Job Description
PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST
Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 175 SFS Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a PHYSICAL SECURITY
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2162000 and is part of the MD 175th ANG, Nional Guard. This position is open to current Maryland Air Nional Guard members only. This is a permanent position, subject to agency funding each FY. Learn more about this agency Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a PHYSICAL SECURITY
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D2162000 and is part of the MD 175th ANG, Nional Guard. This position is open to current Maryland Air Nional Guard members only. This is a permanent position, subject to agency funding each FY. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/17/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 17, 2026 Locion Middle River, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $70,623 - $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0080 Security Administrion Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number MD-12966951-AF-26-081A
Control number 869935500 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to current Maryland Air Nional Guard members only. Duties Help The purpose of this position is to be responsible for all base electronic security systems by performing electronic security systems duties and managing all functions necessary to sustain electronic security protection in all areas of the installion. This position performs the following duties: Responsible for the management and administrion of the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) program. Advises the MAJCOM SF IDS
program manager of any base or site activities th will impact the Integred Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS) program. This includes, but is not limited to, mission changes resulting in increase or decrease of resources, reconfigurion of resource areas, and construction of facilities on or in the vicinity of current and planned sensor locions. Reports and documents all IDS maintenance requirements to the servicing maintenance organizion. Monitors IDS false and nuisance alarms and, when necessary, requests assistance from the maintenance organizion to resolve problems and deficiency. Coordines with maintenance and meriel management functions to ensure sufficient spare parts and maintenance are available to support the IBDSS equipment and component. Responsible for the management and administrion of the physical access control systems (i.e. Defense BiometricsIdentificion System - DBIDS). Manages entry control point (ECP) reled applicions associed with DBIDS and the Security ForcesInformion Management System (SFMIS). Manages the functional and operional sustainment of all da processing programs such as DBIDS, SFMIS, and other systems installed and/or programmed for the ECP. Produces and maintains and reled reports for command echelon personnel. Provides feedback to supervisor regarding identified or perceived base access vulnerabilities with recommendions for their mitigion. Reviews the operional stus of sensor subsystems ensuring all required testing procedures are followed. Researches, interprets, and analyzes guidelines to ensure all work complies with legal and regulory requirements. Performs additional reled duties as required or directed. Develops goals and objectives th integre organizion and squadron objectives. Performs administrive office support functions and develops, coordines, and publishes all SF installion level publicions to include the Installion Security Plan, the Installion Security Instruction, and SF annexes to all installion plans. Performs installion security duties. Leads and manages SF programs designed to provide a secure mission environment. Establishes requirements for police services, physical security, and Anti-Terrorism programs. Establishes liaison between SF and civilian law enforcement agencies. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment This position is only open to current members of the Maryland Air Nional Guard. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard, required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Work may require access to classified informion. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. Irregular and/or overtime (compensory) hours may be required to support operional requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day. The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dicted by legal and regulory requirements, your organizion, and its changing mission. Qualificions Military Grades :
E-1 - E-7
Military AFSC :
3P0X1 GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Experience, educion or training in collecting and analyzing da effectively, efficiently, and accurely. Able to apply procedures and directives by reading and interpreting technical merial. Ability to communice clearly and effectively orally and in writing, using presention and report forms. Demonstred ability to follow directions, to read, understand, and retain a variety of instructions, regulions, and procedures. Learned ability to assess the surrounding environment to recognize immedie risk levels. Must have the educion and valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade for one of the seven organizional program disciplines and its applicable Security Series career. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: At least 24-months experience, educion, or training in planning, directing, coordining, and controlling installion and law enforcement activities. The incumbent must have experience providing training in areas reled to this position and analyzing reports of investigions and maintaining security records. Experience th equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion. Applicants who have the 1 year of approprie specialized experience are not required by this standard to have general experience, educion above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualificion requirements. Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candides' experience should be evalued on the basis of duties performed rher than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant's record of experience and/or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position. Educion If you are using educion to qualify for the position: Master's or equivalent gradue degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree. Such educion must demonstre tainment of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required to perform the duties of the position. You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register | Selective Service System :
Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 180 days of the closing de. This position MAY be eligible for recruitment or relocion incentives, pending availability of funding and management request. This position is in the Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Physical Security Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade. Educion, certificions or licensures. 2. Other supporting documents : This position is open to current members of the Maryland Air Nional Guard only. You must submit Enlistment Contract, Memorandum from your unit commander detailing current stus, or other documention to provide proof of current membership in the Maryland Nional Guard. Failure to submit supporting documention will disqualify you from considerion. If you are a current Federal Employee, please submit your most current non-award SF-50 when applying. If selected, failure to submit this documention may affect your pay and/or delay your appointment. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12966951 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Adam Corson Phone 6678874002 adam.corson.2@us.af.mil Address MD 175th ANG Warfield Air Nional Guard Base Middle River, MD 21200-2899 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade. Educion, certificions or licensures. 2. Other supporting documents : This position is open to current members of the Maryland Air Nional Guard only. You must submit Enlistment Contract, Memorandum from your unit commander detailing current stus, or other documention to provide proof of current membership in the Maryland Nional Guard. Failure to submit supporting documention will disqualify you from considerion. If you are a current Federal Employee, please submit your most current non-award SF-50 when applying. If selected, failure to submit this documention may affect your pay and/or delay your appointment. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12966951 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Adam Corson Phone 6678874002 adam.corson.2@us.af.mil Address MD 175th ANG Warfield Air Nional Guard Base Middle River, MD 21200-2899 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/17/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 17, 2026 Locion Middle River, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $70,623 - $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number MD-12966951-AF-26-081A
Control number 869935500