PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST
Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command
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SECURITY SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$100,602 - $130,786
per year
Type
Closes
January 20, 2026
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 working as a security specialist for the U.S.
Navy in Washington state, where you'll review and improve security rules for physical sites and computer systems to spot problems early and suggest fixes.
You'll help leaders make smart choices on security by analyzing data, spotting trends, and joining audits or inspections from other teams.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in security analysis who likes detail-oriented work in a government or military setting.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
- Ability to analyze and evaluate policies, instructions, or procedures for physical or IT security
- Skills in preventing security issues, resolving problems, and defining policies
- Experience providing objective information to managers for security decisions in operations
- Proficiency in analyzing data, extracting information, summarizing trends, and identifying issues
- Participation in audits, surveys, or inspections from other departments or commands
- Ability to provide synopses of audit findings, issues, and corrective actions to supervisors
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SECURITY SPECIALIST in the OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, CODE 300.1 of PSNS and IMF.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: analyzing and evaluating policies, instructions, or procedures for physical or Information Technology (IT) security matters to prevent issues, resolve problems and define policies.
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 provide managers with objectively based information for making decisions on the various Security aspects of agency operations and management.
- You will analyze extract, summarizes, and identifies significant trends and issues.
- You will participate in audits/surveys/inspections conducted by personnel from other departments and commands.
- You will Provides a synopsis of audit/survey/inspection U.S. Office of Personnel Management issues, findings and corrective actions to the supervisor and Department Security Coordinator.
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