Job opening: Security Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Jan 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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-W6EC01 US ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER.
Duties
Develops and manages all aspects of the organizational OPSEC (Operations Security) program and evaluates existing programs for adequacy and efficiency.
Implements, manages, and monitors policies, procedures, and methods of the internal personnel, physical, industrial, information systems, and technical security programs to reduce vulnerabilities to the foreign intelligence and terrorist threat.
Develops the correspondence security countermeasures necessary to protect sensitive and classified information processed on office computer equipment.
Develops and administers a security education and training program, to include the units support plan, that assures all unit members are knowledgeable of applicable policies and procedures.
Processes request for clearances, manages the SAP (Special Access Program) Access Roster and Request for Access, and administers SAP debriefs and briefings.
Develops and administers policies and procedures required to maintain accreditation and physical integrity of the units SCIF in accordance with published guidance and directives.
Serves as TS (Top Secret) Document Control Officer; manages and administers the unit's substantive TS Document inventory in accordance with published policies, guidance and directives.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
- 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.
- Temporary duty (TDY) travel will be required 25% or less of the time.
- Required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart IUSOGE, 6/08). See the Additional Information section for additional information.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on a T5 (or equivalent level) investigation with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
- This position has been identified for the Security Professional Education Development (SPeD) Certification Program. See the Additional Information section for additional information.
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 based on your experience, 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 ensuring the accreditation and physical integrity of the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). AND Experience managing a variety of security programs, such as information security, physical security, industrial security, personnel security, SAP (special access programs), SETA (security education, training and awareness). This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-12).
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:
Operations SecuritySecurityTechnical Competence
NOTE: 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.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address ST-IC-W6EC01 US ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: [email protected]
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