees as servants of the public. All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and be subject to random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. Appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative applicant drug test result.
Current or Former Political Appointees: Agencies must seek prior approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Current or Former Political Appointees: Submit SF-50.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify at the GS-09 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level, which must include the following experience: supporting security operations, monitoring closed circuit television (CCTV), operating physical access control systems (PACS), conducting key control, records administrations duties, and information security protocols.
OR
Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related
OR
A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.
Documenting Experience: In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.
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.
Education
A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to
Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more information, visit
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address NCEZID-DCLSR-ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS AND BIOTECHNOLGIES BRANCH
1600 CLIFTON RD NE
ATLANTA, GA 30333
US
- Name: CDC HELPDESK
- Phone: (770) 488-1725
- Email: [email protected]
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