Security Specialist

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers•Vicksburg, MS

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About The Position

This is a Direct Hire Authority solicitation to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to a competitive-service position with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Security Office. The position is a Security Specialist at the DJ-0080-03 level (GS-11/12) and manages Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security, personnel security, SCI industrial security, and physical security programs. The specialist protects SCI resources and technologies and establishes local procedures for processing access requests for military, civilian, and contractor personnel. The role also reviews contract security classifications, implements policies for advanced-program facilities, provides technical advice on special programs and security matters, and manages annual SCI education and awareness activities. Appointment may require a suitability or fitness determination, a background investigation, and the ability to obtain and maintain eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access. The position is subject to pre-employment and subsequent random drug testing. It requires 20% temporary duty or business travel and obtaining the Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within the first two years of employment. Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens and meet the stated specialized experience, education, or combined qualification requirements. The role is eligible for situation telework only, including emergency and OPM-prescribed unscheduled telework. Supervisory duties are less than 25%.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
One year of specialized experience developing and implementing organizational security programs and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and directives; managing security-clearance records, public-trust and personnel files, and initiating personnel reviews; overseeing security-program education, training, and awareness; and maintaining facility construction, expansion, or modification accreditations. The experience is typical of work at the DJ-02 (GS-09) level.
Alternatively, a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. in a field demonstrating the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities, such as security management, information security, or global security.
A combination of education and experience may qualify if the computed total is at least 100%, using the stated calculation for experience and graduate semester hours beyond the second year.
Applicants who held a GS position within the preceding 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent DJ-02 (GS-09).
Ability to obtain and maintain eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
Obtain the Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within the first two years of employment.
Pass applicable suitability or fitness determination and background investigation requirements.
Submit required foreign-education equivalency documentation when relying on foreign education.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
Applicants currently employed under a Laboratory Demonstration Project must have a current average performance score of at least 2.5 to be selected for promotion and include their most recent performance appraisal score in the electronic resume.
Meet all qualification requirements, including time-after-competitive-appointment requirements, within 30 days of the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

Manage the Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Security, Personnel Security, SCI Industrial Security, and Physical Security programs.
Protect SCI resources and technologies as a security professional.
Establish local procedures for processing access requests for military, civilian, and contractor personnel.
Review contract security classifications for technical accuracy and the required level of security protection.
Implement policies and directives for the construction, protection, and operation of advanced-program facilities.
Provide expert technical advice on special programs, special security, classification management, security incidents, education and awareness training, security surveys, and security inspections of programs.
Manage annual SCI education and awareness for personnel.