SECURITY SPECIALIST

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About the Position: Serves as a Security Specialist for the US Army Joint Counter-UAS Office, Executivie Division, as an expert in the development of a security program for facilities, personnel, and programs.

Position is located in Arlington, Virginia. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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.

GS-12 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includesperforming personnel security program functions including conducting security inspections or compliance reviews and applying security policy or guidance.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

GS-13 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing a Personnel Security program; conducting security inspections and compliance reviews; administering local policy and written technical guidance; and leading security specialists on complex security matters.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

GS-12: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

GS-13: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Major Duties:

• Conduct review and analysis of physical security plans and survey reports for compliance with existing policies and procedures.
• Ensure Operation Security (OPSEC) compliance, with functional evaluations, reviews, and all inspections to ensure regulatory requirements are met.
• Develop and present a comprehensive organizational security briefing as part of the orientation provided by all new employees and administrators.
• Ensure that all assigned employees and contractors have the appropriate security clearance, eligibility and access in place.
• Advise on planning for analysis and implementation of organizational security processes and functions.