PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST - Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service - Overview - Open & closing dates 10/11/2018 to 10/24/2018 - Service Competitive - Pay scale & grade GS 07 - 11 - Salary $43,932 to $86,553 per year - Appointment type Permanent - Work schedule Full-Time - Locations 2 vacancies in the following locations: - Denver, CO - Portland, OR - No - Yes as determined by agency policy - Announcement number 19CE1-FMN0021-0080-7T11-J - Control number 513406000 - Duties - Summary Amended to remove Ogden, UT location. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT & SECURITY SERVICES (FMSS) DIVISION customers are IRS employees. FMSS identifies and delivers value-added, cost efficient, shared service solutions, that facilitate the success of the IRS mission. - Responsibilities WHAT DOES A PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST DO? As a Physical Security Specialist you will be required to frequently access sensitive but unclassified information. You will be responsible for accessing various studies, projects, and work assignments relating to the implementation, administration, and evaluation of the IRS emergency management and physical security programs ensuring the protection of employees, assets, operations, and information. You will make use of policy and technical knowledge in completing work assignments and projects. In this role, you will pro-actively identify program needs and independently initiate and perform a wide range of emergency management and physical security activities and projects. As a Physical Security Specialist you will: - Analyze, implement and maintain emergency management and the physical security safeguards for IRS employees, operations and information. - Develop physical security policies, standards and procedures and provide technical guidance designed to protect Service personnel, facilities, property and other assets. - Advise on complex security matters in order to resolve questions pertaining to appropriate cost-effective security measures, threats, conflicting requirements, budget/resources, and strategies for integrating appropriate security. - Conduct safeguard reviews of state and local agencies and lock box reviews of banks ensuring they are complying with security policies safeguarding IRS data and federal taxpayer data and documents. - Interpret national security directives for their relation to the security and emergency preparedness programs and formulate broad policy directions regarding the implementation of these directives. - Plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate complex emergency management and physical security projects including risk assessments, compliance reviews, identification media, maintenance service contracts, emergency management plans, and responses to incidents. Perform first responder functions, Incident Management, and other critical operational and emergency planning duties requiring access to sensitive security information and participation in classified conferences and meetings. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? If you want to find out more about IRS careers, visit us on the web at http://www.jobs.irs.gov/ - Travel Required Occasional travel - 1 to 5 nights per month - Supervisory status - Promotion Potential - Job family (Series) 0080 Security Administration - Requirements - Conditions of Employment - Refer to Other Information - Click "Print Preview" to review the entire announcement before applying. - Must be a U.S. Citizen or National - Qualifications You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-07 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: - OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: - OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) may be met by having a Bachelor's degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last two years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last two years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. GS-09 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes : - OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: - LL.B or J.D., if related - You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field of study such as national security studies, criminal justice, information technology or management. OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a graduate degree in a field of study such as national security studies, criminal justice, information technology or management. One year of graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. For Grades 7 through 11: You may also qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions -The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service . One year of experience refers to full-timework; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. -To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following, if applicable: You must have been at the next lower grade level of the grade you are applying to for 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement). - Required Documents - Benefits - How to Apply