Job opening: Security Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Aug 30 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 Strategic Systems Support Element, HQ Element, Alexandria, Virginia.
Duties
Implement safeguards for physical, personnel, industrial, information, SAP (special access programs), and SCI (sensitive compartmented information) security programs.
Oversee the operation of assigned facilities and/or subordinate facilities.
Oversee maintenance and management of electronic security systems (ESSs).
Apply extensive knowledge of security disciplines to advise and assist in the development of security plans and contracts.
Produce Contract Security Classification Specifications (DD 254) and supporting documentation.
Process periodic reinvestigations for all categories of personnel under command cognizance.
Perform indoctrination, debriefs, foreign travel, and annual security briefs.
Evaluate policy changes and recommendations, integrating them into current or new policies and procedures as necessary.
Perform risk assessments, reviews trends to determine vulnerabilities, develops, recommends, and implements countermeasures.
Provide input to classification guides, conducts classification reviews and oversees classification management.
Develop and/or implement the Security Education, Training and Awareness (SETA) program for assigned facilities.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Two year trial/probationary 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 able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance based on an SSBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
- Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) maybe required up to 10% of the time.
- Must pass Organization Personnel Reliability Program that includes a credit check, drug screening and CI polygraph.
- Required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450.
- Must be willing and able to participate in organization operations and training CONUS and OCONUS.
- Must be willing to occasionally work irregular hours.
- This position has been identified for the Security Professional Education Development (SPeD) Certification Program. *For more information, please see the 'Additional Information' section of this Job Opportunity Announcement.
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 providing advice, guidance, and oversight for multiple security disciplines, such as, Special Access Programs (SAP), Personnel Security (PERSEC), Information Security (INFOSEC), Physical Security (PHYSEC), Special Compartmented Information (SCI), Technical Security (TECHSEC), Industrial Security (INDUSEC), Conventional Security.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-12).
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.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Program SecuritySensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) SecurityTechnical CompetenceTechnical Credibility
Education
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.
Contacts
- Address ST-IC-W4JLAA STRATEGIC SYSTEMS SUPPORT ELEMENT
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: [email protected]
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