Security Specialist

Clarification from the agency

See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position. This vacancy announcement is open to Veterans and All US Citizens Only. Current Permanent Federal employees must apply to Vacancy Announcement: SDST-26-13060911-DCIPS-R2. If you are a current Permanent Federal employee and you apply to this vacancy announcement, you will be found ineligible.

• Serves as the Brigade S-2 Security Specialist encompassing both security and intelligence activities for day-to-day operations of the 595th Transportation Brigade.
• Performs a wide variety of administrative, technical, and analytical duties to support the development of program policies and requirements, and reviews budget/program estimates.
• Develops, coordinates, and directs security and intelligence management on transportation operations within the CENTCOM areas of responsibility.
• Determines the suitability and verifies security eligibility and SCI access of individuals.
• Manages Information security program by reviewing classified documents for proper classifications and markings, secure storage, and final disposition.
• Serves as the primary technical expert regarding foreign visits and contacts with foreign nationals.
• Manages the Physical Security, Industrial Security and Force Protection Programs.
• Performs Intelligence Officer duties by providing Headquarters Command and subordinate units up to the minute threat information affecting personnel, facilities, equipment and operations within the CENTCOM AOR.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Must be willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis.
• This position requires the incumbent obtain the following core (SPeD) Certification: Security Fundamentals Professional Certification within their first two years of employment.
• Requires Temporary Duty (TDY) travel up to 15% of the time.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment medical examination and be medically and mentally fit to be deployed, and be able to pass a physical examination on an annual basis in preparation for the possibility of deployment.
• This is an Emergency-Essential (E-E) position subject to deployment; E-E employees must be exempted from military mobilization or recall obligations by being placed in the Standby Reserve or other appropriate action.
• Anthrax inoculation program participation may be required to meet deployment requirements.
• This position is considered E-E in support of Army's mobilization and wartime mission during periods of increasing tension and mobilization.
• Position is E-E because (1) no qualified and immediate replacement exists; and (2) having it vacant would (a)impair the effective operation of essential military support systems, or (b) adversely impact the combat mission of deployed forces.
• Failure to remain in your position may result in separation for the efficiency of the Federal Services.
• E-E Civilians are required to sign a DOD Form 2365; the employee agrees that, as a requirement of the position, he/she will remain in the event of hostilities or mobilization until relieved by proper authority.
• Single parents or families, where both parents are emergency essential, are required to prepare a family care plan.
• E-E employees may be required to undergo nuclear-biological and chemical training, and to participate in readiness tests, mobilization, alerts, and field training exercises.
• Employees must pass a medical examination (MOD 17) and receive required immunizations for the overseas/deployed location.
• E-E employees may be required to perform duties under austere and potentially hazardous conditions during exercise and real-world crisis deployments.

Qualifications

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.

• 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating
• 5-Point Veterans' Preference
• Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%
• Prior Federal Service Employee
• United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.

Army DCIPS 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 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience which includes analyzing security and intelligence technical methods, policies, regulations, and procedures to provide advice and guidance in three or more security program areas to include Personnel Security, Information Security, Physical Security, Industrial Security, Foreign Disclosure, Operations Security, and/or Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and SCI Facilities; identifying and resolving security problems and program inefficiencies; and identifying and analyzing security threats in order to provide solutions and recommendations to alleviate and minimize vulnerabilities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-11).

Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series.

This is a(n)Intelligence (General) Career Field position.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the online assessments required for this position.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Accountability
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

WARNING: DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET! Application packages that contain Classified information WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your application package and it is confirmed that any of the information is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your Security Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO VETERANS AND U.S. CITIZENS ONLY. IF YOU ARE A CURRENT PERMANENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, YOU MUST APPLY TO VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: SDST - 26 - 13060911 - DCIPS - R. IF YOU ARE A CURRENT PERMANENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEE AND YOU APPLY TO THIS VACANCY, YOU WILL BE FOUND INELIGIBLE.

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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