SUPERVISORY SECURITY SPECIALIST

Duties
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As a SUPERVISORY SECURITY SPECIALIST at the GS-0080-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serves as the primary consultant and advisor to the senior leadership and personnel in DTRA Albuquerque and all of its outlying offices and detachments on a wide variety of security and CI issues.
• Serves as an integral member of the Albuquerque Senior Leadership Group and the focal point for matters related to security and CI for the Albuquerque population and those at all the associated outlying sites.
• Functions as the technical authority in assignments requiring the application of new theories and developments to security problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted security methods, technology, or procedures.
• Oversees a security and counterintelligence staff that provides guidance and knowledge to support decision-makers in achieving overall security objectives and priorities.
• Comprehends Agency strategic vision and institutes effective security policy and guidance.
• Executes highly complex CI and security programs (AT/FP, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Special Access Programs (SAP), operations, foreign disclosure, visitor control, physical, information, and industrial).
• Exercises broad responsibility and authority for planning and managing the overall efficiency and effectiveness of assigned operations and communicating the security mission, vision, and values to employees in Albuquerque and outlying sites.
• Develops/modifies standards to ensure that personnel, information, and physical security practices meet acceptable guidelines.
• Determines compliance with building security standards and ensures intrusion detection systems perform as required.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is (situational) telework eligible
• Security Requirements: TS/SCI (Top Secret/SCI access)
• This is a mission essential position
• Must obtain and maintain the Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within two years of appointment to this position and maintain thereafter
• This is a drug testing position
• Travel 10% CONUS

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-14, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service:

• Applying security operations, to include AT/FP, Foreign Disclosure, Operations Security, Physical Security, Information Security, Personnel Security, Visitor Control and/or Industrial Security.
• Managing a security and/or counterintelligence program.
• Supervising and evaluating federal employees.

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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ .

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements:
Persons with Disabilities - Schedule A
Special Hiring Authority for Veterans
Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses
Other Special Appointment Authorities - Subpart F
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/register/ )

The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
NOTE: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.

Selective Service Requirement: Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information.

For more information, please visit
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d

CRITICAL ACQUISITION POSITION (CAP). Selectee for this position will be required to sign a written agreement to remain, for a minimum of three years, in the federal service in this critical acquisition position.

Re-employed Annuitant: This position Does/Does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at:
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level).