You will serve as a Security Specialist in the NAVAL WAR COLLEGE.

Duties

You will be the administrator responsible for the management, administration, and operation of the Electronic Security Systems (ESS) Enterprise. You will be responsible for ensuring that all applications within the ESS are properly configured, tuned, and operational. You will be responsible for the procurement of additional capability and contract renewal tasks for maintenance contracts. You will oversee and certify all new work, repair work, or maintenance done on the ESS and certify all additional equipment and capabilities installed as well as the functionality of all equipment according to Navy/DOD policy. You will support, develop, and implement established policies and standards in the ESS for monitoring, analytics, and maintenance of systems and resources.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an Access Control/Alarm System (Lenel OnGuard) certification within 9 months of employment.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a VSS (Milestone) certification.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret/Secret Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Operating, monitoring, maintaining, and configuring Electronic Security Systems (ESS) such as Video Surveillance Systems, Access Control and Alarm Systems, and Mass Notification Systems; 2) Maintaining and analyzing data as it relates to ESS; 3) Performing ESS systems event analysis to identify and mitigate outages, misconfigurations, and compliance deviations and ensuring incidents are entered into automated reporting systems; and 4) Demonstrating knowledge of security programs, computer/network administration principles, and methods to monitor and evaluate systems, recognize security breaches, and perform diagnostics. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree;

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree;

or

LL.M., if related.


A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Naval War College Newport, RI 02841 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]