Summary DCSA's Adjudications and Vetting Services (AVS) Expedited Screening Center (ESC) is looking for a Personnel Security Specialist to serve as a Foreign Screening Analyst with the ability to review and analyze potential international criminal activities, espionage, terrorism, or other insider threat indicators and making risk assessments in support of personnel security adjudications and fitness determinations. Consider DCSA and be a part of America's Gatekeeper Team! Responsibilities This position is located within the Expedited Screening Center (ESC), Adjudications and Vetting Services (AVS), Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), Department of Defense (DoD). The ESC implements a centralized process for the screening and vetting of covered individuals requiring access to DoD and other U.S. government systems, facilities, personnel, and information. This position requires the incumbent to access classified systems/material on a regular basis, and as such, the incumbent will be required to work in office. The purpose of this position is to serve as a Foreign Screening Analyst within the ESC. To fulfill this duty, the incumbent could work anywhere within the ESC with duties ranging from research and analysis, quality, or case management. The incumbent must identify, resolve, and refer potential foreign influence and foreign preference concerns for individuals during background investigations, security clearance adjudications, or fitness determinations. The incumbent is responsible for reviewing and analyzing potential international criminal activities, espionage, terrorism, or other insider threat indicators and making risk assessments in support of personnel security decisions and actions. The incumbent is responsible for the review and quality of ESC risk assessments to ensure that they are relevant and ready for adjudication or other personnel security risk management actions. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: Security Administration Series 0080 (opm.gov) for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 05/15/2024 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GG/GS 05 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes: Using all source databases for research and analysis. Drafting written products accurately detailing information. Working in the fields of intelligence analysis, insider threat, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyber-threat, or all source analysis. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1. Information Management: Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems. 2. Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; seeks/generates and evaluates alternative perspectives/solutions; makes timely/ effective recommendations, based on potential implications of findings or conclusions. Critically evaluates to identify the causes of problems, and chooses courses of action that balance the interests of the mission and stakeholders. 3. Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions. 4. Vulnerabilities Assessment and Management: Conducts assessments on threats, hazards and vulnerabilities, determines the level of risk against missions, personnel, facilities, assets and resources. Develops and recommends appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations. 5. Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material that is appropriate for the intended audience. Education If substituting education for experience, at the GG-07 level, you must possess a bachelor's or equivalent degree. Superior Academic Achievement does not apply to DCIPS positions. If substituting education for experience, transcripts MUST be provided. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. Foreign Education: For further information, click on the following link: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ Additional Information VETERANS PREFERENCE/CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria. Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period. If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status. All current and former Federal employees must submit a copy of your latest SF50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. Resumes should NOT include: Classified information/SSN/Photo of yourself/personal information (gender, religion, affiliation etc/Encrypted digitally signed docs). Resumes with this prohibited information will be automatically ineligible for consideration.