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PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST

Naval Education and Training Command

Department of the Navy

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Salary

$78,117 - $101,558

per year

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February 26, 2026More Navy jobs →

GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing physical security for Navy recruiting offices in Arizona, including assessing threats, coordinating with law enforcement, and ensuring staff are trained to handle potential attacks.

A good fit would be someone with experience in security planning and analysis who can work independently and travel as needed.

It's ideal for those passionate about protecting military personnel and facilities from risks.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 level or equivalent, including executing security programs per federal policies
  • Experience implementing training programs to prevent, deter, detect, or mitigate threats and attacks
  • Ability to analyze information to identify potential security problems
  • Skill in providing anti-terrorism policy recommendations based on data analysis
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, including to remote sites via military or commercial aircraft
  • Strong coordination skills with agencies like local law enforcement, NCIS, FBI, DHS, and Joint Terrorism Task Force

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST for the NAV RECRUITING DISTRICT ARIZONA.

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) Executing a security program in accordance to federal policies and procedures; 2) Implementing training programs that prevent, deter, detect, or mitigate the effects of threats and attacks; 3) Analyzing information to identify potential security problems; 4) Offering anti-terrorism policy recommendations based on oral/written analyses, decisions, or conclusions of data.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/security-administration-series-0080/ 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. Major Duties:

  • You will develop threat assessments for Navy Recruiting Districts (NRD) or Navy Total Acquisition Groups (NTAG) off-installations, facilities, personnel and operations for use in identifying potential threats, critical assets and vulnerabilities.
  • You will recommend the setting for higher Force Protection measures or conditions, as dictated by the threat environment.
  • You will identify travel, equipment and training resources needed by NRD/NTAG Ant-Terrorism (AT) and prepare requests for approval by the NRD/NTAG or higher authority.
  • You will coordinate extensively with local law enforcement agencies, NCIS, FBI, DHS and the Joint Terrorism Task Force to ensure agencies understand the unique security needs for the NRD/NTAG.
  • You will monitor installation of new physical security features to ensure installation conforms to specifications.
  • You will plan, implement and track the AT training program to ensure all personnel receive all AT training required by DoD and Navy policy and the NRD/NTAG AT program, incident report procedures, emergency action plans, and preplanned responses.
  • 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.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/20/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12886088-26-KTW