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Posted: February 11, 2026 (4 days ago)

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SECURITY SPECIALIST

STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP)

Department of the Navy

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$89,508 - $138,370

per year

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February 25, 2026More Navy jobs →

GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves planning and managing security for strategic weapons at fixed sites, including training security teams, analyzing operations, and ensuring everything runs smoothly and complies with rules.

It's a role in the Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, focused on improving security performance through surveys, inspections, and recommendations.

A good fit would be someone with military or security planning experience who enjoys problem-solving and working in a team to protect important assets.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 or equivalent level in operational and tactical security planning
  • Knowledge of the Joint Planning Process for developing, implementing, and executing security plans and procedures
  • Experience in operations analysis, including assessing effectiveness, ensuring compliance, and recommending improvements to staffing, training, and resources
  • Ability to organize, train, and execute security force missions for strategic weapons
  • Skills in conducting security surveys, reviews, inspections, exercises, and providing advisory services
  • Valid United States driver's license (must obtain and maintain)

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or NH-02 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing operational and tactical level planning, utilizing the Joint Planning Process including the development, implementation, and execution of comprehensive plans and procedures for fixed site security; operations analysis, including assessing operational effectiveness, ensuring compliance with organizational directives, and using data to recommend improvements to staffing, training, and resource allocation.

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=Group-Standards 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 assist the Operations Officer tasked with the organization, training of security forces and the execution of strategic weapon’s security mission.
  • You will provide timely information relating to Security Force requirements and employment status to higher, adjacent, and subordinate staff representatives in order to enable effective decision making.
  • You will study the accomplishment of operational security requirements of security forces in order to improve security performance and mission accomplishment.
  • You will design and conduct strategic weapons security operational surveys, reviews, inspections, exercises, and research projects and provides advisory services.
  • You will advise the team on methods, practices and procedures and assist the team and/or individuals in identifying variable solutions and provide opportunities to improve efficiency or effectiveness.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/11/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/11/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DE-12884388-26-JEH