Security Specialist

Summary

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 US Army Arsenal, Watervliet, Emergency Services Office in Watervliet, NY 12189.

Duties

• •Supports the administration and enforcement of personnel, information, industrial, physical, and foreign disclosure security programs under the guidance of senior Security Specialists.
• •Initiates and tracks personnel security investigations in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) and assists with clearance lifecycle, continuous-vetting, and access-review actions.
• •Conducts annual security briefings, specialized debriefings, and security-awareness activities and assists personnel with electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) submissions.
• •Reviews security-clearance requests, position-sensitivity information, and applicant identity documents and drafts recommendations concerning derogatory information or access concerns.
• •Applies procedures for the marking, handling, storage, accountability, review, downgrade, and destruction of classified information and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
• •Maintains security records, access-control and badge-system information, security-container documentation, and safe-combination records in accordance with applicable requirements.
• •Assists with security inspections, Protected Distribution System compliance reviews, security-infraction inquiries, staff assistance visits, and command inspection preparation.
• •Coordinates foreign military and dignitary visits with the Foreign Disclosure Representative to ensure access and disclosure actions remain within authorized limits.

Qualifications

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 you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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. 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 in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Assisting with the administration, tracking, or compliance verification of core security programs, such as Information Systems Security (ISS), Personnel Security, Information Security, Industrial Security, Physical Security, or Foreign Disclosure This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as security management, security studies, criminal justice, homeland security, intelligence studies, or a closely related field. 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 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. 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.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html