Clarification from the agency

Open only to current USGS employees serving on perm competitive service appts; OR current USGS employees, regardless of current status, who are elig for consideration under a noncompetitive auth such as those specific to 30% disabled vets, Individuals with Disabilities, Pathways Interns & Recent Grads who are elig for noncomp conversion, etc.

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As a Security Specialist within the National Civil Applications Center (NCAC), some of your specific duties will include:

- Manage all aspects of physical security for the Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) secure facilities.
- Plan, lead, develop, implement, control, and enforce security procedures.
- Protect physical security for personnel, documents, facility, documents, equipment, systems and data.
- Conduct special security briefings and debriefings to all levels of employees.
- Implement and monitor policies, instructions, and procedures for safeguarding and use of classified information.
- Review classification and declassification markings of sensitive materials; approve personnel access; and administer the need-to-know criteria.
- Working with Information Systems Security Managers to make sure TS-SCI IT systems are in information security compliance.
- Provide services related to maintaining encoders and other protection devices needed to ensure proper security for COMSEC information and data.

Conditions of Employment for this Position:
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:
- your performance and conduct;
- the needs and interests of the agency;
- whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Conditions of employment

Key Requirements:

1. Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period.
2. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.
3. Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
4. Selectee subject to successful completion of a pre-employment medical exam.

Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position?

• Prior to appointment, the selectee will be required to take and pass, at Federal expense, a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use. From thereon, the individual may be subject to random drug testing.
• Because this position requires travel for official business, the selectee will be required to apply for a charge card within 30 calendar days of appointment. Individuals who have delinquent account balances from a previous Government charge card will be required to satisfy their existing obligation before a new card can be issued.
• A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
• Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.
• If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

For GS-13:
Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-13level:

**One year of specialized experience in or directly related to this position that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service.

Examples of GS-12 level work include experience: 1) interpreting policies and directives issued from: DOI, USGS, Office of the Director for National Intelligence (ODNI), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and other applicable Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DOD) organizations 2) overseeing all aspects of physical security for Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information secure facilities; 3) planning, development, implementation and maintenance of control procedures. 4) communicating potential impacts of personnel security requirements on operations; 5) monitoring policies, instructions and procedures for safeguarding and use of classified information.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

--Resume Length:
Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

--Basis of Rating:
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the result of the assessment required for this position. Your responses must be substantiated by your resume. If you do not respond to the application questions you may be rated ineligible.

Resume Review Assessment Required: If you meet the eligibility and basic qualification requirements for this position subject-matter-experts will perform a structured review of your resume to evaluate your knowledge, skills, abilities, and competences as they directly relate to the duties of this position.

Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and awards during the interview/selection process conducted by the hiring manager. If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and awards submitted with your application package will be forwarded to the hiring official for review.

--NOTE: If it is determined that you have rated yourself higher than is supported in your description of experience and/or education as described in your resume/application, or that your resume or application is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible, not qualified, or your score may be lowered.

To preview the announcement questionnaire, click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12938409