Security Specialist (Personnel)

Summary

About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Fort Drum, NY with 10th Mountain Division, Senior CDR AUG, G-2.

Duties

• Assists in the administration of a personnel security program to include processing security clearance applications and periodic reinvestigations.
• Applies security principles and concepts across multiple disciplines such as information security, industrial security, or foreign disclosure.
• Supports the implementation of a security education, training, and awareness program by helping to schedule and conduct training events.
• Gathers security-related data and preparing reports to support program oversight and identify potential security related issues.
• Assists personnel with in-processing and out-processing tasks, periodic reinvestigations, security clearance applications, and other administrative matters pertaining to Personnel Security (PERSEC).
• Serves as the command's expert and account manager on the Defense Information System for Security (DISS), which includes managing portal account access and account hierarchies.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to at least the GG/GS-12 grade level in the Federal service which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1. Assisting in the administration of a personnel security program to include processing security clearance applications and periodic reinvestigations; AND 2. Applying security principles and concepts across multiple disciplines such as information security, industrial security, or foreign disclosure; AND 3. Supporting the implementation of a security education, training, and awareness program by helping to schedule and conduct training events; AND 4.Gathering security-related data and preparing reports to support program oversight and identify potential issues.

Grade: GG 11. 2 years. Apply by 2026-11-09 on USAJOBS.