Senior Security Risk Analyst

Summary This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Reactor Physical Protection Branch. The supervisor is Amanda Marshall. This position is in the Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements. Responsibilities The successful candidate will perform the full range of Senior Security Risk Analyst duties. Such duties include but are not limited to: Serving as a subject matter expert to advise, coordinate, and lead the security policy development, licensing, and oversight of security programs for all power reactors, including new and advanced reactors. This may include the conduct of nuclear security studies and technical reviews. Leading licensing-related security reviews to include reviews of applications for design certifications, early site permits, construction permits, combined or operating licenses, license amendments, topical reports, and/or exemptions from regulatory requirements. Leads technical meetings with the applicant, licensee, and/or contractor/vendor through coordination with appropriate program offices to resolve licensing matters related to physical security requirements and safety/security interfaces. Provides subject matter expert testimony at public hearings to describe and support technical analyses, evaluations, and positions developed in licensing cases. In some instances, such testimony relates to new, original, and controversial technical and licensing matters, or new reactor reviews. Providing expert analysis and evaluation of complex security issues associated with the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants, for the purpose of assessing the adequacy of security features and of security operating plans and procedures to ensure the protection of public health and safety and national security interests. Providing in-depth technical assistance and authoritative advice related to security and the safety/security interface for licensing and inspections. Leads the coordination and development of agency views on a variety of security issues and related domestic and international cooperation efforts consistent with the NRC mission and Strategic Plan. Providing expert review and analysis of plant information, including target set information, to inform policy decisions and guidance development, licensing evaluations, and oversight activities associated with existing and new reactor technologies. Serving as the lead technical staff on securing nuclear reactor and other programs or programmatic issues impacting the NRC security programs for protecting health, safety and the environment. Identifies policy, programmatic, and regulatory issues associated with NRC licensed facility security. Advising NRC management on regulatory activities and issues involving power reactor security programs and procedures, including the need to revise regulatory requirements to: 1) address a dynamic and evolving threat environment; 2) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of NRC’s security framework; 3) address challenges with implementation of NRC’s security requirements revealed from inspection, enforcement and/or operating experience; 4) to ensure consistency with NRC policies, regulations, and guidance for protecting public health, safety, and the environment and the common defense and security and to improve efficiency and effectiveness; or 5) to ensure harmonization with international security standards where appropriate. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Must be able to meet/maintain security & suitability requirements. You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the independent preparation and presentation of highly complex comprehensive and concise analyses of security-related issues. Demonstrated ability to communicate information, ideas, and advice in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful approaches to problem solving, conflict resolution, and apply effective decision-making using available information and risk insights. Demonstrated knowledge of NRC’s mission, policies, processes, nuclear industry licensees, NRC inspection programs, international engagements, and threat assessments. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: experience advising, coordinating, and leading the security policy development, licensing, and oversight of challenging security topics that demonstrates an ability to analyze complex nuclear plant and/or security operations and to determine their technical feasibility or vulnerability, and adequacy of protective measures and/or defensive strategies. This considers comprehensive knowledge, training, and experience to address a dynamic and evolving threat environment; improve the efficiency and effectiveness of NRC's safety and security framework; and address challenges with implementation of NRC's safety and security requirements. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume. Education You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application. Transcript must include the School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). Education must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of credibility of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. If you have multiple degrees (e.g., BS, MS, PhD) please submit transcripts for each degree. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. GG-0801 (General Engineering Series): Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) You must meet OPM’s basic education and professional knowledge requirements that apply to Federal engineering and sciences positions for the grade levels to which you are applying. This knowledge is met by having a bachelor's or higher degree in a relevant professional engineering/science discipline from a school of engineering with at least one engineering curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) (or by documenting how you meet the minimum OPM qualification standards for the 800 Occupational Series. Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, MD. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.