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 law enforcement scenes by controlling and commanding.
• Conducting investigative inquiries through various techniques.
• Interpreting radar data to calculate appropriate intercepts.
• Searching persons, vessels, baggage, and cargo for contraband or weapons.
• Collecting, refining, and analyzing strategic and tactical intelligence.

Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.
• A Merchant Mariner Credential.
• Qualifying capacities as an Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV), Mate of 200 gross tons or greater (Inland, Great Lakes, Near Coastal or Oceans), Chief Mate, Second Mate, and Third Mate Unlimited Oceans or Master of 25 GRT or greater (Inland, Great Lakes, Near Coastal or Oceans).
• An accepted MMLD application for a qualifying capacity.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M.
• Combining experience and education.

Skills

• Advanced skill in controlling/commanding law enforcement scenes.
• Writing comprehensive arrest, criminal and incident reports.
• Assisting government or state attorneys in preparation for court cases or grand juries.
• Applying arrest authorities and constitutional law in various alleged criminal situations.
• Knowledge and experience of CBP laws, regulations, policies, legal precedent.

Benefits

• Health, dental and other insurance plans.
• A generous annual and sick leave program.
• Participation in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Pay

• Salary range: $105,931 - $191,284 per year.
• 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 within the Southwest Region, Southeast Region or Caribbean Air and Marine Branch.
• Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years.

Other Requirements

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen.
• Age Requirement: Before reaching 40th birthday in accordance with Department of Homeland Security Directive 251-03.
• Veterans' Preference Eligibility: Proof of Veteran's Preference (DD-214 Member 4 Copy) at the time of application.
• Training: Successful completion of required courses.
• Travel: Expected to travel for this position based on operational needs.