Security Specialist, Administrative Security (ADSEC)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), in Washington, District of Columbia.

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. You must demonstrate you meet the Specialized Experience requirements as noted below.

Specialized Experience, GS-13: You must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that included three (3) or more of the following: Administering security programs to protect personnel, information and/or other critical assets (e.g., physical, information, personnel, and/or industrial security).

Analyzing security questions and problems to provide solutions. Leading a project involving the evaluation of security programs and operations.

Developing security guidelines and procedures to support consistent administration of security requirements. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

NOTE: 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).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Major Duties:

As a Security Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Consult with mid-level managers to plan, develop, implement, and administer internal security programs for ICE in accordance with Executive Orders, Federal laws and regulations.

Apply knowledge of a wide range of security principles, concepts, and practices to establish and monitor security plans and programs and resolve a variety of security problems.

Research and implement new and improved security methods and procedures, often tailoring security programs and requirements to special organizational needs.

Formulate and recommend security requirements; develop guidelines, procedures and other materials for use by operating officials and other security personnel.

Attend and represent the Security Unit at internal or external meetings at DHS or ICE, as necessary, to promote the goals of the Security Division.