Security Specialist

Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to candidates who live in the Washington, DC commuting area and/or current employees of the federal judiciary (AO or U.S. Courts). You must currently live within the Washington, DC commuting area (DC, MD, VA).

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Department of Administrative Services, Facilities and Security Office, Judiciary Security Division is seeking a self-motivated and experienced, Security Specialist to join its team.

The Security Specialist assists and supports circuit, district, and bankruptcy court chief judges and probation and federal public defenders offices on the delivery of security services from the judiciary's Executive Branch security providers. The federal courts are split into twelve regional circuits and one Federal Circuit. The incumbent serves as a security and emergency management resource to judges within the District of Columbia, Maryland, and federal circuit and as an alternate for West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The incumbent will report to Judiciary Security Operations Branch Chief.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Serving as a security and emergency management resource to judges within the District of Columbia, Maryland, and the federal circuit on enhancing their programs and services.
2. Coordinating with chief judges of the circuit, district, and bankruptcy courts as well as probation and federal public defenders offices to identify judicial security needs and assisting in supporting resolutions with United States Marshal Service (USMS), Federal Protective Service (FPS), and General Services Administration (GSA) staff.
3. Collaborating with local, state, and federal public safety and security agencies in developing relationships, coordination, and information sharing practices.
4. Establishing and maintaining relationships with the USMS, FPS, and GSA to identify and assist in the resolution of security and emergency preparedness vulnerabilities with the courts.
5. Assisting with assessing, monitoring, and validating court security appropriations allocations and expenditures.
6. Attending essential meetings within the circuit, district, and the AO.
7. Assisting the courts with identifying, prioritizing, and resourcing security requirements through the Facility Security Committee (FSC) and Court Security Committee (CSC) governance process.
8. Maintaining visibility and tracking all security projects and initiatives in their area of responsibility through continual engagement with security providers and the AO.
9. Documenting statuses and anomalies in reports and the authoritative database and submitting weekly and monthly administrative and operational reports.
10. Performing as acting Judiciary Security Operations Branch Chief in the Chief's absence, including managing branch initiatives, working groups, and projects in coordination with partner branches, agencies, and stakeholders.
11. Serving as an alternate contracting officer's representative for program related contracts, developing contract requirements and cost estimates, making vendor selection recommendations, managing contractor performance, reviewing and approving invoices, and addressing contract related issues.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience must demonstrate experience in ALL areas defined below:

• Advising on technical security equipment requirements, integration functions, and applications in accordance with Interagency Security Committee (ISC) standards.
• Collaborating with interagency partners and local, state, and federal public safety and security agencies.
• Evaluating the results of security programs to ensure program operations meet established standards.
• Providing law enforcement support to communities and supervising law enforcement officers.
• Providing security and emergency management services to stakeholders.

• Contracting Officer Representative (COR) experience or the ability to obtain COR certification within 12 months.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.

For this job announcement the following documents and/or information are required:

• Resume - Any written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications.
• Citizenship - Include country of citizenship on resume.
• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) - All applicants outside of the AO must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 to verify current or former Federal employment status.
• Veterans Preference documentation - Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), if applicable Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (SF-15) and an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying to the veteran's present receipt of compensation.

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