Job opening: Security Specialist
Salary: $130 148 - 169 195 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Aug 19 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 HQ USSOUTHCOM Security and Intelligence Directorate located in Miami, FL.
Duties
Interprets complex legislative, regulatory, and policy guidance to prepare recommendations for management.
Collects, interprets, correlates, and analyze employee-related data to identify employee behavior potentially indicative of an insider threat to national security information, operations, facilities or agency resources to include its workforce.
Interacts with and assists security in support of formal investigations and/or inquiries to resolve insider threat-related matters, employee misconduct or violations of law.
Responsible for conducting insider threat risk analysis management by reviewing insider threat reports for potential risk, and assessing threats based on human resources information and general security-related expertise.
Develops methodologies, collects data, and produces NGB-wide trend analysis products and briefings concerning insider threat incidents, assessments, associated risks, and response/mitigation measures.
Utilizes risk management and human resources best practices and procedures to assess and determine risk priority based on available information.
Identifies potential risk reduction and/or control measures based on applicable regulations and best practices. Staffs and coordinates assessments and referral packages with appropriate organizations.
Requirements
- TDY Travel may be required approximately 20% or more of the time.
- 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 willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with eligibility for access to sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
- 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.
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 producing analysis based on insider threat referrals; AND assisting in the evaluation of insider threat to a Special Access Program (SAP) or Sensitive Activities environment. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-13).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
CounterintelligenceProgram SecurityVulnerabilities Assessment and Management
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-W096AA HQ USSOUTHCOM
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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