Lead Security Specialist

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Remuneration 1: minimum: 143913; maximum: 187093; rate interval: PA; description as provided: Per Year

Pay plan 1: code: GS

Low grade: 14

High grade: 14

Agency: Washington Headquarters Services

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below. 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) that demonstrates your ability to utilize personnel security databases of record and identity credentialing systems to verify security clearance eligibility for physical facility and logical network access requests; Formulating operational workflows to streamline security integration, maintain compliance, resolve complex service delivery conflicts, and implement improvements to intake workflows; Evaluating program performance by analyzing onboarding cycle times, customer satisfaction surveys, and operational KPIs in executive reports; AND Managing operational logistics, cross-functional teams, and schedules for recurring corporate New Hire Orientation sessions. 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

Job summary:

This position serves as a Lead Security Specialist responsible for providing technical leadership, operational direction, and expert security administration support in the delivery of onboarding services for new hires whose gaining organizations are supported by WHS.

Major duties:

- Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: Directs, mentors, and guides a team of Security Specialists; aligns daily work plans with broader agency strategic goals, balances and distributes caseloads based on individual expertise, conducts quality assurance audits on completed tasks, and manages short-term leave and performance recognition. Serves as the division's senior technical authority on personnel security vetting; interrogates DISS and USA Staffing to verify clearance milestones, submits facility badges via the PFPA Automated Management Portal, and serves as the Site Security Manager (SSM) and Verifying Official (VO) for RAPIDS Common Access Card (CAC) issuance. Establishes and governs the end-to-end customer onboarding framework; partners with PFPA, DMDC, DISA, and the DoW CIO to resolve cross-functional bottlenecks, analyze customer satisfaction trends, and modernize automated intake workflows using customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

- Measures onboarding program health and cycle times against KPIs; synthesizes data into interactive dashboards utilizing enterprise tools, drafts executive-level talking papers, and assists in the preparation and monitoring of the security program budget. Leads the planning, logistics, and execution of biweekly New Employee Orientation (NEO) sessions; compiles and delivers authoritative security training curricula on OPSEC, INFOSEC, Cyber Hygiene, and Insider Threat to incoming personnel, including senior executives and General Officers.

Education:

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

Evaluations:

This position utilizes a single-hurdle assessment method consisting of a Subject Matter Expert (SME) panel review. Traditional automated occupational questionnaires and USA Hire assessments will not be administered. Qualified applicant resumes and supporting documentation will be independently evaluated by a panel of SMEs using a standardized, competency-based scoring rubric developed during the job analysis. The Human Resources Directorate (HRD) will consolidate the SME ratings to determine final quality categories and generate the referral certificate accordingly. Please ensure your resume explicitly documents how your experience aligns with the specialized experience and competencies listed in this announcement. DOD PPP candidates using Application-Based Procedures: Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: Military Spouse Preference applicants, must be selected and placed at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified. You must include a completed copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD-3145-4) dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for Military Spouse Preference.

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Control number: 892083000

Announcement number: IMP-13094709-27-NMP

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Publication date: 2026-11-09T00:00:00.0000

Applications open: 2026-11-09T00:00:00.0000

Applications close: 2026-11-16T23:59:59.9970

Posting display ends: 2026-11-16T23:59:59.9970

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