Transportation Security Specialist

Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

This Transportation Security Specialist position is located in the Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC) or the Systems Operation Control Section (SOCS), Operations Planning & Coordination Division (OPCD), Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), Law Enforcement (LE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include, but are not limited to: Assisting and advising management in the execution of all operational matters and procedures. Drafting and distributing reports associated with the TSA response to emergency events in the transportation domain. Collecting, correlating and characterizing of all such events to include all security modes and inter-agency/organizational coordination. Creating and disseminating daily operations briefs, required reports and notifications, operational messages, and information papers, as required. Communicating with other agencies and TSOC or SOCS components on issues and concerns in an area of responsibility. Recommends responses to events/crisis and makes analytical input on potential or emerging threats so the watch team can deliver information to the appropriate decision making level. Analyzing characterizations of events and makes recommendations for action and internal resource deployment to TSOC or SOCS leadership based on overall understanding of pertinent guidance material and nature of events. Contributing to training exercises providing; input during exercise planning, execution, post-exercise review and evaluation. The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay bands (G & H Band) perform the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.

You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National. You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application. Selective Service registration is required. You must complete a favorable Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance. Must pass pre-employment drug screening AND random drug/alcohol testing. This is an Emergency Essential Position. Incumbent is required to work full-time on a rotating 24-hour schedule, 7 days per week and may be required to work rotating shifts or shifts outside of the standard workday/workweek on short notice to include weekends and holidays. The incumbent will be on call 24 hours per day to cover emergency response needs. Incumbent may be required to carry a paging device and/or mobile phone at all times. 10% Travel may be required. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for TSA to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.