Border Patrol Agent; BPA - Entry Level

Border Patrol Agent (BPA) Entry Level A MISSION WORTHY OF A CAREER! If you're looking for "just a job," then stop reading right now. Is this your next job? Read the full description below to find out, and do not hesitate to make an application. But, if you're looking for a long‑term federal law enforcement career, one that makes a difference every day to our country and its citizens, then the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) would like you to take the first step to becoming an entry level Border Patrol Agent.

USBP is hiring immediately to fill full‑time, entry‑level, career positions in federal law enforcement. Train and work with an elite team of professionals whose camaraderie, pride, and sense of purpose are hallmarks of their daily mission of protecting America. Now is the time to make your move because, along with excellent base pay, exceptional benefits, and job stability, USBP is offering up to $60,000 in additional incentives (see details below).

• Annual base salary for newly appointed BPAs varies per grade: GL‑5/GL‑7 $ 49,739 – $89,518 per year.
• Border Patrol Agents are eligible to select from an array of federal employment benefits that include health, dental, and other insurance plans, a generous annual and sick leave program, and participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement plan akin to a traditional ROTH 401(k).

• Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents (as defined in 5 CFR 575.102) will be eligible for up to $20,000 in incentives. The first $10,000 will be paid upon successful completion of the Border Patrol Academy, with the remaining $10,000 awarded for accepting a prioritized location such as Sierra Blanca, Presidio, Sanderson, Comstock, Freer or Hebbronville, TX;
  Lordsburg, NM; or Ajo, AZ.

• Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents may also qualify for up to $40,000 in additional incentives distributed over their first four years.

• Big Bend Sector Stations:
  Presidio, Van Horn
• Sierra Blanca, Marfa
• Buffalo Sector Stations:
  Wellesley Island, Del Rio
• Del Rio, Brackettville
• Comstock, Eagle Pass North, Eagle Pass South, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde
• El Paso Sector Stations:
  Alamogordo, Clint, Deming, El Paso, Fort Hancock, Las Cruces, Lordsburg, Santa Teresa, Ysleta
• El Centro Sector Stations:
  El Centro, Indio, Calexico
• Grand Forks Sector Stations:
  Pembina, Havre
• Havre, Malta, Plentywood, Scobey, Sweetgrass
• Houlton Sector Stations:
  Calais, Fort Fairfield, Jackman, Rangeley, Van Buren
• Laredo Sector Stations:
  Laredo South, Cotulla, Hebbronville, Laredo West, Freer, Laredo North, Zapata
• Rio Grande Valley Sector Stations:
  Rio Grande City, Fort Brown, McAllen, Brownsville, Falfurrias, Weslaco, Kingsville, Harlingen
• San Diego Sector Stations:
  Boulevard, Brownfield, Campo, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Murrieta, San Clemente
• Spokane Sector Stations:
  Colville, Curlew, Metaline Falls, Oroville
• Swanton Sector Stations:
  Beecher Falls, Burke, Champlain, Newport, Richford
• Tucson Sector Stations:
  Ajo, Tucson, Nogales, Douglas, Brian A Terry, Sonoita, Casa Grande, Three Points Substation, Willcox
• Yuma Sector Stations:
  Blythe, Yuma, Wellton

As a BPA, you will be part of our 60,000‑person workforce that strives to protect the American people by safeguarding our borders, deterring illicit activity, and enhancing the nation's economic prosperity. Typical assignments include: detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and custom laws; inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations; preventing and apprehending undocumented noncitizens and smugglers at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions, including using infrared scopes during night operations;

interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry; performing farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks; and patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercraft, off‑road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles for the accomplishment of…