Job Description

As a Border Patrol Agent (BPA), you will be part of our 60,000 workforce that strives to protect the American people by safeguarding our borders, deterring illicit activity, and enhancing the nation's economic prosperity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Detecting, preventing, and apprehending undocumented noncitizens and smugglers of noncitizens at or near the land borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions.
• Responding to electronic sensor alarms; interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence; using infrared scopes during night operations.
• Responding to aircraft sighting and other anti-smuggling activities and performing farm and ranch checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks.

Qualifications:

• You qualify for the GL-5 grade level if you possess one of the following:
• Experience: One year of general work experience that demonstrates the ability to take charge, make sound decisions, and maintain composure in stressful situations;
• Education Substitution: A bachelor's degree or successful completion of a full four-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited or college or university;

• You qualify for the GL-7 grade level if you possess one of the following:
• Experience: One year of specialized work experience that shows you have the skills necessary to make sound judgments and decisions;
• Education Substitution for the GL-7 grade level: A bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement,

• You qualify for the GL-9 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:
• Performing physical searches of detained individuals, their vehicles, and their immediate surroundings for weapons, contraband, currency, and other evidence.

• You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:
• Developing and utilizing intelligence information to track illegal operations and/or contraband.

Citizenship and Residency Requirements:

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• You must have had primary U.S. residency (includes protectorates as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.

Salary : $49,739 - $96,916