Security Specialist

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 5-Point Veterans' Preference Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30% Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Prior Federal Service Employee Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) assisting with the administration or implementation of one or more security programs, including information security, personnel security, industrial security, or comparable security programs; (2) applying security requirements to safeguard sensitive or classified information, equipment, facilities, or other controlled assets, including maintaining accountability, access control, inventory, or records management measures; and (3) conducting or assisting with security inspections, surveys, assessments, or reviews to identify deficiencies and recommend or track corrective actions.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Security Management, Homeland Security, National Security, or Intelligence Studies, or a related field of study.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Industrial Security Information Security Personnel Security Security Program Management

Ensures classified-information control measures and classification guides are maintained, distributed, and updated as required.,Applies information-security requirements to safeguard classified information, equipment, and sensitive material from loss, compromise, or unauthorized disclosure.,Conducts inventories of classified documents, equipment, and sensitive material; reconciles discrepancies; and recommends corrective actions.,Reviews and approves Contract Security Classification Specifications (DD Form 254) for contracts involving classified information.,Provides contractors security-classification guidance for classified information received or generated under a contract.,Coordinates contractor employee security-clearance actions with appropriate security offices.,Evaluates personnel-security investigations and related information for adequacy, authenticity, relevance, and sufficiency.,Determines whether interim security-clearance eligibility should be granted or denied and requests additional investigative information when needed.,Provides guidance and recommendations to command officials when derogatory information is identified.,Administers and provides oversight for two or more assigned security programs, such as information security, industrial security, personnel security, or security education and training.,Conducts security inspections and surveys; evaluates findings; identifies program deficiencies; and recommends or implements corrective actions.,Analyzes security-program metrics and resource requirements to assess the installation security posture and recommend program, staffing, budget, or procedural improvements.