Marine Interdiction Agent

About the role

AMO is actively seeking applicants to fill full-time security-based positions with the nation’s largest law enforcement organization charged with maintaining the security of our national borders while facilitating lawful international travel and trade.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining control and command of law enforcement scenes, including conducting searches, making arrests, processing arrests and seizure of evidence and property.
• Conducting investigative inquiries using various techniques, examining files and records, physical and documentary evidence to identify logical conclusions.
• Utilizing cameras and other electronic high-tech surveillance equipment to gather evidence, collect, evaluate, and preserve physical and documentary evidence.
• Writing comprehensive arrest, criminal and incident reports.
• Aiding government or state attorneys in preparation for court cases or grand juries, testifying as a law enforcement officer in court proceedings, and administrative forums.
• Applying arrest authorities and constitutional law in various alleged criminal situations, or knowledge and experience of CBP laws, regulations, policies, legal precedent.

Requirements

• One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as controlling/commanding law enforcement scenes, conducting searches, making arrests, processing arrests and seizure of evidence and property.
• Three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D., or LL.M., or a combination of successfully completed post-bachelors’ education and experience.
• A Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) with a qualifying capacity, or an accepted MMLD application for a MMC with a qualifying capacity.
• U.S. Citizenship and primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years.
• Age requirement: Must be referred for selection to the Border Patrol Agent position before reaching their 40th birthday.

Qualifications

• Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) with a qualifying capacity, or an accepted MMLD application for a MMC with a qualifying capacity.
• Successfully completed post-bachelors’ education and experience, or a combination of both.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and other insurance plans.
• A generous annual and sick leave program.
• Participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement plan akin to a traditional and ROTH 401(k).

Pay

• Salary range: $105,931 - $191,284 per year based on grade level and location.
• Recruitment Incentive: $10,000 after completing Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy (FLETC).
• Retention Incentive: 25% for Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB) Locations, Key Largo, FL, Key West, FL, Marathon, FL and Long Beach, CA.

Schedule

• Duty locations may include any geographic location within the Southwest Region, Southeast Region or Caribbean Air and Marine Branch.
• Final duty location will be offered after successful completion of the pre-employment process.

Application

To apply, click the Apply button on this site. You will be linked to the CBP Talent Network registration page. Select Air and Marine Operations (Marine Interdiction Agent (MIA)) and complete the pre-screening questions. You’ll then receive a link(s) to the MIA Job Opening Announcements (JOAs) on USAJOBS, the federal government’s official employment site, to complete your application.