Security Specialist

Intelligence Careers; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelligence Careers seeks a security-focused professional for the DCIPS program at Fort Meade. The role centers on SME in GSSO/PSO duties, developing and enforcing SAP security policies, and maintaining authoritative records of program access actions.

You will provide oversight, technical direction, and training to government and contractor security officers, while aligning with DoD instructions and DoD 1400.25 guidelines. Candidates with DoD/DCIPS experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in serving as GSSO or PSO, security policy for SAPs.
• Experience conducting studies to identify program security issues.
• Maintaining an authoritative system of record for program accesses.
• Oversight, direction, and training of security officers.

Skills

GSSO/PSO advisory

Physical Security

Personnel Security

Information Security

Program Leadership

Job description

About the Position

This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the ST-IC-W0JAAA US ARMY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE COMMAND.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Civilian Employees of the Command

Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

Experience Requirements

In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized Experience

Specialized experience is defined as:

1. Experience providing subject matter expertise in serving as GSSO or PSO, Assistant PSO or primary security advisor responsible for the development, implementation and enforcement of security policies for assigned Special Access Programs (SAPs), compartments or projects.


2. Experience providing subject matter expertise in conducting studies and analyses to identify program security issues.


3. Experience providing subject matter expertise in maintaining an authoritative system of record for program accesses and security actions.


4. Experience providing subject matter expertise in providing oversight, technical direction, and training to government and contractor security officers (GSSOs/CSSOs).

Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series.

Competencies

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Physical Security


• Personnel Security


• Information Security


• Program Leadership & Advisory