Security Specialist

This position is located in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate, Office of Security Technology (ST), Facilities Security Engineering Division (DS/ST/FSE).

You will serve as a Assistant Contracting Officer's Representativeandproviding real-time visibility into the quality, efficiency and timeliness of state-of-the-art mission-critical initiatives designed to protect information, personnel, property and operations from hostile intelligence and criminal activity.

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. 

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience applying the full range of contracting/procurement functions to support the acquisitions, management and maintenance needs of a world-wide security program.  
• Experience evaluating the effectiveness of procurement functions and assessing regulatory compliance. 
• Experience providing technical guidance on security systems feasability and integration of state-of-the-art technologies into current systems.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.