Security Specialist (Polygraph Examiner) - Full Performance

Skip To Job Description Thank you for your interest in a career with the NRO!    Opportunities listed on this page are used to fill NRO Cadre positions across NRO Career Fields.Positions listed as Continuous Announcements stay open to ensure NRO gets access to talent year round, allowing the NRO to build a qualified applicant pool to fill current and future hiring needs.  Positions that are not listed as Continuous Announcements will either display a close date or open until filled indicator.Applications are kept on file for 6 months. During this timeframe, applications are continuously evaluated against current and future job openings, therefore candidates do not need to apply multiple times to the same job if they have not been contacted.  Upon receipt of application you may be contacted for an interview.In addition to the positions posted on this page, we encourage you to view and apply to job announcements on USAJobs. Security Specialist (Polygraph Examiner) - Full Performance (Multiple states) Full Time Continuous Announcement Experienced Share WE ARE THE NRO For sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America’s advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.Learn more at NRO.gov.Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NROYou must be a U.S. CitizenYou must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearanceYou will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testingYou will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinationsWhere You Will WorkThe NRO Office of Security and Counterintelligence (OS&CI) passionately strives to ensure NRO mission support is maintained through continuous development, management of policy-driven guidance, and safety of our assets.  A key component of OS&CI efforts is maintaining a trusted workforce.  In working towards this, the NRO is seeking Polygraph Examiners for NRO’s Polygraph Management Branch (PMB) which serves as an information asset to the Personnel Security Division (PSD) supporting its overarching goal for adjudication of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access to NRO’s highly sensitive operating environment. These positions serve as Security Specialists (Polygraph Examiner) performing operational counterintelligence (CI), counterespionage (CE), and personnel security polygraph examinations. These are technical Polygraph Examiner positions. The work involves a wide range of complex assignments and non-routine situations requiring extensive knowledge and experience in the technical field. All polygraph examinations require case file analysis, interviewing, elicitation of information, and report writing.The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities at multiple locations for Full Performance level (GG-12 to GG-13), Security Specialist (Polygraph Examiner), occupational series 0080. For more information on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) occupational series, click here.Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match. These are full-time positions that will be opened until filled.  Who May ApplyThese positions are open to the public.Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position, Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoWI 1400.25 Volume 2006.The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement....