Job opening: SECURITY SPECIALIST
Salary: $86 962 - 134 435 per year
Published at: Oct 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: You will serve as Security Specialist for the Executive Office Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security Mandatory Center of Expertise, located in Branson, Missouri. This position can be filled at the GS-12 (with promotion potential to the GS-13) or at the full performance GS-13. Promotion to the next grade is at the discretion of management.
Duties
Provides full Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) oversight to the organization; incumbent is therefore SCI subject matter expert on the UCIC SCI Facility (SCIF) and SCI matters.
Responsible for planning, coordinating, developing, and implementing the effective accomplishment of the SCI security and intelligence programs for those activities and agencies who receive SCI support from the UCIC Special Security Office.
Responsible for furnishing security and intelligence technical and administrative advice, instructions, and guidance to supported organizations elements and staff.
Provides technical advice and support to the Director, UCIC, Security Officer, primary staff, and serviced organizations.
Supervises and monitors all corporate SCI security support.
Conducts oversight of multi-discipline physical security program execution at USACE control system sites by performing staff assistance visits (SAVs), and special inspections in preparation of Authority to Operate assessments.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Incumbent is part of the Random Drug Testing Program. Must submit to a drug test upon appointment and then randomly thereafter.
- Incumbent may be required to work overtime.
- The incumbent must have a valid driver's license.
- This position requires travel up to 20% of the time.
- 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.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic 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.
To qualify for the GS-12:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes at least 2 out of 3 following duties: 1) Serve as a special security point of contact for all aspects of Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI) security; OR 2) Manage programs such as Communications Security (COMSEC), Operations Security (OPSEC), Personnel Security, Physical Security, Automation Security, and Industrial Security, as relates to information security; OR 3) Advises, monitors, and regulates day-to-day secure area operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
To qualify for the GS-13:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes at least 2 out of 3 following duties: 1) Providing full Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) oversight to the organization OR 2) responsible for planning, coordinating, developing, and implementing the SCI security programs; OR 3) Sensitive Compartment Information subject matter expert on the SCI Facility (SCIF) and SCI matters. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Cyber SecurityDatabase Management SystemsOperations Security
Time in Grade Requirement for GS-12: 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-11).
Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-13: 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
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address RK-W2SU04 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LITTLE ROCK
DO NOT MAIL
Little Rock, AR 72203
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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