Transportation Security Specialist

3 weeks ago

Springfield, United States Department Of Homeland Security Full time
Summary

Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.



Duties

This Transportation Security Specialist (Explosives) position is located in the Explosive Operations Branch, Aviation Coordination, Domestic Aviation Operations (DAO), Security Operations (SO), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Investigation and Evaluation of Explosive Security Programs Serves as a technical authority and consultant to agency management, industry representatives, other senior agents, officers, or inspectors on explosive operations and devices, weapons of mass destruction, etc.
  • Develops comprehensive briefings, audiovisual aids, and leads technical training courses/presentations (which includes designing or evaluating existing course curriculum) on explosives, improvised explosive devices, weapons of mass destruction, evolving technology threats, and all related security subjects for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) covering all modes of transportation.
  • Provides expert level analysis, recommendation and/or interpretation of laws, regulations, guidelines, policies, and processes relevant to explosives and explosives effects.
  • Develops or revises agency-wide policies, procedures, and strategies for emergency and security protocols for countering IEDs and other weapons of mass destruction.
  • Develops innovative tools or strategies to weigh explosives risks and the level of impact while drawing on intelligence reports and summaries to determine what risks are raised and/or mitigated by the suggestive mitigation strategies deployed.
  • Plans, designs, and conducts complex investigations and studies involving explosive devices that pose a threats which may be further complicated by uncontrollable variables such as the innumerable/unknown methods terrorist bombers utilize when implementing an attack against various transportation systems.
  • Performs in-depth review and identifies trend analyses based upon classified data and information on existing and emerging explosives threats. Analyzes assigned security issues, interprets data, draws relevant conclusions, and formulates probabilities based upon current and past intelligence situations.
  • Evaluates and analyzes various data metrics provided by airports to identify transportation security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, or inefficiencies in program(s).
The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band (I Band) performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.

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