Physical Security Specialist

Full Job Description

Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), in Washington, District of Columbia. View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Minimum Qualification requirements as noted below.

Specialized Experience: GS-13: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service performing 3 or more of the following: Performing Personal Identity Verification (PIV) or company badge issuance operations; Applying identity verification policies, technical standards, and procedural requirements to ensure credentialing operations meet compliance expectations; Reviewing and applying suitability regulations related to identity verification to determine credential approval or denial; Ensuring standardized execution of identity verification processes across operational units by following established guidance Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.

The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

NOTE: 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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: 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.

Major Duties:

As Physical Security Specialist, at the full performance level, you will perform the following duties: Facilitate operations at the ICE Headquarters DHS Credentialing Facility (DCF).

Track, measure and report personal identity verification issuance data and statistics.

Attend required training to maintain compliance and comply with all Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements, Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 201 (FIPS 201), and DHS policies.

Apply a wide range of knowledge in security related functions to independently analyze and resolve broad and complex security problems.

Coordinate and prepare ICE Headquarters DCF for compliance reviews and perform Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12 system design and integration tasks.