Security Assistant (Verifying Official)

DLA Careers; Whitehall (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers in Ohio seeks a Security Assistant (Verifying Official) to support DEERS/RAPIDS operations, issue badges, and manage ID data for eligible personnel. You will handle CAC/USID card generation, operate ESS, and assist with visitor screening at the installation entrance.

The role requires processing sensitive information, following federal access-control procedures, and contributing to security analytics. Shift work and non-exempt status apply.

Qualifications

• Experience issuing badges or passes to authorize access.
• Experience entering personal data into electronic systems.
• Ability to verify the legitimacy of identification documents.

Responsibilities

• Verify DEERS/RAPIDS information as a VO using workstations.
• Add, update, retrieve, display, transmit and store PII in the DEERS system.
• Generate CAC for eligible personnel.
• Generate USID cards for various eligible groups.
• Operate the installation's electronic security system (ESS).
• Greet customers and determine eligibility to enter the installation.
• Produce analytical reports on ID card issuance and lost/stolen credentials.

Skills

Issuing badges

Enter PII

Verify IDs

Education

College/University degree

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Serves as a Verifying Official (VO) operating DEERS/RAPIDS workstations.
• Adds, updates, retrieves, displays, transmits, and stores personally identifiable information on individuals in the DEERS database.
• Generates the Common Access Card (CAC) for eligible military, civilian, contractor, Guard/Reserve, and foreign military personnel.
• Generates the Uniform Services Identification (USID) Card for eligible individuals including retired military, military dependents, foreign nationals, volunteers, and others.
• Operates the installation’s electronic security system (ESS).
• Greets customers and determines their eligibility to enter the installation.
• Supports installation physical security and law enforcement programs by producing analytical reports pertaining to ID card issuance and lost or stolen identification credentials.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Subject to shift work
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive.
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Security Assistant (Verifying Official), your resume and supporting documentation must support: B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: 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). 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.

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-06 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
• Issuing badges, passes, or other forms to authorize access;
• Enter personal identifiable data into electronic systems;
• Verify the legitimacy of identification documents.
• Graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

To be found well-qualified as an ICTAP applicant, individuals need to demonstrate the ability to perform the common tasks of the job to be filled as well as more complex duties such as: Practical application of base access control regulations, vetting procedures, and credential issuance; Issuing badges, passes, or other forms to authorize access; Enter personal identifiable data into electronic systems; Verify the legitimacy of identification documents.

Education

Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Additional information

• 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. 1194).

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to:

http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants:

This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a “Drug Test Statement of Understanding” if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal

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