PERSONNEL SECURITY SPECIALIST
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Security Guard
U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command
Department of the Army
Location
Pennsylvania
Salary
$53,512 - $69,565
per year
Type
Closes
February 20, 2026
GS-5 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job is for a security guard at a U.S.
Army facility in Pennsylvania, where you'll check people and vehicles entering the site, keep order, and respond to security issues to protect the property and everyone on it.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in basic security work, like watching over buildings or events, who stays calm under pressure and follows rules closely.
No advanced degrees are needed, just one year of hands-on experience in protecting places from risks.
Key Requirements
- U.S. citizenship
- One year of specialized experience in protecting property from hazards like fire, theft, damage, accidents, or trespass
- Experience maintaining order and protecting life
- Experience controlling access for vehicles, visitors, and pedestrians into facilities
- Ability to perform installation access control using standard operating procedures and regulations
- Skills in resolving visitor access issues and supporting a Visitor Control Center
- Capability to serve in security response during incidents and regulate traffic to prevent accidents and congestion
Full Job Description
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
Who May Apply: US Citizens 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.
One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Protecting property against such hazards as fire, theft, damage, accident, or trespass; 2) Maintaining order and protecting life; AND 3) Controlling access of vehicles, visitors and/or pedestrians into a facility or area.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Major Duties:
- Perform installation access control for pedestrians and vehicles utilizing standard operating procedures, written orders and regulatory requirements.
- Resolve standard procedural and non-recurring visitor access assignments in support of the Visitor Control Center.
- Serve as a member of the installation’s overall security response capability during actual or simulated incidents.
- Regulate pedestrian and vehicular traffic to prevent accidents and to ease congestion and parking problems.
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