Criminal Investigator

About the role

The position serves as a Criminal Investigator, exercising the full scope of Federal law enforcement authority for any legal matter controlled by the United States Attorney's Office (USAO).

Responsibilities

• Planning, coordinating, and conducting criminal investigation into offenses against the United States.
• Seeking, obtaining, and executing search and arrest warrants.
• Locating and interviewing victims, witnesses, and subjects - using a variety of techniques to gain cooperation with the criminal justice process.
• Locating, securing, and utilizing a variety of evidence to advance criminal investigations.
• Working closely with Assistant United States Attorneys throughout the lifecycle of investigations to secure criminal convictions.
• Testifying in a variety of proceedings, including before grand juries, in other hearings, and at trial.
• Developing investigations related to violent crime, economic crimes, frauds, and other violations of federal law using a wide range of sources, including open-source information, digital evidence, cooperating defendants, and collaboration with other law enforcement entities.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing.
• Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• If selected, you may be required to complete and file an initial and annual OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• You must possess and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator's license while employed in this position.
• You must successfully complete the Federal Law Enforcement Center Basic Criminal Investigator Training Program or equivalent.
• To be eligible at the GS-13 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in Federal service, using a wide range of investigative methods to uncover criminal violations; recognizing, seizing and preserving evidence; recruiting cooperating witnesses/defendants and other sources to generate and advance criminal investigations; testifying in local and federal courts and before local and federal grand juries; conducting or leading complex investigations in one or more of the following areas: fraud, bribery and public corruption, national security related offenses, cybercrimes, money laundering, violent crimes and sexual assault; independently and skillfully drafting search warrants and other complex written products in a manner that does not require significant revision, working as a key member of prosecution and trial teams to identify and conduct necessary investigative steps to secure convictions for criminal offenses.

Qualifications

• GS-13: To be eligible at the GS-13 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in Federal service.

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is typically full-time.