About the Position: Incumbent will serve as a Personnel Security Specialist responsible for providing headquarters level oversight to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Personnel Security program. This position is located in San Antonio, TX. This position may be eligible for telework, at management's discretion. This is not a remote position. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Student Loan repayment may be authorized.

Duties

Assist in establishing, developing, coordinating, and implementing DHA required security policy and procedures to ensure national security policy is promulgated at DHA. Identify, analyze, evaluate, and recommend solutions to resolve simple to complex problems impacting security readiness of assigned security programs. Initiate security clearance investigations for initial security clearances and upon receipt of the employees’ investigation report; notify government personnel of the requirement for background investigation periodic reinvestigations (PR). Collaborate, develop, and implement DHA Personnel security policies and procedures to ensure security policy is established and promulgated within the DHA. Coordinate with security representatives in support of DHA employees to facilitate and ensure the access to classified information. Represent the Defense Health Agency at high level DoD and other government working groups regarding security program policy input and collaboration.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• Security Professional Education Development (SPeD) Certification Program: This position requires the incumbent to obtain the 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. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) performing a wide range of personnel security duties (i.e., evaluating security clearances for personnel, initiating background investigations/periodic security clearance reviews, suitability adjudication, etc.); 2) making final suitability (fitness) determinations for public trust positions; 3) making final security determinations for non-critical sensitive or critical-sensitive positions; AND 4) utilizing automated security systems (such as Defense Information Security System (DISS), Personnel Investigations Processing System (PIPS), Central Verification System (CVS), Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (eQIP), electronic application (eAPP), etc.) to complete security/suitability investigations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Oral CommunicationPersonnel SecuritySecurity Education, Training and AwarenessSecurity Tools and Methods Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address KF-DHA-DDAAFC DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HQ DO NOT MAIL Falls Church, VA 22042 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk