You will serve as a SECURITY SPECIALIST (OPERATIONS) in the MARINE CORPS INFORMATION OPERATIONS CENTER, MARINE CORPS INFORMATION COMMAND (MCIC) MARINE FORCES COMMAND (MARFORCOM).

Duties

Review Operations Security (OPSEC) programs that are designed to meet operational needs by mitigating risks associated with specific vulnerabilities in order to deny adversaries critical information and observable indicators. Recommend deviation from routine practices to confuse or deter adversarial collectors and reduce vulnerabilities to existing hostile intelligence, terrorist, and criminal threats against personnel, information and other critical assets. Conduct risk analysis and vulnerability assessments in accordance with the intelligence threat analysis to determine appropriate preventive and active protective measures. Provide subject matter expertise to support the application of analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of service-specific Operations Security (OPSEC) training curriculum.

Requirements

• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: conducting assessments, documenting findings, preparing/briefing results and making recommendations regarding a unit/installation OPSEC programs. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address HQ US MARINE CORPS 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]