Physical Security Specialist

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Specialized Experience:

For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility at the GS-11 level in the Federal service or equivalent, which have equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position includes experience performing physical security administration work that involves, on own initiative, providing guidance and recommendations regarding access control systems, policies, programs, and training in order to safeguard personnel, facilities, materials, and documents.
Examples of such experience could include:
- Working with alarm systems, CCTV controls, access control methods and emergency response procedures; OR
- Conducting physical security surveys and assessments, and making recommendations from these; OR
- Investigating security problems and developing alternative solutions; OR
- Researching and analyzing physical security techniques, identifying problems, gathering information and developing and implementing plans and solutions; OR
- Drafting and presenting physical security procedures and policies.

For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility at the GS-09 level in the Federal service or equivalent, which have equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position Specialized experience for this position includes experience performing physical security work, with clear precedents and under limited supervision, involving the application of security programs and policies in order to safeguard personnel, facilities, materials, and documents.
Examples of such experience could include:
- Working with alarm systems, CCTV controls, access control methods and emergency response procedures; OR
- Conducting physical security surveys and assessments; OR
- Assisting with investigating security problems and developing alternative solutions; OR
- Assisting with researching and analyzing physical security techniques, identifying problems, gathering information and developing and implementing plans and solutions; OR
- Assisting with the presentation of physical security procedures and policies.
OR
You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows:
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.
OR
You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility at the GS-07 level in the Federal service or equivalent, which have equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position includes experience performing security work independently performing security surveys or coordinating with other members of the team regarding cost-benefit relationships for security devices or equipment systems, and similar considerations.
Examples of such experience could include:
-Applying risk assessment methods, threat assessment principles and physical security practices in order to Inspecting facilities where security processes and methods are known to the employee, security programs are operated effectively, and there is no history of significant violations and deficiencies and make recommendations OR
Collecting information, interviewing workers, observing physical conditions and related activities concerned with violations and compromises. OR
- Experience using security policies, procedures, priorities and program plans to assist a team to plan, evaluate and develop physical security program components for the protection of resources and assets.
OR
You may substitute education for experience as follows: master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work OR an LL.B. or J.D., in a field related to this position.
OR
You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.