BORDER PATROL AGENT (INTELLIGENCE)

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, Spokane Sector Headquarters, Targeting and Intelligence Division, located in Metaline, WA. Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement.

Responsibilities

• Collecting, refining, analyzing, and disseminating strategic and tactical intelligence to support USBP operations and inform leadership decisions.
• Conducting frontline border security operations, including tracking, patrol, traffic and transportation checks, and international boundary integrity activities using a variety of technologies and conveyances.
• Assessing immigration status, processes, transports, and removing aliens as appropriate, preparing detailed case reports, and supporting criminal and administrative proceedings through affidavits, warrants, and testimony.
• Participating in and representing CBP on interagency task forces and joint operations, coordinating with Federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, and JTTF partners to address complex transnational criminal activity.
• Mentoring and training lower-graded Border Patrol Agents by providing coaching, field training, performance feedback, and instruction on operational methods, procedures, and priorities.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation and/or polygraph.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• You must be able to meet job-related medical and/or fitness standards.

Qualifications

• You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: applying immigration, nationality, customs, and related Federal laws to determine alienage, identifying criminal offenses, and taking enforcement actions; gathering, interpreting, and documenting intelligence from multiple sources, analyzing disparate information, and producing reports or products that support enforcement, interdiction, or prosecutorial decisions; using law enforcement and intelligence information systems, fixed and mobile surveillance technology, sensors, and detection equipment to identify, track, and interdict criminal activity or illegal entries; conducting complex investigations involving counterfeit or fraudulent documents, interviewing subjects and witnesses (including in Spanish), and preparing detailed written reports or case files for criminal or administrative proceedings; applying probable cause and reasonable suspicion standards, executing arrests and searches, handling firearms and less-lethal devices, and managing the care, safety, and security of individuals in custody.

Specialized Experience

• Applying immigration, nationality, customs, and related Federal laws to determine alienage, identify criminal offenses, and take enforcement actions.
• Gathering, interpreting, and documenting intelligence from multiple sources, analyzing disparate information, and producing reports or products that support enforcement, interdiction, or prosecutorial decisions.
• Using law enforcement and intelligence information systems, fixed and mobile surveillance technology, sensors, and detection equipment to identify, track, and interdict criminal activity or illegal entries.
• Conducting complex investigations involving counterfeit or fraudulent documents, interviewing subjects and witnesses (including in Spanish), and preparing detailed written reports or case files for criminal or administrative proceedings.
• Applying probable cause and reasonable suspicion standards, executing arrests and searches, handling firearms and less-lethal devices, and managing the care, safety, and security of individuals in custody.

Language Requirement

Must be proficient in the Spanish language. (i.e., able to speak and read in Spanish).

Medical Requirements

Following a tentative job offer, candidates must undergo and successfully complete a medical screening process. Individuals must be medically and physically capable of performing the essential job functions and duties of the position safely and efficiently without endangering the health and safety of the individual, others, or national security.

Background Investigation

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, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Security Clearance

You will be required to obtain a Secret or higher level clearance for this position.