Law Enforcement Information Systems Specialist

Customs and Border Protection•Hodgdon, ME

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, Houlton Sector, Sector Intelligence Unit, located in Hodgdon, Maine. The specialist supports intelligence and law-enforcement work by collecting and analyzing information through a range of law enforcement information systems, and by assisting with interpretation and implementation of immigration law, video surveillance, and database analysis. The position is advertised at GS-05 through GS-07, with promotion potential to GS-09. The stated salary range is $40,736 to $65,599 for the advertised grades, with promotion potential salary up to $80,243. The work includes creating intelligence reports from research and analyzed data; mining national databases to determine individuals’ identity, alienage, and removability under immigration laws, rules, and regulations; analyzing surveillance video and imagery alongside sensor alerts and other resources to detect and identify threats and incursions entering the United States and relaying information to agents in real time; and researching, analyzing, developing, and reporting investigative and intelligence information to support ongoing investigations. Applicants must meet the applicable grade-level qualification requirements through experience, education, or a combination of both. Employment is subject to citizenship and residency requirements, applicable background and drug-screening processes, and completion of the required application steps and online assessment. New federal employees generally serve a one-year probationary period.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Applicants must have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates for at least three of the last five years, unless an exception or waiver applies.
For GS-05 based on experience: three years of general experience, including one year equivalent to the next lower grade level, with duties such as analyzing problems, gathering pertinent data, recognizing solutions, planning and organizing work, and communicating effectively orally and in writing.
For GS-07 based on experience: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, including research and data analysis in law enforcement and intelligence activities; evaluating and interpreting information from various sources; and designing, assembling, and organizing data from multiple internal and external databases and information systems.
GS-05 education substitution: a bachelor's degree or a full four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for the required experience.
GS-07 education substitution: one year of full-time graduate education from an accredited college or university, demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for the work, may substitute for the required experience; alternatively, a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement may qualify.
A combination of qualifying post-high-school education and experience may be used to meet grade-level requirements.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service.
All pre-employment processes are conducted in English; applicants may be required to pass a background investigation and are subject to DHS drug-testing procedures.
Complete the application and questionnaire, required online assessment, and all other required steps in the process.
Resume must explicitly demonstrate how the applicant meets the applicable experience requirement; submitted resume must not exceed two pages.
Employees are subject to applicable federal ethics rules, including obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity where required.

Responsibilities

Create intelligence reports based on extrapolated data, research, and analysis.
Conduct data mining and analyze information using national databases to determine identity, alienage, and removability in accordance with immigration laws, rules, and regulations.
Analyze tactical surveillance video and imagery in conjunction with sensor alerts and other resources to detect and identify threats and incursions entering the United States.
Relay threat and incursion information to agents in real time.
Research, analyze, develop, and report investigative and intelligence information to support ongoing investigations.
Interpret and implement immigration law, video surveillance, and database analysis.