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The Air Force Test Center is looking for a Full-Time Supervisory Security Specialist (NH-0080-03) to work at the 412 TW Information Protection (412 TW/IP) at Edwards AFB in Edwards, CA.
NO 6-MONTH WAIT! Recently retired and/or retiring from MILITARY service ARE eligible for immediate appointment for AFTC positions. The 180-day waiting period has been waived for AFTC to hire recently retired and/or retiring service members.
Full-time Air Force Civilian Service employees enjoy the below benefits, and more!
• Paid Time-Off:
o 11 Federal Holidays off per year
o Vacation time (Annual Leave) accumulates based on length of employment. Starts at 13 days (104 hours) per year and up to 26 days (208 hours) per year
o 13 sick days per year (104 hours)
• Various Medical, Dental & Vision packages to choose from for entire family
• Retirement:
o Pension: Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
o 401K: Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) available with up to 5% agency matching
• Flexible work schedules and shift work may be available (depends on position)
• Employee assistance Programs
• Health and Wellness resources
• Tuition Assistance & Professional Development opportunities
• Many career enhancement and promotion opportunities
Telework Information :
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prescribed “Unscheduled Telework.”
Travel Requirements :
• Up to 25% Travel possible
This position has a typical 2024 salary range of $101,121 - $156,323 (includes locality).
Announcement Closes: 28 April 2024 at 11:59 pm (EST)
Position specific skills and experience desired in a potential candidate:
- Ability to identify conflict in the workplace, provide counseling, training and/or corrective action to correct unwanted behavior.
- Ability to identify employee strengths and weaknesses and assign tasks accordingly.
- Ability to identify problems, research and develop COAs with probable outcomes and present to leadership to accommodate informed decisions.
- Ability to plan, coordinate and execute team-building activities to obtain/maintain morale of assigned employees.
Mission/Purpose:
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Government Special Access Program Security Officer and Supervisory Security Specialist for the 412 Test Wing Information Protection Office. Supports a single or multiple 412 Test Wing/Air Force Test Center RDT&E organizations in the management and integration of Special Access Program, Information Security, Industrial Security, Personnel Security, Information Systems Security, Physical Security, Operations Security and Acquisition Security programs. Supervises organizational personnel who perform security management, cybersecurity and security administration functions in accomplishing organizational, multi-program and test authority/agency security requirements.
Qualifications/Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship
- This is a national security position. Must be able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI security eligibly.
- Must be able to obtain/maintain Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information access eligibility.
- Some temporary duty (TDY) travel may be required
- The incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
- The incumbent will be required to obtain/maintain DOD certification as a condition of employment. Department of Defense Security Fundamentals Professional Certification and Security Asset Protection Professional Certification conferral is required within 2 years of the established employee EOD or initial assignment date to this position in accordance with DOD 3305.13-M, DOD Security Accreditation and Certification. The listed certification requirements may not be deleted or modified without the written approval of the AF Security Functional Authority (SAF/AA) or their delegated security career field representative.
- Knowledge of a wide range of security and information protection concepts, principles, and practices to review independently, analyze, and resolve difficult and complex security problems. Comprehensive knowledge of security policy requirements to function as technical authority in multiple security specialties in order to resolve major conflicts in policy, procedure and program objectives.
- Ability to work independently planning, scheduling, coordinating, carrying out, and monitoring the effectiveness of the operations of multiple security programs in attaining organizational operational and test mission activities.
- Ability to interpret, establish and monitor operating security programs to meet specific test and operational program situations involving multi-security classification and highly classified information, facilities, devices and operations.
- Ability and skill in establishing criteria for identifying and analyzing trends in security violations and infractions and other lapses security and measuring organizational effectiveness in achieving security objectives and goals.
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