Transportation Security Officer
Transportation Security Administration
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SECURITY SPECIALIST
U.S. Marine Corps
Department of the Navy
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Salary
$74,678 - $97,087
per year
Type
Closes
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GS-9 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves managing security programs for a Marine Corps installation in New Orleans, focusing on preventing threats like terrorism, protecting people and property, and handling emergencies.
The role includes reviewing security measures, creating protection plans, and budgeting for improvements.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in security coordination and a background in military or government protection work.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 level or equivalent, managing anti-terrorism, force protection, physical security, operations security, and emergency management
- Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of security programs
- Experience ensuring identification of threats and hazards to prevent loss of life, information compromise, mission disruption, or property damage
- Skill in reviewing physical security lifecycle using checklists, guidelines, and directives
- Proficiency in creating and drafting facility protection plans, orders, directives, and annexes
- Ability to identify program deficiencies, determine needed resources, and prepare budgets and requests
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SECURITY SPECIALIST in the United States Marine Corps of MARFORRES NOLA.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Managing and coordinating matters pertaining to anti-terrorism, force protection, physical and operations security, emergency management, and evaluating the effectiveness of agency security programs.
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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/security-administration-series-0080/ 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 ensure that the installation's Protection Program properly identifies threats and hazards that might result in the loss of life, compromise sensitive information, mission disruption, and property damage.
- You will periodically review physical security life cycle in accordance with existing functional area checklists, guidelines, and directives.
- You will create, draft, and contribute to written facility protection plans, orders, directives, and annexes to existing orders as required for installation protection.
- You will identify program deficiencies and identify resources needed and prepare and present budget and requests.
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