Summary

This position serves as the Senior Secure Facility Operations Specialist and technical authority for the design, construction, modification, and accreditation of SCIFs, SAPFs, and classified workspaces. The incumbent provides expert oversight for complex projects, managing technical integrations for TEMPEST shielding and countermeasures. They act as the primary liaison between stakeholders to ensure all facilities meet ICD and Department of War standards.

Duties

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• Serves as the principal manager directing a highly complex, multi-site structural construction and technical security program; oversees strategic planning, life-cycle facility management, and operational readiness of all regional Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs).
• Acts as the senior technical authority for the design, construction, and accreditation of SCIFs and Special Access Program Facilities (SAPFs), providing expert oversight for complex projects and managing technical integrations involving shielding and security countermeasures.
• Develops comprehensive project plans, technical specifications, and schedules for large-scale facility projects, and strategically manages budgets, staffing, materials, and priorities to meet critical completion dates.
• Provides executive leadership and strategic direction for the organization by establishing program priorities, funding requirements, and operational policies to ensure all engineering and construction activities support national defense objectives.
• Exercises second-line supervisory and managerial authority over a multi-disciplinary staff, handling all aspects of personnel administration, including performance management, employee development, and disciplinary actions.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
• Total salary varies depending on location of position
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment
• Required to participate in the direct deposit program
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET security clearance. A Special Background Investigation (SBI)) is required with favorable adjudication by a determining authority
• The incumbent may be subject to random counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.
• The incumbent will be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Form upon entering the position and annually.
• May require up to 10% occasional travel away from your normal duty station for official business on military or commercial aircraft.
• Incumbent may be subject to call back during non-duty hours based on mission emergencies

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.

Individual Occupational Requirement

Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

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Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs.
• Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and supervising operations for conformance with project plans.
• Performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project.

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You may qualify at the GS-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) which has given me the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties related to the position being filled. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Applying expert knowledge in the design, construction, and modification of secure facilities, such as Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) or Special Access Program Facilities (SAPFs), to ensure compliance with Intelligence Community Directives (ICD) and other federal security standards; 2) Providing technical oversight on complex facility projects, resolving engineering challenges, and managing technical integrations involving countermeasures for Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions (TEMPEST); and, 3) Performing supervisory or team lead duties, such as planning and assigning work, managing project resources and schedules, and providing technical guidance to a team responsible for facility operations or construction.

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.

All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages. For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the duration of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.

Read more about what should I include in my federal resume at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. This "certification" must include your rank, dates of active duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin. It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible". Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

Additional information

Probationary Periods: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• Your performance and conduct;
• The needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing an online application, you may request an alternative application. Please send an email to the following address for information on how to obtain an alternative application: [redacted]

Reemployed Annuitants: Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. /www.esd.whs.mil/DD/DoD-Issuances/140025/

Current or Former Political Appointees: Agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.

Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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