Space Management Specialist (Security)

Citizenship and Immigration Services•Camp Springs, MD

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About The Position

The Space Management Specialist (Security) serves as a project manager for projects with a physical security emphasis and develops and implements policies and procedures for space acquisition, design, and construction within the USCIS portfolio. The role involves planning and coordinating facility space projects, security systems, construction requirements, and project-related amenities. The specialist works with USCIS and other federal agency personnel, senior office managers, and private-sector design and construction partners. This position is advertised at the GS-13 level. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals and meet the stated specialized-experience requirements. The position is not considered essential for reporting to work when a facility is otherwise closed. A one-year probationary period may be required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status.
Successfully pass a background investigation, including financial disclosure.
Pass a drug screening; the position may be subject to random drug testing.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
Applicants not currently employed by USCIS must meet the stated residency requirement: for three of the five years immediately before applying, have resided in the United States, worked overseas for the U.S. Government in a federal or military capacity, or been a dependent of a U.S. federal or military employee serving overseas.
At the GS-13 level, one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 federal level, including experience performing the majority of the listed security deployment, space studies and forecasts, construction planning and estimating, and project coordination duties.
Submit a resume of no more than two pages and include the requested work history details and documentation by the application deadline.
Meet the qualifications by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on October 27, 2026.
No educational substitution is available at this grade level.
If a SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance or Sensitive National Security eligibility is required for placement, meet and maintain the applicable requirements.

Responsibilities

Program, design, analyze, oversee, coordinate, and approve the adequacy of space requests, plans, special requirements, new construction, alterations, and repairs.
Serve as a technical expert for physical-security projects, including IP video systems, physical access control systems, intrusion detection systems, and other physical protection requirements for USCIS facilities.
Develop, review, and integrate scopes of work and construction requirements in alignment with policies and procedures for special security and sensitive compartmented information facility construction and inspection.
Coordinate the ordering, installation, and integration of project-related amenities, including furnishings, data and voice equipment, and cabling.
Serve as a primary point of contact for senior office managers, USCIS and other federal agency personnel, architectural and engineering firms, construction managers, and contractors.
Conduct surveys and studies; develop project requirements; prepare design intent drawings; monitor construction; and prepare recommendations for or in conjunction with major construction projects.
Deploy security measures in accordance with security publications and agency policies.
Develop long-range space management studies and forecasts.
Prepare construction plans, specifications, layouts, and cost estimates for space management projects.
Coordinate with architectural and engineering firms, construction managers, and contractors, sharing information and resolving issues related to space management activities.