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PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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$51,210 - $81,436

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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 overseeing physical security at a naval shipyard to protect people, property, and information from threats like theft or sabotage.

You'll conduct surveys, provide advice on security policies, and recommend ways to improve protections for facilities and access points.

It's a good fit for someone with experience in security oversight who enjoys analyzing risks and ensuring compliance in a government or military setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-07 level (for GS-09) or GS-05 level (for GS-07) in physical security program oversight
  • Knowledge of safeguarding information, personnel, property, and assets from threats like theft, loss, espionage, or sabotage
  • Experience providing technical advice and recommendations on shipyard policies for physical security, loss prevention, and waterfront security
  • Familiarity with access control, badging, Port Security Barriers (PSB), and risk analysis/risk management
  • Proficiency in Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) for conducting physical security surveys and assessments
  • Ability to develop short-term corrective actions and reports for long-term security improvements
  • Experience interpreting security policies, evaluating procedures for government property control, and analyzing data for resource allocation

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Physical Security Specialist in the Anti-Terrorism and Physical Security Branch (1121), Security and Fire Office (1120), Executive Support Staff Office (1100) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing physical security program oversight, which involves the safeguarding of information, personnel, property, assets, and/or material from theft, loss, misuse, fraud, disclosure, espionage, or sabotage.

Experience using technical advice and making recommendations that impact shipyard policies relating to physical security, loss prevention, waterfront security, access control and badging, Port Security Barriers (PSB), Risk Analysis/Risk Management, and Physical Security Surveys and assessments.

Experience with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) in order to conduct yearly physical security surveys on all facilities, fencing, access control points, any special access location.

Experience providing immediate short-term corrective actions and develop reports to address long-term corrective actions.

GS-07: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience interpreting security policies and procedures in order to safeguard assets.

Experience providing physical security program oversight, which involves the safeguarding of information, personnel, property, assets, and/or material from theft, loss, misuse, fraud, disclosure, espionage, or sabotage.

Experience using technical advice and making recommendations that impact shipyard policies relating to physical security, loss prevention, waterfront security, access control and badging, Port Security Barriers (PSB), Risk Analysis/Risk Management, and Physical Security Surveys and assessments.

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. Major Duties:

  • You will evaluate local procedures to issue and control government property.
  • You will advise on setting the responsibility and procedures for control of material and for reporting damaged or returned property.
  • You will be responsible for identifying protection and security needs in accordance with legislation, regulations, instructions and various policy.
  • You will analyze essential data to determine trends and patterns for recommendations to allocate resources for physical security resources.
  • You will provide physical security program oversight and safeguard information, property, personnel, and lost/stolen material.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/11/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/11/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12902247-26-CCF