Total 63 job vacancies by Transportation Security Administration

This Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist (IRPB Branch Manager) position is located in Operations Support (OS), Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), Field Information & Intelligence Division (FIID), Intelligence Planning, and Reporting Branch (IPRB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for managing the Intelligence Planning and Reporting Branch; facilitate greater intelligence planning and intelligence integration between the U.S. government and private sector as it relates to transportation security and safety; and represents the IPRB and its equities to the I&A, TSA, and DHS.
• Serves as the primary action officer to coordinate branch activity, planning, and documentation to attain program goals, including policy oversight, intelligence oversight, privacy oversight, training, budgeting/resources, scheduling and milestones, operational and performance metrics, compliance, records management, reporting, planning, logistics, and communications, Develops and advocates for additional resources requirements as needed for the program.
• Develops, maintains, and advocates to I&A leadership for technology requirements and updates. Operates within the intelligence community analytic standards, including Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 203/206 compliance. Collaborates with section staff to adequately address diverse, complex issues, evolving threats, and predicts potential trends to identify problems impacting the transportation industry.
• Ensures branch staff command use of and direct training as needed for technology collaboration tools, such as INTELINK suite of tools; JWICS (C-LAN, TINMAN, etc.), HSDN and unclassified systems (HSIN, etc.); Intelligence Community (IC) Information Technology Equipment (ITE). IC Spaces; and open source-tools to promote government-industry information sharing across unclassified, Secret and Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) domains.
• Manages technological collaboration tools access and tracks unexpected developments that are encountered and recommends changes in strategy to accomplish internal and external tasks in support of stakeholder needs.
• Develops and implements processes establishing a highly collaborative work organization for the sharing of transportation security related intelligence and threat information, while protecting privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights.
• Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in directing the work of subordinate staff and in the development of long-range goals and objectives. Plans and assigns work, delegating authority as appropriate; sets and adjusts priorities as necessary; develops performance standards and apprises work, giving advice and/or instruction as required. Effects disciplinary measures, as appropriate. Periodically reviews job descriptions of subordinates for currency and accuracy. Identifies developmental and training needs of employees, and in accordance with applicable policies and procedures, takes appropriate action to provide those needs. Approves leave, Reviews, and recommends improvements in established work methods, organizational features, and the structuring of positions within subordinate organizations to achieve optimum effectiveness and efficiency. Supports equal opportunity concepts in all areas of responsibility. Treats employees in a fair and equitable manner and fosters an organization representative of diversity and promotes opportunities for employees to influence their work environment with a focus on continual improvements.

This Records & Information Management Specialist position is located in Operations Management (OM), Enterprise Support (ES), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• As a contributing specialist, assists management officials in the review of records to ensure they are properly accounted for and are in accordance with disposition instructions, and may act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the application of policies and procedures.
• Guides others, developing records management objectives and informing staff of related goals, revised policies, new and revised requirements, and guidance to accomplish new tasks.
• Maintains current program directives that outline policies, procedures and guidance relating to the maintenance and disposition of records and develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated complex problems and issues.
• Prepares written inspection reports and provides feedback and recommendations for improvements using established policies/procedures that provide guidance for most assignments and is allowed considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or develop new approaches.

This Program Analyst position is located Security Operations, International Operations, Mitigation Operations, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Analyzes and evaluates program areas to determine areas in which progress is unsatisfactory and determines courses of action to remedy deficiencies.
• Applies a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment of the programs and identifies areas needing special emphasis or improvement.
• Establishes methodology and procedures for compiling, consolidating, reviewing, analyzing, tracking, and editing programs, and related documentation.
• Formulates projects and recommends assessment criteria for the evaluation of TSA operational programs and contributes to the performance of meeting mission requirements.
• Communicates with internal and external stakeholders as well as representatives of other government agencies and private industries to obtain information and provide guidance on critical program issues.

This Information Technology Project Manager (INFOSEC) position is located Information Technology, End User Service Division, Field IT Services & Support Branch, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in directing work of subordinate staff. Coordinates and evaluates subordinates' work to assure balanced workload and timely responses to assigned actions. Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.
• Establishes and maintains guidelines and controls, and manages the overall projects to include acquisition strategy, budget planning, engineering life cycle activities, developmental and operational and support, component procurement, and outsourcing. Provides expert technical skills and services to provide optimum solutions to complex and sensitive issues and difficult problems, often requiring innovative methods to achieve results.
• Advises, manages, and adheres to policy recommendations while ensuring compliance with existing IT security, cybersecurity, acquisition, enterprise change control and configuration management policies on a routine basis. Ensures the application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of information technology services.
• Ensure that appropriate Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and underpinning contracts have been defined that clearly set out for the customer a description of the service and the measures for monitoring the service. Work with other service managers and product owners to balance and prioritize services to meet overall customer requirements, constraints, and objectives. Supervise, manage, and participate in the acquisition process as necessary. Supervises COR activities generally appropriate for contract vehicles of moderate to high complexity to include both supply and service contracts.

This Information Technology Project Manager (INFOSEC) position is located Enterprise Support, Information Technology, End User Service Division, Field IT Services & Support Branch, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in directing work of subordinate staff. Coordinates and evaluates subordinates' work to assure balanced workload and timely responses to assigned actions. Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.
• Establishes and maintains guidelines and controls, and manages the overall projects to include acquisition strategy, budget planning, engineering life cycle activities, developmental and operational and support, component procurement, and outsourcing. Provides expert technical skills and services to provide optimum solutions to complex and sensitive issues and difficult problems, often requiring innovative methods to achieve results.
• Advises, manages, and adheres to policy recommendations while ensuring compliance with existing IT security, cybersecurity, acquisition, enterprise change control and configuration management policies on a routine basis. Ensures the application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of information technology services.
• Ensure that appropriate Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and underpinning contracts have been defined that clearly set out for the customer a description of the service and the measures for monitoring the service. Work with other service managers and product owners to balance and prioritize services to meet overall customer requirements, constraints, and objectives. Supervise, manage, and participate in the acquisition process as necessary. Supervises COR activities generally appropriate for contract vehicles of moderate to high complexity to include both supply and service contracts.

This Supervisory Transportation Security Specialist position is located in Security Operations (SO), Operations Management (OM), Standards and Directives Division, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides leadership and oversight to review processes on an assigned TSA program(s) to ensure the integrity of operational and administrative activities.
• Conducts research into highly complex projects and policy areas and exercises primary responsibility for developing goals, analytical framework, and appropriate methodologies used for testing.
• Manages presentations for TSA leadership, provides high level recommendations for major policy changes/analyses which impact operations, and serves as the authority source of information to the others on proposals that impact a broad spectrum of program(s) assigned.
• Performs a full range of supervisory/managerial duties in overseeing the activities and employees of the division. Supervisory duties include planning, communicating the organization's vision and objectives, setting priorities, managing budget, and assigned resources, assigning tasks and responsibilities, coaching, developing staff and organizational capabilities, approving leave, and taking or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.

This Marketing Specialist position is located in Strategic Communications and Public Affairs (SCPA), Marketing and Branding (MB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Developing and implementing a wide number of integrated marketing plans and strategic branding initiatives, which includes increasing brand awareness, driving increased enrollments in TSA Pre Check, and ensuring brand credibility and integrity, and cultivating stakeholder marketing partnerships.
• Directing and promoting engagements with senior level executives and various external stakeholders, such as airlines, hotels, travel management companies, and industry associations to establish marketing/advertising partnerships and garner support to amplify key Transportation Security Administration (TSA) messages.
• Developing new ways to communicate messages on controversial and sensitive Marketing and Branding topics as they arise and ensuring messaging is clear and consistent across all communication mediums using a variety of tools and multi-media approaches.
• Manages associated program budget(s) including annual forecasting, invoice control and reconciliation, tracking of campaign funds and scheduled reporting. Serves as a Critical Incident Management Group (CIMG) SCPA representative, Purchase Card Holder, and Contracting Representative (COR) level 2 certification for the marketing and branding division.

This Contracting Officer Representative position is located in the Procurement Coordination Branch, Acquisition Program Management (APM), Enterprise Support (ES), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs contract administration and COR duties in accordance with responsibilities delegated from Contracting Officers (COs) and Contracting Specialists (CSs), including package development, financial tracking of invoices, closeout activities, personnel security (PERSEC) audit support, and other COR activities.
• Assists in creating and reviewing official contract packages and documents to determine that all contractual actions are satisfied.
• Conducts, edits, and reviews various written documents, reports, and presentations that evaluate and/or summarize contract execution and status to include the development of a burn rate analysis, recommendation for acquisition follow-on activities and approval, and the
  request for funding to meet TSA goals and objectives.
• Implements adequate plans and measures to ensure accountability for deliverables and contractual requirements.
• Identifies and establishes metrics to support acquisition milestones and uses qualitative and quantitative measures to assess and compare the effectiveness and cost efficiency on various procurements.

This Program Analyst position is located Security Operations, Compliance Oversight, Quality Assurance, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Analyzes and evaluates program areas to determine areas in which progress is unsatisfactory and determines courses of action to remedy deficiencies.
• Applies a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment of the programs and identifies areas needing special emphasis or improvement.
• Establishes methodology and procedures for compiling, consolidating, reviewing, analyzing, tracking, and editing programs, budgets, and related documentation.
• Formulates projects and recommends assessment criteria for the evaluation of TSA operational programs and contributes to the performance of meeting mission requirements.
• Communicates with internal and external managers as well as representatives of other government agencies and private industries to obtain information and provide guidance on critical funding/program issues.

This Supervisory Transportation Security Specialist (Director, International Compliance Division) position is located in the Compliance, Security Operations (SO), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Ensures International Compliance staff meet objectives and deadlines set by the AA/DAA for Compliance or higher authority. Ensures compliance with overall directives; establishes management controls for staff activities; provides a means for evaluating organizational accomplishments; and directs and implements process improvements for procedures.
• Advises the AA/DAA for Compliance on matters affecting the strategic and operational direction of Compliance.
• Applies expert level knowledge and a thorough understanding of the principles of management and strategic planning, and the ability to integrate the work of multiple organizational components, projects, and/or programs to accomplish mission objectives. Developing and presenting briefings, speeches, issue papers, and background/talking points on a wide range of issues of interest to high level officials.
  Using advanced technical knowledge and experience, oversees the implementation of the FAAP and international regulated entities inspection programs. Demonstrates expert knowledge of regulations and international compliance.
• In collaboration with the AA/DAA for Compliance, lays out the overall goals to further TSA's evolution into a high performing counter-terrorism organization. Supports implementation of emerging initiatives aimed at continuous improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of transportation security; encourages collaboration, information sharing, and engagement with internal and external domestic and international stakeholders to support the security of the worldwide transportation network.
• Provides direct management guidance and supervision for the Regional Operations Center (ROC) Directors.
• Monitors organizational performance metrics in accordance with TSA mission, vision, goals, and objectives; continually assesses the effectiveness of operations and programs and adjusts as needed to meet emerging priorities
• Using advanced technical knowledge and experience, oversees the implementation of the FAAP and international regulated entities inspection programs. Demonstrates expert knowledge of regulations and international compliance.

This Transportation Security Specialist position is located DR - Inspections, Audits and Inspections, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Participates in developing complex covert testing plans and conducts complex covert testing with team members.
• Reviews transportation security measures and operations using a full range of covert testing techniques and methodologies, identifies vulnerabilities and prepares detailed classified reports, represents the team's consensus and conveys the findings and recommendations in meetings within INS, as well as coordinating events, milestones, and deadlines/time frames for completion.
• Develops threat items based on intelligence information and assessments of existing security procedures and provides observations to improve security effectiveness.
• Prepares papers and reports to document evidence developed during analysis, interviews and observation; develops findings and recommendations to improve security and efficiency of TSA operations and programs.

This Transportation Security Specialist position is located DR - Inspections, Audits and Inspections, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Participates in developing complex covert testing plans and conducts complex covert testing with team members.
• Reviews transportation security measures and operations using a full range of covert testing techniques and methodologies, identifies vulnerabilities and prepares detailed classified reports, represents the team's consensus and conveys the findings and recommendations in meetings within INS, as well as coordinating events, milestones, and deadlines/time frames for completion.
• Develops threat items based on intelligence information and assessments of existing security procedures and provides observations to improve security effectiveness.
• Prepares papers and reports to document evidence developed during analysis, interviews and observation; develops findings and recommendations to improve security and efficiency of TSA operations and programs.

This Personnel Security Specialist position is located in the Personnel Security Branch, Security Administrative Services (SAS), Enterprise Support (ES), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Adjudicates complex background and reports of investigations; interprets and applies suitability factors and adjudicative guidelines and makes discretionary recommendations effecting final suitability and security clearance eligibility.
• Prepares policies, regulations, notices and briefings for all levels of the Division and Interacts with applicants, TSA senior management and other team members in support of the personnel security program, objectives and initiatives associated with all aspects of background investigations.
• Serves as a POC for PERSEC (fitness/national security) related issues and guidance. Assists in the development of internal policy and as a contributor to affect change for broader policy and potentially external guidelines.
• Communicates with field offices to provide case information or to resolve issues related to personnel security requirement or procedures.

This Program Analyst position is located in Human Resources, Resource Management Office (RMO), Operations Management (OM), Security Operations (SO), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Analyzes systems, processes, and procedures for assigned program area(s). Guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs) exist and can be directly applied to the program operations; judgment is used to select which guideline(s) is most appropriate, and when minor deviations maybe considered.
• Applies fundamental methods, principles, and practices of qualitative and quantitative analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to identify issues that impact effectiveness and efficiency of program operations.
• Compiles, tracks, and analyzes moderately complicated statistical and narrative data from a variety of sources to develop multiple regular and recurring reports. Reports are used to support decision making for a range of administrative programs and services.
• Uses automated systems and databases to compile, track, and analyze statistical and narrative data. Analyzes gathered information by compiling, categorizing, calculating, and tabulating data to identify underlying issues, patterns, or trends. Evaluates data to identify deficiencies in processes or procedures and recommends effective countermeasures or options for resolution.
• Interprets policy guidance and assists managers and employees in understanding how guidance should be applied to programs and operations. Explains program elements, options, and flexibilities available to achieve objectives.
• Research new or revised business and management practices, policies, and guidance, and provides recommendations to the management team on applicability and options for implementation to improve program operations.
• Provides research, technical support, and information systems assistance to staff. Advises staff on methods and techniques to identify data required for management and direction of programs.
• Assists in the development and implementation of training and instruction programs or activities to educate Agency personnel on assigned program(s). Develops instructional materials, handouts/guides, including technical information/specifications as appropriate, to support informational efforts.
• Monitors and responds to questions and inquiries about assigned program(s) from Agency personnel and external individuals and entities.
• Drafts detailed written policies or portions of policies, procedures, guidance and/or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for assigned programs. Work includes recommendations and suggestions for improving program management efficiency and effectiveness. Manages and maintains program records and files, which may include highly sensitive information; develops standard operating procedures for records management to comply with TSA records management requirements.
• Prepares and gives formal and informal presentations on program operations and activities for senior officials and management of external stakeholders.
• Develops reports, informational summaries, briefings, and other written materials on program operations, or other topics as assigned, for a variety of audiences.

This Transportation Security Specialist position is located Aviation Programs Branch (APB), Executive Assistant Administrator's Office (EAA), Law Enforcement/ Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Monitors and collects data on all transportation security incidents to correlate and characterize the operational information from internal and external stakeholders affecting all modes of transportation. Communicates findings to APB management, TSOC Assistant Supervisory Air Marshal in-Charge (ASAC), and the TSOC Command Duty Officer (CDO) for leadership to make incident management recommendations and decisions.
• Participates in training evolutions and exercises including intra-agency, inter-agency, regional and national level events enhancing professional skill, reinforcing core position functionalities, and improving mission readiness and performance.
• Analyzes the characterizations of the training events to proactively make recommendations to APB leadership for internal resource deployment and overall understanding of pertinent guidance material and nature of events.
• Communicates with management for making characterizations inputs on potential/emerging threats so that APB/TSOC leadership can make appropriate threat assessments.
• Creates and disseminates daily operations briefs, required reports and notifications, operational messages, and information papers.