Security Specialist

Summary

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Duties

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The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia (USAO-GAN) is seeking a motivated, thoughtful leader to build and manage its security platform as the District's Security Specialist. Your expertise and talents will be called upon to safeguard government personnel, property, information, and operations under wide variety of conditions. This position resides in the Administrative Division and reports to the Administrative Officer. If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing security services to employees and managers within the United States Attorney's Office (USAO).

Typical work assignments will include:

Respond to and conduct threat analyses.

Verify background investigation/clearance levels of personnel.

Prepare emergency plans for the protection of personnel, property and facilities.

Conduct periodic security awareness training and provide instructional material to personnel who have access to classified material.

Manages the office's security and emergency services programs to include but not limited to physical security; emergency management; contract services.

Develops and implements security policies and procedures for the protection of personnel, physical, property, information, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and classified communications. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.

Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.

You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.

If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.

Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

To be qualified for the GS-12 Security Specialist, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as the following: Developing or conducting training of information, personnel security; Conducting security inspections to ensure implementation and compliance with requirements of the information security program; assisting in completing various stages of investigations pertaining to threat assessments and incident reports in compliance with directives.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

EEO Statement: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

Political Appointees (Current or Former): 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 or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

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.

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