Job opening: Information Security Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Jun 26 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The mission of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) is to provide force protection, security, and law enforcement to safeguard personnel, facilities, infrastructure, and other resources for the Pentagon Reservation and designated Department of Defense (DoD) facilities (hereinafter referred to as "the Pentagon Facilities") within the National Capital Region (NCR).
Duties
Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:
Initiates, develops, ensures implementation of, monitors, and evaluates organizational compliance with broad overall policies and procedures pertaining to the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), and the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
Develops and implements innovative methods for administration and management of the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program.
Serves as the lead for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) sharing, marking, safeguarding, storage, dissemination, decontrol, and destruction.
Provides guidance and training to the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), and the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) personnel. Counsels, advises, and makes recommendations to derivative classifiers and the Activity Security Manager regarding classification of information and technology
Develops cost estimates and sustainment costs related to the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
- Required to participate in the direct deposit program
- Individuals tentatively selected for drug testing designated positions will be required to submit to urinalysis for illegal drugs prior to appointment and are subjected to random drug testing.
- Position has been designated as Top Secret/SCI. Incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
- The incumbent must adhere to DoD Standards of Conduct
- This position has been designated as "Mission Essential." Incumbent will be required to report to work or relocate to a new duty location, within the United States, in times of local/national emergency.
- This position is indexed as requiring the Security Fundamentals DoD Certification in accordance with DoD 3305.13-M, DoD
Security Accreditation and Certification. The employee must obtain the required certification.
Qualifications
Time in Grade:
For entry at the GS-13 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience:
For the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12 if outside the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as implementing, monitoring, and evaluating policies and procedures; and developing and implementing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) programs.
In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant's background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing competencies are required.
Competencies: Communication, Information Security, Leadership, Security Education, Training and Awareness, and Strategic Thinking
Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met at the closing date of this announcement.
Education
There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level.
Contacts
- Address Pentagon Force Protection Agency
Human Resources Directorate
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350
US
- Name: Washington HQ Services
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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