Security Specialist.

US Army Corps of Engineers; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC, seeks a Security Specialist to support the Security Manager in implementing a comprehensive protection program. You will conduct security training, administration, and inspections for ERDC and monitor the handling of sensitive material, recommending corrective actions where requirements are not observed.

You will coordinate with scientific and technical specialists to assess risk, determine classification levels, and ensure compliance with safety and PPE

Qualifications

• General experience in security or related fields preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Experience protecting sensitive information using traditional security practices.

Responsibilities

• Support the Security Manager in implementing a comprehensive protection program.
• Conduct security related training, administration, and inspections for ERDC.
• Monitor handling of sensitive material and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate with scientists and specialists to assess risk and determine classification levels.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA safety and PPE requirements.
• Implement access controls and storage control policies and procedures.
• Perform daily security discipline activities including briefings and refresher training.

Job description

Duties

• 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.

Conditions of employment

• 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.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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

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 your training: Current Performance Rating.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION:

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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. For further information, visit:

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the
• This is a(n) 19 Career Program position aligned under the Career Management Directorate.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• This position is Non-Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Eligible for situation telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework."
• Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.