Criminal Investigator

Organizational Location

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Professional Responsibility, Investigative Operations Directorate, Workforce Development - Staffing/Recruiting. Location negotiable after selection.

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Category Rating, Veterans' Preference and traditional rating and ranking do not apply to this Public Notice.

You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

• Planning, organizing, and conducting investigations regarding a wide variety of allegations involving extremely complex, difficult, or sensitive criminal or administrative investigations of major importance and high-level interest, along with misconduct allegations.
• Conducting proactive and/or reactive investigations to include but not limited to employees or organizations suspected of crimes affecting the administration of Customs and Immigration laws including but not limited to fraud, perjury, giving false, fictitious or fraudulent information or other violations.
• Coordinating jurisdictional overlap and resource issues with other federal, state, local and international law enforcement agencies.
• Performing staffing and recruitment activities to meet agency mission and goals, including but not limited to:
  Managing recruitment and hiring actions, identifying and filling vacancies, reviewing applicant qualifications and certificates of eligibility, coordinating interviews, extending job offers, and processing new hires in accordance with OPM regulations.
• Mentoring and assisting in the professional development of less experienced or newly hired agents requiring developmental or technical assistance.

NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

You must meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process by 09/28/2026.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production,…