Security Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Maynard, MA

27d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in Maynard, MA. The ideal candidate will have experience in: Constructing, maintaining, and securing fixed, mobile, or restricted-access facilities. Reviewing, interpreting and applying complex security policies, directives, or standards to protect sensitive facilities, classified information, proprietary data, or physical assets. Also leading inspections, audits, and risk assessments to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and corrective actions. This position is in the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Response Division, Logistics Branch, MERS Section, Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) Detachments. The detachments provide mobile telecommunications, operations, logistical, and information processing support to Federal response personnel at special events and emergency/disaster field operations. Typical assignments include: Developing, implementing, and managing the detachment's security programs: information, personnel, security education and training, operations, physical, access control, anti-terrorism, and alarm and video systems security. Developing, writing, and implementing the plans, procedures, detachment policies, and instructions necessary to ensure applicable protection of personnel, information, equipment, and operations from sabotage, espionage, terrorism, threats, and theft. Establishing a comprehensive security program for the Disaster Field Office, satellite locations, and special events when deployed as Security Manager. Conducting security surveys, risk assessments, and investigations as required. Establishing liaisons, coordinating activities, threat information, and any applicable security support with Federal/State/local law enforcement organizations, the Federal/State security community, and private security counterparts. At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must successfully pass a background investigation.
Able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI.
Selective Service registration required.
Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time.
Possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Developing a comprehensive security program covering anti-terrorism, crisis management, physical security, information security, operations security, personnel security, and security education, and Implementing access control, alarm, video, telecommunications, and computer systems security measures to protect detachment operations, and Managing multi-faceted security programs to support organizational readiness and risk reduction.
Candidates must currently possess or obtain and maintain a CDL Class A license.

Responsibilities

Developing, implementing, and managing the detachment's security programs: information, personnel, security education and training, operations, physical, access control, anti-terrorism, and alarm and video systems security.
Developing, writing, and implementing the plans, procedures, detachment policies, and instructions necessary to ensure applicable protection of personnel, information, equipment, and operations from sabotage, espionage, terrorism, threats, and theft.
Establishing a comprehensive security program for the Disaster Field Office, satellite locations, and special events when deployed as Security Manager.
Conducting security surveys, risk assessments, and investigations as required.
Establishing liaisons, coordinating activities, threat information, and any applicable security support with Federal/State/local law enforcement organizations, the Federal/State security community, and private security counterparts.
Constructing, maintaining, and securing fixed, mobile, or restricted-access facilities.
Reviewing, interpreting and applying complex security policies, directives, or standards to protect sensitive facilities, classified information, proprietary data, or physical assets.
Leading inspections, audits, and risk assessments to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and corrective actions.