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 HQ, US Medical Command, DCS Force Protection ACS HLTH Care OPNS located at Falls Church, VA.

Duties

Plans and coordinates procedures for implementation of the INFOSEC program. Serves as the alternate PERSEC officer responsible for initiating, updating and recommending approval for the initial, periodic and interim security clearances for military, civilian, contractors and foreign nationals. Conducts and update the initial security indoctrination and ensure all newly assigned personnel complete the initial information security training. Establishes a continuous evaluation program that would allow them to analyze and identify trends, identify, threat analysis, threat forecasts and threat alerts, and recommends mitigation strategies. Assists in determining policies and procedures concerning SCI security and related non-SCI security matters. Establishing local supplemental guidance governing interactions with contractors who require access to classified or otherwise sensitive information and/or technology, as needed. Maintains daily coordination with MEDCOM Intelligence Officers to ensure daily and weekly Intelligence products are developed, published and distributed as required. Will manage the Joint Medical Intelligence repository website, to ensure all relative information is updated and archived and grant access as required. Responsible for the management of the release and disclosure of the classified and sensitive information to foreign nationals. Execute the OPSEC program to include, provide face-to-face training annually. Develops, update, and maintain OPSEC policy and guidance and review all contracts and correspondence prior to publication and distribution.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Two year trial 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.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• Duty outside normal work hours may be required to resolve problems that are subject to occur on a 24-hour/7-day a week basis. Some travel may be required.
• Designated Mission Essential Position - (see Additional Information for more details)
• This position requires the incumbent obtain the following core SPeD Certification: Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within their first two years of employment.

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. Current 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)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority 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 Eligible 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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. 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 performing intelligence-related security work, applying and executing security principles and concepts pertaining to Information Security (INFOSEC), Personnel Security Program (PERSEC) Foreign Disclosure (FD), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Industrial Security (INDUS) and Operations Security (OPSEC) related duties. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: 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.

Contacts

• Address ST-IC-W3VY01 HQ US ARMY MEDICAL COMMAND DO NOT MAIL Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk