Security Specialist

• Support the Security Manager who is responsible for implementing a comprehensive protection program.
• Conduct all security related training, administration, and inspections for the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).
• Monitor the manner in which sensitive material is handled and used; recommend appropriate corrective action where security requirements are not being observed.
• Coordinate with scientific, technical, and other subject-matter specialists to assess risk of loss, value of loss, and the classification level appropriate to information sensitivity.
• Utilizes and complies with OSHA safety and Personal Protective Equipment requirements.
• Implement policies, instructions, procedures, control systems, and methods for personnel access controls and physical storage and control.
• Perform daily security discipline activities including security briefings, indoctrinations, debriefings, and training/refresher training and Security, Education and Training Awareness.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 20% of the time.
• This position requires the incumbent obtain the following core SPeD Certification:
  Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within their first two years of employment.

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, Ameri Corps) 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

General

Experience:

Three years progressively responsible experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least the DJ-01 (GS-04) grade level, which includes (1) the ability to plan and organize work; (2) communicate effectively orally and in writing; and/or (3) experience in protecting sensitive unclassified/classified information using traditional security practices. This definition of general experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service DJ-01(GS-04).

OR

Education:

Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.

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 36. Then divide your total number of completed undergraduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 120. Add the two percentages.

All qualification requirements, including time after competitive appointment, must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

This announcement MAY be used to fill like vacancies for six months after the closing date.

In accordance with the Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 57, dates March 25, 1998, an employee of the Laboratory Demonstration project must have a current average performance score of 2.5 or above in order to be selected for promotion. All applicants currently employed under a Laboratory Demonstration Project must include their most recent performance appraisal score as part of their electronic resume.

If you are a Lab Demo employee submitting your resume for the first time, or if you have previously submitted your resume without your most recent score, you must submit your resume now with the following statement to be included in the section on…