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Supervisory Security Specialist

Government Publishing Office

Legislative Branch

Fresh

Location

Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

Closes

March 6, 2026

SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to protect the Government Publishing Office from security threats by managing clearances, developing policies, and assessing risks for facilities and personnel.

It's a supervisory role focused on ensuring the safety of sensitive information and assets in a government setting.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills and experience in security who enjoys solving complex problems to safeguard important operations.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at PG-14 level or equivalent
  • Knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies for mitigating security risks
  • Ability to identify and correct security deficiencies
  • Experience managing teams, daily work, and personnel actions
  • Skills in developing policies for physical, personnel, or information security
  • Proficiency in making security clearance determinations
  • Ability to conduct vulnerability assessments and implement countermeasures

Full Job Description

GPO employees possess a diverse array of talent in many administrative fields and trades.

We provide other agencies with innovative services for the printing, publishing, storage, and distribution of digital content.

If you are an energetic, inventive individual looking for a challenging, yet rewarding career opportunity, GPO may be the place for you.

This position is part of the Agency Force Protection, Government Publishing Office in Washington, District of Columbia.

To qualify for the Supervisory Security Specialist, PG - 0080 - 15 , you must have one year of specialized experience at the PG-14 or equivalent.

Specialized experience includes the following: Applying laws, regulations, and policies to mitigate security risks. Identifying measures to correct security deficiencies.

Managing teams' day-to-day work and personnel actions. Developing policies for physical, personnel, or information security practices.

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. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement (03/06/2026) to be considered.

Major Duties:

  • Makes security clearance determinations for employees or other persons for access to sensitive information, resources, material, or work sites.
  • Develops, implements, and monitors policies, instructions, procedures, control systems, and methods for specific functions and activities.
  • Identifies and assesses degrees of security vulnerability, then selects or designs appropriate countermeasures that provide the necessary level of protection against threats.
  • Implements, oversees, and maintains the risk mitigation program for GPO's assets.
  • Prepares and presents briefings to management on new developments in areas of responsibility regarding complex security matters.
  • Conducts periodic reviews of facilities and their personnel to assess protection against espionage.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/20/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-12884534-IMP-JJ