Border Patrol Agent (Reemployed Annuitant)

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About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, throughout all USBP Sectors listed in the announcement. You may select only two (2) locations where you would be willing to work. Duty Locations: Big Bend Sector, Blaine Sector, Buffalo Sector, Del Rio Sector, Detroit Sector, El Centro Sector, El Paso Sector, Grand Forks Sector, Havre Sector, Houlton Sector, Laredo Sector, Miami Sector, New Orleans Sector, Ramey Sector, Rio Grande Valley Sector, San Diego Sector, Special Operations Group (SOG)* (located in El Paso, TX), Spokane Sector, Swanton Sector, Tucson Sector, Yuma Sector. Placement will be determined based on current vacancy and operational requirements. Not all stations may be available within your selected Sector at the time of selection.

Responsibilities

• Prevent illegal entry of aliens into the United States by land, water, or air
• Enforce criminal provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Laws
• Seek out and apprehend smugglers or aliens who are in the United States illegally
• Detect and question persons suspected of violating immigration and custom laws and inspect documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations
• Prevent and apprehend undocumented noncitizens and smugglers of noncitizens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions, including using infrared scopes during night operations
• Interpret and follow tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband
• Perform farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks
• Patrol the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of Government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercrafts, off-road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles for the accomplishment of the USBP Mission

Benefits

• Availability of a salary offset waiver, allowing you to retain your full retirement annuity and full salary while re‑employed
• Expedited pre‑employment process
• Accelerated re‑entry training conducted at the sector
• Reemployed annuitants with a dual compensation waiver receive both their full basic annuity and full salary

Pay

This position starts at a salary of $91,985.00 (GS‑12, Step 1) to $119,583.00 (GS‑12, Step 10). Salary reflects the rest of U.S. scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection. There is no recruitment incentive associated with this job announcement.

Schedule

• Position requires regular and recurring shift work; you must be willing and available to work rotating shifts
• May be rotated between assignments and duty locations
• Overtime may be required on a daily basis, compensated up to an additional 25% of base pay in accordance with the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014
• Overnight travel may be required on a regular and recurring basis

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service
• Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years
• All pre‑employment processes conducted in English
• May be required to pass a background investigation
• CBP follows the DHS Drug‑Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures
• Must be under the age of 59 to be considered for this position (law enforcement positions in the GS‑1800 occupational groups are covered by mandatory separation provisions at 5 U.S.C. 8335(b)(1), which requires automatic separation, without exception, for individuals age 60 or older)
• Term appointment: filled on a term basis not‑to‑exceed (NTE) 1/20/2029 or your 60th birthday, whichever occurs first; minimum time in appointment is one year
• Who May Apply: Retired Border Patrol Agents – former agents who retired from USBP within the past five (5) years; must meet eligibility for reinstatement per 5 CFR 315.401; must have passed the Border Patrol Academy and post‑Academy prior to leaving CBP; must have successfully completed probationary/trial period; must have satisfactory or pass performance appraisals during the last three years of federal employment; must have been separated at the applicant's choice with no disciplinary action taken within the last three years of CBP employment and with no disciplinary proceeding pending; must have held a competitive permanent position with the Full Performance Level of GS‑12; must have been retired one (1) year before the closing date of this announcement

Qualifications

• Individual Occupational Requirement: Specialized Experience in law enforcement or other responsible work that demonstrated the ability to:
  • Make arrests and exercise sound judgment in the use of firearms
  • Deal effectively with individuals or groups in a courteous, tactful manner in connection with law enforcement matters
  • Analyze information rapidly and make prompt decisions or take prompt and appropriate law enforcement action in light of applicable laws, court decisions, and sound law enforcement procedures
  • Develop and maintain contact with a network of informants
• Qualify for the GS‑12 grade level if you possess one year of specialized work experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level that shows you have the skills necessary to interpret and enforce immigration or comparable laws, rules, and regulations, and to perform intelligence, prosecutions, investigations, and anti‑smuggling, to identify operational problems, devise solutions, ensure compliance of enforcement and operational practices, and apprise management of deficiencies or noted problems
• 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
• If applying to Special Operations Group (SOG), additional requirements:
  • Obtain a Secret clearance for this position
  • BORTAC Certification – must have successfully completed the nationally recognized BORTAC Selection and Certification Courses
  • BORSTAR Certification – must have successfully completed the nationally recognized BORSTAR Selection and Certification Courses
• Language Requirement: Must be proficient in the Spanish language (able to speak and read in Spanish)
• Firearms Requirement: Must meet initial and continuing qualifications in the use of firearms as outlined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, amended by the Lautenberg Amendment of 1996
• Disqualifiers: Any applicant with any of the following is ineligible:
  • Convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year
  • Has any outstanding warrants or is a fugitive from justice
  • Unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance
  • Adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution
  • Illegally or unlawfully in the United States
  • Renounced U.S. citizenship
  • Subject to a court‑ordered restraining (protection) order from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child
  • Convicted under Federal, State, or Tribal Court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an intimate partner or child