Security Specialist (Operations)
Joint Activities
Posted: January 15, 2026 (1 day ago)
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Joint Activities
Department of the Army
Location
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Salary
$93,468 - $121,511
per year
Type
Closes
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves working as a security expert in a military setting at Fort Bragg, where you'll plan, develop, and maintain security systems and programs to protect the organization's operations.
You'll troubleshoot issues, recommend hardware upgrades, and help set goals for access control and security initiatives.
It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in managing security programs, especially in government or defense environments, who enjoys technical problem-solving and coordinating team efforts.
About the Position: Serves as a Security Specialist (Operations) for the Joint Activities located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 3 years by a current Army Employee.
Only resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted. 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.
Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting in managing security programs (i.e planning, scheduling, coordinating, or monitoring system programs); providing recommendations for necessary hardware changes to supply required security systems to an organization; and maintaining technical security systems.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.
For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: 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).
Major Duties:
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