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Security Specialist

The Security Division's mission is to provide innovative security solutions that protect our people and organization from both external and insider threats, while fostering a resilient, forward-thinking security environment.

Key requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance

Major duties:

• GS-07: Reviews and/or analyzes various Bureau investigative files and related materials to identify and extract all possible identifying information, matching records, questionable or overlapping elements, and other areas of investigative consideration, which could have a bearing on an individual's reliability, trustworthiness, and loyalty.
• Summarizes data and/or composes necessary correspondence/leads to appropriate field office for initiation of investigation, outlining background of individual case, advising of information obtained from initial research and analysis, and defining security concerns. Issues leads to be addressed and followed
• With guidance, prepares written analyses of information developed, supporting analysis, and recommendations to initiate further investigations and/or provide any additional (security) concerns
• GS-09 (In addition to the above): Participate in security compliance reviews, surveys and inspections of all FBI space maintaining NSI and other sensitive information.
• Collaborate internally and externally with partners to gather and share pertinent information to move investigations through the background process.
• Assist in preparing security plans and procedures while maintaining historical records, directives, executive orders, other related documents and databases.
• GS-11 (In addition to the above): Analyze correspondence regarding possible security concerns and assessments.
• Initiate indices checks, arrest record checks, and ELSUR checks.
• Prioritize and drive investigations in support of FBI hiring initiatives and critical personnel needs.
• Recommend safeguards for space constrictions, tracking systems, and information handling systems providing sensitive information.

Qualifications and evaluations: Please ensure that your specialized experience and requirements are clearly identifiable in your resume. Your application will be evaluated using the FBI's Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify that you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement.

Your resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies:

• Communication
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Initiative
• Analytic Thinking
• Security

Specialized experience (SE): GS-07: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-05 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Experience disseminating written verifiable information concisely.
• Experience writing procedural information, to give readers step-by-step instructions.
• Experience conducting record checks to develop and extract accurate information.

GS-09: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-07 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Experience interpreting, evaluating, and applying security guidelines and policies
• Experience conducting security interviews and briefings to prepare analysis.

GS-11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-09 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Experience reviewing, analyzing and resolving security issues to protect personnel, data, and facilities.
• Experience analyzing investigative reports to develop information regarding security vulnerabilities; developed leads; and proposing recommendations.
• Experience conducting security interviews and briefings in order to prepare analysis.

Desired skills are:

• Microsoft Products including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Microsoft Forms, and SharePoint
• Personnel, physical, information, and industrial security experience
• Experience working in an emergency call center and monitoring security systems

Education: All degrees must be from an accredited college or university. Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows:

GS-7: Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or one (1) full year of graduate level education. Superior academic achievement is the completion of all the requirements of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average of 3.0 or higher as recorded on an official transcript, or as based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum, or (3) honor society membership.

GS-9: Applicant must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

GS-11: Applicant must have a Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.