SECURITY SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

This position is for DISA White House Communications Agency at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia.This is an Excepted Service position and does not confer eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service.

If you are a current Federal Career/Career-Conditional employee, you will be placed on an Excepted appointment under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.

Qualifying Experience: To qualify at the GG-0080-12, your resume must describe at least one year of experience that demonstrates the competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Experience refers to any paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work and Military service, that would be considered equivalent to work normally performed at the next lower grade level in the federal service.

For this position, qualifying experience is defined as: Experience managing and implementing personnel and industrial security programs, including conducting background investigations and adjudications, in addition to having experience with security disciplines, concepts and practices.

Candidates must describe how they meet the qualifying experience and/or selective placement factor(s) within the body of their resume.

All qualifications must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

Additionally, prior to reporting for duty the selectee must be found eligible for a DoD Top Secret security clearance with access to Special Compartmented Information (SCI) based upon an Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI), AND be approved for Presidential Support Duty in accordance with Department of Defense Directive 5210.55 (Yankee White - Category II, minimum).

Major Duties:

• Serves as a technical expert and participates in the implementation of DoD directives and regulations pertaining to the protection of Presidential programs and facilities.
• Provides oversight to the Agency's Personnel and Industrial Security Suitability Programs.
• Maintains, updates, and provides program security guidance to program managers, as well as provides physical security and security classification guidance.
• Coordinates with the Defense Security Service (DSS) and other federal agencies concerning clearance actions, such as Facility Clearance FCL verifications.
• Coordinates with external security managers, contractor facility security officers (FSOs), and/or other federal agencies concerning issues involving physical security.
• Manages the implementation and review of Operations Security procedures at sensitive sites, and provides written assessments of the procedures.