INDUSTRIAL SECURITY SPECIALIST.

Responsibilities

• Process ship visit requests, review ship repair contracts, and conduct surveys of facilities to determine the organization's eligibility to work with and store classified, sensitive, or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
• Provide orientation briefings to contractors regarding the command security program and assist in initiating measures necessary to bring a facility up to established standards.
• Ensure security program requirements are considered in the earliest stages of procurement planning and work with contracting officers to assure that bidders can meet security requirements of the contract.
• Plan, organize, and conduct training programs to make facility personnel aware of security matters and procedures and alert them to dangers of espionage and sabotage.
• Perform periodic inspections, audits, and assessments of private facilities, and minimize the number of authorized personnel clearances by restricting need-to-know.
• Manage the command Information Security program through the classification, declassification, and protection of classified national defense and other sensitive information.
• Perform oversight reviews to monitor program implementation and practices in areas controlled by Industry Facility Security programs to assess risk, value of loss, and classification level appropriate to information sensitivity.
• Plan, conduct, and coordinate security site studies, projects, assessments, and surveys of the command in relation to information security activities.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level (time-in-grade requirement).
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications

For GS 11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector analyzing complex security problems by applying advanced security principles, concepts, and practices, managing clearance requests, and having knowledge and skill in personnel security clearance issues related to accessing shipyards and production facilities.

For GS 09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector conducting security inspections to identify classification levels, adjudicate clearance requests, and ensure compliance with protection requirements for an organization.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

• For the GS-09: Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree; OR possession of an LL.B. or J.D. related to this position; OR a combination of experience and graduate education that equates to one year of experience.
• For GS-11: 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.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.