Supervisory Security Specialist (Security Testing and Mitigation Manager)

About the role

The Supervisory Security Specialist will serve as the manager of the Security Testing and Partnerships Branch, Analysis and Evaluation Division (AUS-300), Office of Advanced Aviation Technologies (AAT). The Branch serves as the FAA¿s authority for testing, evaluating, and validating Detection, Tracking, Identification, and Mitigation (DTIM) systems.

What you will do

• The Supervisory Security Specialist provides managerial leadership and oversight of aviation and UAS security programs designed to identify, assess, and mitigate security threats to the National Airspace System (NAS), critical infrastructure, and aviation operations.
• Oversees security policy development, security requirements, threat mitigation strategies, security technology testing and evaluation, and inter-agency coordination related to UAS and Counter-UAS (C-UAS) activities.
• Manages a multidisciplinary team performing complex studies, investigations, and compliance audits and enforcement matters across the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and and external organizations, including research of UAS incidents with affected organizations.
• Leads investigations into sensitive, high-profile UAS incidents, accidents, and service provider outages subject to intense public or congressional scrutiny.
• Evaluates investigation findings to establish root causes, assess regulatory compliance, and dictate appropriate corrective or enforcement measures.
• Applies detailed knowledge of the technical aspect of the work directed, providing oversight and security for the deployment and operational use of Counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems by partner agencies.
• Directs high-risk, high-visibility, or nationally significant aviation safety events and investigations, ensuring subordinates develop coordinated strategies to resolve systemic safety and regulatory issues.
• Integrates work of multiple organizations to meet strategic goals of the organization and the FAA, participates in strategic planning for the FAA, and makes commitments (program, budget, etc) for a major organization.
• Evaluates security requirements, threat mitigation capabilities, operational vulnerabilities, and potential impacts associated with C-UAS deployment to ensure protection of critical infrastructure and the National Airspace System (NAS).
• Identifies, prioritizes, and defines critical security, research, testing, and data requirements needed to assess emerging Detection, Tracking, Identification, and Mitigation (DTIM) systems, identify operational vulnerabilities, evaluate security effectiveness, and mitigate potential impacts on civil aviation equipment and operations.
• Manages the work of a large, multi-level organization typically through subordinate managers.
• Managerial responsibilities includes strategic planning, resource allocation, establishing priorities, communicating vision, strategic goals and objectives; assign work and provide guidance and instructions; monitor and evaluate performance, and communicate expectations; approve leave, recommend personnel actions and take or approve corrective and disciplinary actions, as appropriate.
• Leads and provides technical and security guidance in the development of national-level policies, rules, regulations, standards, and procedures addressing UAS and C-UAS security requirements and implementation.
• Oversees and facilitates the formulation of standardized testing protocols, performance criteria, and evaluation methodologies to assess the safety, reliability, and NAS compatibility of DTIM technologies.
• Develops and evaluates security policies, procedures, standards, and implementation strategies to address emerging UAS threats and vulnerabilities and to protect the NAS and critical infrastructure.
• Provides guidance to subordinate managers and employees for preventing and resolving problems without the intervention of higher level management except where Offices or FAA-wide interests are at stake.
• Develops and approves solutions to current and anticipated problems which cross organizational lines and disciplines.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

How you will be evaluated

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Documents you must provide

• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50).
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
• You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application.
• If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
• If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty.

FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.

Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.

Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimensions, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability.

Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Leadership and Management Dimensions listed in the announcement.

Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration. FAA Employees MUST submit an SF-50. This is not a bargaining unit position.

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