Security Specialist

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 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, OFC OF DCS, G-2 G2X DIRECTORATE, SECURITY DIVISION, INTEGRATED SECURITY & THREAT MITIGATION AT THE PENTAGON, ARLINGTON, VA. Serves as a Security Specialist in the Integrated Security and Threat Mitigation Branch, Security Division of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff (ODCS)G-2, Counterintelligence, HUMIT, Security and Foreign Disclosure Directorate. Working policy matters concerning Science and Technology (S and T) and program protection (PP) and countermeasure plans for the protection of controlled technical information (CTI) and critical program information (CPI). Develops and assess security requirements to protect CTI and CPI to ensure compliance with current information, industrial, cyber, physical, communications security, operations security, and foreign disclosure policy. Responds to emerging and expanded security requirements and resolves complex security problems for Army-wide application. Reviews and uses data analytic methodologies to evaluate integrated security and threat mitigation programs, identify errors, track and monitor operations, tasks, and completions of numerous programs and projects. Responsible for the development of Army Science and Technology (S and T) and program protection (PP) processes to support of the research, development, and acquisition efforts, across all national security classification domains. 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. 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 5-Point Veterans' Preference Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30% Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Prior Federal Service Employee Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position 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 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. 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 is defined as: 1) Experience formulating information security policy for a scientific/research organization based on federal regulations. AND 2) Experience providing counterthreat measures to ensure the protection of controlled technical information for a scientific/research and development organization. AND 3) Experience evaluating integrated security and threat mitigation programs by identifying errors and monitoring operations and projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-13). 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. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Program Security Research and Technology Protection (RTP) Vulnerabilities Assessment and Management