SECURITY SPECIALIST

This position advertised has been exempted from the federal civilian hiring freeze.

Current FBI employees are ineligible to apply if serving under the same conditions as that for which is advertised, including:

• Appointing organization (FBI)
• Type of position (full-time, part-time, etc.)
• Same or higher grade
• Duty location (city or state)
• Type of appointment (permanent, temporary, etc.)

Job Opening: 66758
Opening Date: July 27, 2026
Closing Date: August 10, 2026 at 11:59 pm (ET)

Additional selections may be made from this announcement to fill positions within the same division when the position includes substantially the same duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.

JOB SUMMARY

Provides direct support and service to the administration of the FBI Security Program by participating in the direction, from inception to completion, of complex security assessment investigations conducted by FBI Field Offices and rendering appropriate adjudications.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must have (or be able to obtain) a valid driver’s license
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance
• Some travel may be required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Work is primarily sedentary; however, some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of books, files, paper, and similar objects is required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in an office setting.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Performs security work using policies, practices and methods of security administration.
• Reviews requests for investigations concerning security clearances, requirements, and violations.
• Participates in security compliance reviews, surveys and inspections of all FBI space maintaining NSI and other areas designates as secure areas for procession and storage of SCI and classified material.
• Assists in preparing security plans and procedures while maintaining historical records, directives, executive order, and other related documents and databases.
• Initiates indices checks, arrest record checks and ELSUR checks.
• Analyzes correspondence regarding possible security concerns and assessment.
• Recommends safeguards, space constrictions, tracking systems, and information handling systems providing sensitive information.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EVALUATIONS

Please ensure that your specialized experience and requirements are clearly identifiable in your resume. Your application will be evaluated using the FBI’s Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify that you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

If you are found minimally qualified, your application will move forward to additional phases of the review process.

The competencies will be used in a Structured Resume Review to objectively evaluate applicant resumes. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies identified below. Your resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies.

Competencies:

• Analytic Thinking
• Communication
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Initiative
• Security

Specialized Experience (SE)

GS-11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-9 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Reviewed, analyzed and resolved security issues to protect personnel, data, and facilities.
• Analyzed investigative reports to develop information regarding security vulnerabilities; developed leads; and proposed recommendations.
• Effectively and efficiently planned and carried our assigned tasks.
• Conducted security interviews and briefings in order to prepare analysis.

Education

All degrees must be from an accredited college or university. Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows:

GS-11: Applicant must have a Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

HOW TO APPLY

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