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Supervisory Security Specialist

Joint Activities

Department of the Army

Fresh

Location

Salary

$143,913 - $196,689

per year

Closes

April 10, 2026More DOD jobs →

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 efforts to build and maintain a program that detects and prevents insider threats within the U.S.

Cyber Command, including creating policies, analyzing risks, and working with teams to investigate potential issues.

It requires supervising a team and communicating complex security matters to leaders and experts.

A good fit would be someone with strong experience in security programs, especially in cyber or intelligence fields, who enjoys strategic planning and team leadership.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience advising on directives and regulations for integrating and analyzing threat-related information
  • Experience defining and developing processes and standards for an Insider Threat program
  • Ability to communicate complex findings and justify interpretations of regulations to diverse audiences like senior leadership and legal teams
  • Experience representing senior leaders at forums to improve program requirements and standards
  • Skills in collaborating with security and intelligence entities to implement user activity monitoring for insider threat detection
  • Proficiency in integrating and analyzing information for counterintelligence and criminal investigations
  • Supervisory experience directing and coordinating daily work of personnel

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f.

Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S.

Cyber Command at Fort Meade, MD. CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT.

YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

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.

Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one-year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) Advise on key directives and regulations to establish the requirements for agencies to integrate and analyze threat-related information; 2) Define and develop processes and standards for the successful development and implementation of an Insider Threat program; 3) Communicate complex findings and justify interpretations of regulations and policies to a variety of audiences, such as senior leadership, legal teams, and other security professionals; 4) Represent senior leaders at Insider Threat forums for the purpose of improving overall program requirements, standards and inspectable programs.

This position is in the Supervision/Management Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. Major Duties:

  • Define, develop, and implement policy and process guidance to ensure the Command's stand up and compliance with the DoD Insider Threat Program, from initial operational capability thru program sustainment.
  • Collaborate with other security and intelligence entities to define, implement, and optimize user activity monitoring for the purpose of detecting and analyzing insider threats.
  • Integrate and centrally analyze information to conduct counterintelligence and criminal investigations into insider threats, and to report findings and recommend mitigation actions to leadership.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to address potential threats and refine organizational policies to strengthen security posture.
  • Perform administrative and technical duties as a first-level supervisor, which involves directing and coordinating the daily work of the personnel in the branch.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/28/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/28/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DAKB-26-12910633-CES