Security Specialist with Security Clearance

Duties DUTY 1: Performs Career Broadening assignments; collaborates with Senior Security Specialist and Acquisition Program Managers across AFLCMC to ensure protection of DOD's most sensitive Special Access Programs. Maintains security oversight of Special Access Programs. Develops operating standards for SAP facilities and provides technical expertise to senior level personnel on interpretation, clarification, and implementation of SAP directives. Manages accesses for SAP efforts and provides guidance associated with handling, control, access, and safeguarding of such information. DUTY 2: Administers the Information Security program. Serves as a security professional for the development, testing, fielding, and protection of advanced and special access program technologies. Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies security guidelines from various sources for local application. DUTY 3: Administers the Industrial Security Program. Implements and administers the Industrial Security Program through the use of DoD, USAF and MAJCOM directives and procedures. Manages contractor-related security actions for the protection of special access program information and other sensitive information originated or controlled by the DoD and other agencies. Reviews solicitation and contract documents to ensure they include the appropriate security clauses and verbiage. DUTY 4: Administers the Personnel Security Program. Establishes local procedures for processing requests for classified information access for military, civilian, and contractor personnel. Initiates and reviews requests for personnel security investigations consistent with directives. Responsible for the classification management program and supports special access program manager in developing classification guidance and making personnel security decisions. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required Mobility agreement must be signed Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: PCS cost will be paid IAW Career Broadening Policy under this agreement. Career Broadening positions are managed by AFPC/DPCZA and are centrally funded. Positions are established specifically to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of a high-potential, mid-level manager. Career Broadening also provides training and developmental opportunities at various organizational levels. These assignments offer the qualified candidate a unique assignment in that the candidates brings certain experience to the assignment while gaining new experiences in a different work environment TEMPORARY PROMOTION: If the position is filled as a temporary promotion, upon completion of the career broadening assignment, the temporary promotion may lead to permanent promotion without further competition Position may be subject to random drug testing Travel by regularly scheduled commercial or military conveyances IAW Joint Travel Regulations may be required in performance of TDY Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays Shift work and emergency overtime may be required Employee must maintain current certifications Disclosure of Political Appointments PCS LINK: Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Series quals: Group quals: In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Knowledge of a wide range of security disciplines, concepts, principles, practices and requirements encompassed within the overall IP realm to include: Information Security, Personnel Security, Industrial Security, International Security, Threat Analysis, Insider Threat Program Acquisition Security, Program Protection, Physical Security, Personnel Security, Operations Security, Foreign Disclosure, and Information Assurance/Cybersecurity. Knowledge and expertise of all facets of DoD Security Programs' practices, procedures, and regulations are applicable to the performance of a full range of security administration responsibilities. Knowledge of and high degree of skill in analyzing and comparing cost benefits, cost projections, budgetary tradeoffs, fiscal strategies, and programmatic factors to produce fully justified security countermeasure options that can be presented to higher levels of management for use in defending fiscal decisions. Knowledge and ability to plan, organize, develop studies or projects and to negotiate with senior management to accept and implement recommendations, where the proposals may involve substantial resources, require extensive changes in established concepts and procedures, or may be in conflict with previous programming actions. Knowledge and ability to consider alternatives in managing unique programs, including resource management, relationships to other federal protective programs, and overlapping requirements between AF and other organizations. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the GS-12 or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Expert knowledge of information protection, enterprise risk management and program protection safeguarding concepts, principles, and practices. 2. Thorough knowledge of a wide range of requirements for Personnel Security and Industrial Security programs. 3. Thorough knowledge of insider threat mitigation requirements, standard and procedures. 4. Skill in writing and briefing to synthesize complex issues and present information to senior leaders. 5. Skill and technical ability to plan, organize complex work, and meet critical deadlines. 6. Ability to establish effective professional working relationships contributing to a cooperative and academic environment and successful accomplishment of the AFMC mission. Education IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional information PCS restrictions: An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months Defense National Relocation Program is Authorized Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. This is a formal Security Specialist career broadening position, assignment duration is limited to 36 months. Position is designated Special-Sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP) to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. A non-disclosure agreement must be signed. A favorable suitability determination is required before appointment. This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national Security and public safety. Department of Defense Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC), Security Asset Protection Professional Certification (SAPPC), and Security Program Integration Professional Certification (SPIPC) conferrals are required within 2 years of the established employee EOD or initial assignment date to this position in accordance with DOD 3305.13-M, DoD Security Accreditation and Certification. The listed certification requirements may not be deleted or modified without the written approval of the AF Security Functional Authority (SAF/AA) or the delegated security career field representative. Mobility is a condition of employment, employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement. May be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends and holidays. May be required to travel by military and/or civilian airc