Lead Security Specialist (Detail/Temp Promotion NTE 1 Year)

Lead Security Specialist (Detail/Temp Promotion NTE 1 Year)

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New York, New York, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Texas

Salary Range: $107446 - $139684 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center (FBC), Homeland Security Division. The incumbent serves as Team Leader and participates and collaborates in the analysis and formulation and execution of overall FPAC policy and procedures for HSPD-12 and represents the Branch Chief in working with other agency officials to coordinate activities and to resolve situations that arise.

Major Duties:

• The incumbent advises Branch Chief and HSD Director on new developments and advances concerning PSATs and ePACs techniques and processes.
• The incumbent is responsible for assuring that the work of their assigned team is carried out by performing a range of coordinating and supportive duties as it relates to PSATs, ePACS and HSPD-12.
• The incumbent prepares and delivers briefings, speeches, papers, and statistical/analytical data when requested.
• The incumbent distributes and balance the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow and job specialization.
• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring team accountability for work productivity in an open and transparent environment.

Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Specialized Experience is defined as : One or more years of full-time specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through federal service that has equipped you with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience providing physical security policy guidance to Employees, Security Programs Managers, and Higher-level or Senior officials. Collecting information, interviewing workers, observing physical conditions and related activities concerned with violations and compromises. Reviewing requests for information security guidance or assistance which includes; identifying the nature of issues involved, and researching guidelines to identify the general policies and procedures that apply to their solutions. Time-in-Grade Requirement: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. You must meet this requirement by the closing date of this announcement.. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-14