SECURITY SPECIALIST

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Major duties

• You will maintain the Defense Information Security System (DISS) for the NAVY IPO personnel under the direction of the Security Specialist.
• You will prepare information packages for the Navy IPO personnel, security debriefing packages for retiring and separating military service members and civil servants, and security out-processing packages for detaching contractor support personnel.
• You will maintain comprehensive personnel security data using Microsoft Access.
• You will prepare outgoing visit requests, use Defense Information System for Security (DISS) or its successor for clearance and visit request information, record security related training for all assigned personnel and support contractors.
• You will receive, review and input security clearance data into the visitor's database, ensuring that support contractor's visit request are up-to-date.
• You will file visit requests, maintain records, and update security database and visitor's database as needed.
• You will assist the Security Manager in performing in-processing of personnel in DISS, record security access, NATO security access, and security attestations in DISS.
• You will greet all visitors and prepare individual protection plans (IFPPs) for travelers, consult current country terrorist lists, and disseminate AT/FP information as required.
• You will maintain records of security training for members of the command, initial orientation, annual trainings.
• You will receive many telephone inquires and you will respond with information or direct caller to appropriate subject matter expert.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or NH-01 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying security policy, procedures, techniques and methods to a variety of work situations at various degrees of security control. Experience entering, maintaining, and retrieving information in security database such as Defense Information System for Security (DISS) for security clearance data. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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: 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree OR 3 years of generalized experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4 Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.