IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE)
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
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SECURITY SPECIALIST
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Department of Defense
GS-7 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This entry-level security specialist role at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service involves helping protect people, information, and assets by managing security clearances, conducting briefings, and supporting various security programs in a government office.
It suits someone with a year of federal experience in security tasks who enjoys detail-oriented work like reviewing documents and advising on risks.
Ideal candidates are organized, trustworthy, and comfortable handling sensitive information in a team setting.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 level in federal service, including applying security laws, analyzing documents, and advising on security issues
- 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-07 or higher, verifiable via recent SF-50 form
- Knowledge of security principles, policies, and practices for personnel, information, physical, and operations security
- Ability to review and process personnel security clearances and access requests for civilians and contractors
- Experience conducting security briefings, debriefings, foreign travel requests, and publication reviews
- Support role in multiple security disciplines including DEERS/ID, access control, and contractor vetting
- Successful completion of USA Hire Assessment for applicant evaluation
Full Job Description
This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.
One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-07) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
GS-09 Specialized experience is defined as: applying Security laws, principles, systems, policies, and practices to provide routine Security services; analyzing security documents for accuracy and completeness; advising managers and employees on potential security issues and submitting documents to investigative/adjudicative bodies.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.
Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-07 or higher grade in Federal Service.
** To verify you meet the time-in-grade requirement, please provide a copy of a recent SF-50 that shows you have completed at least 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.
Examples of qualifying SF-50s include: Within-Grade Increase (WGI) Promotion Any SF-50, if its effective date allows a specialist to calculate 52 weeks of service.
(The effective date is in the upper-right corner of the SF-50)** You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
Major Duties:
- Support senior security specialist manage the development, evaluation, implementation, and operation of procedures and methods used for safeguarding personnel, information, property, operations, and materials.
- Reviews requests for personnel security clearances and special accesses for civilian and contractor positions and ascertains the need for security access requested.
- Serve as alternate in the following security disciplines: Physical Security, Operation Security, Information Security, Special Security, DEERS/ID Office, and Access Control.
- Updates security policies, performs contractor vetting and escorting, and schedule classified meetings.
- Conducts security briefings/debriefings, process foreign travel requests, and publication reviews.
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