Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Supervisory Security Specialist position is located in Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration, Enterprise Support (ES), Security and Administrative Services (SAS), Security Division, Security Management Section. Duties include but are not limited to: Managing and providing professional guidance while overseeing the agency's Internal Security OPSEC Self-Inspection Survey program. Administers the agency's OPSEC Facilitator program and OPSEC Working Group, updates OPSEC training courses as necessary and conducts outreach to agency program offices and personnel. Develops and provides security awareness training and outreach (OPSEC, Security Orientation, Foreign Contact and Travel, etc.) to agency employees and contractors. Oversees the agency's Foreign Contact and Travel Program and the Foreign Visitor Management Program. Obtains, analyzes, and disseminates relevant and specific time sensitive foreign national/visitor vetting classified intelligence information to agency program offices and other DHS component agencies in order to protect agency personnel assets and operations by designing countermeasures and defensive actions. Coordinates the development, evaluation, and implementation of the agency's Internal Security Counterintelligence related programs. Performs reviews and writes agency counterintelligence policies, agency directives, position papers and other documentation related to internal security programs. Provides responses to Department of Homeland Security Policies, Government Accountability Office reports, DHS Inspector General audits, investigatory panels, and other executive level tasking requests. Performs analyses and reports of suspicious foreign contacts by agency employees and contractors. Provides determinations whether elicitation or other hostile information collection activities by foreign intelligence services. Independently collaborates with appropriates DHS and TSA LOBs (e.g., TSA Insider Threat program personnel, DHS and TSA's Intelligence and Analysis, DHS Counterintelligence Programs Division (CIPD), Information Technology, etc.) for a resolution. Experience providing analysis, status reports and findings to senior staff and/or leadership. Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period Requirements: Unless previously completed, you must satisfactorily complete a one-year supervisory probationary period to continue in this supervisory/managerial position.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as: Managing and/or supervising an Operations Security Program (OPSEC) or other related security program such as Counterintelligence, Foreign Travel/Access by implementing security practices, policies, or guidelines to ensure compliance with federal applicable laws and regulations. Developing and providing security program awareness training and outreach (OPSEC, Counterintelligence Policy, Foreign Contact and Travel, etc.) to federal employees or contractors. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address ES - Security and Administrative Services 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]