- Position Title
- Technical Surveillance Specialist
- Agency
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- Announcement Number
- 25-FO-IMP-12568530-GG Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, November 12, 2024 to Tuesday, November 26, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; and
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; and
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
2.
Are you currently employed with the agency/department specified in the announcement as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service and can you respond "yes" to at least one of the two below statements?
- The grade level or at least one of the grade levels that I am applying for is higher than I have previously held or currently hold.
- The full performance level of this position is at a higher grade level than any of my previous or current position's stated full performance level(s).
- career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
- status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
3.
Are you currently employed with the agency/department specified in the announcement as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service and you have held a position at the same or higher grade level as this position with the same or higher promotion potential?
OR
Are you currently employed with the agency/department specified in the announcement as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service and have you held the full performance level of this position?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 should document how you meet the above requirements including grade levels and full performance levels of current/past positions. You may need to submit more than one SF-50. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must also reflect:
career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); and status in the competitive service (position occupied field is 1).
OR
Are you currently employed with the agency/department specified in the announcement as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service and have you held the full performance level of this position?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 should document how you meet the above requirements including grade levels and full performance levels of current/past positions. You may need to submit more than one SF-50. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must also reflect:
career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); and status in the competitive service (position occupied field is 1).
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in a position with the Department of Justice [DOJ]. Your response to this assessment questionnaire, in conjunction with other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in making screening decisions. This is a DOJ job application system. Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this application. Incomplete/incorrect responses may result in you not receiving appropriate consideration.
1.
GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-12) which has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Select the choice which best describes your specialized experience.
2.
GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-11) which has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Select the choice which best describes your specialized experience.
3.
Do you have an extensive knowledge of the techniques and theories characteristic of electronics, such as knowledge of basic electricity and electronic theory?
4.
Do you have extensive knowledge of Internet Protocol networking and the equipment used in networks?
5.
Select the best choice below that best describes your level of expertise with Internet Protocol (IP) networking.
6.
Do you have extensive experience performing preventative and corrective maintenance to keep electronic/technical surveillance equipment and systems in reliable condition?
7.
Please select the best answer that describes your level of experience in analyzing current electronic surveillance capabilities and your research, evaluation and recommendations for new state-of-the-art electronic surveillance equipment.
8.
Choose the one statement that best describes your experience developing and implementing training for special agents and other law enforcement agencies on the application, operation and use of electronic/technical surveillance equipment.
9.
What have you used to understand the function and interconnections of the various assemblies to be able to troubleshoot equipment and systems? (Select all that apply)
10.
Do you have extensive experience in analyzing and diagnosing faults in the operational configuration of electronic systems and equipment?
11.
Select the best choice to describe your experience to plan and execute the installation of complex surveillance systems, particularly where there are expectation of privacy issues or you may need to modify equipment for novel site characteristics.
12.
Indicate the types of technical surveillance equipment that you have experience using, maintaining and repairing. (Select all that apply)
13.
Do you have experience facilitating electronic surveillance in support of criminal investigations or other law enforcement operations?
14.
Do you have extensive experience installing and reinstalling electronic/technical surveillance equipment in accordance with plans, specifications, and detailed instructions?
15.
Please select the response that best describes your experience with regulations and restrictions that govern electronic/technical surveillance evidence gathering.
16.
Please select the best choice to describe your experience in reviewing affidavits, search warrants and court orders for the installation of technical surveillance equipment.
17.
Of the following, indicate the laws, regulations and restrictions governing electronic/technical surveillance evidence gathering with which you have experience. (Select all that apply)
18.
Which of the following best describes your highest level of experience establishing liaison with technical personnel throughout the law enforcement community.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
19.
ATF employment is contingent upon a favorable adjudication (decision) of your background investigation. Your conduct and character must demonstrate suitability for the position for which you are applying. Unresolved matters may prevent completion of your background investigation or favorable adjudication of it. If ATF cannot complete your background investigation and adjudicate it, you will be removed from the hiring process. Are you willing to submit to the background investigation process?
20.
The Department of Justice requires that you provide proof that for 3 out of the last 5 years you have resided in the United States, worked for the United States in a foreign country in a Federal or U.S. military capacity for 3 out of the last 5 years, and/or been a dependent of a Federal or U.S. military employee in a foreign country for 3 out of the last 5 years. Are you able to provide sufficient documentation to meet this residency requirement?
21.
Do any of your relatives work for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives? Include: father; mother; husband; wife; son; daughter; brother; sister; uncle; aunt; first cousin; nephew; niece; father-in-law; mother-in-law; son-in-law; daughter-in-law; brother-in-law; sister-in-law; stepfather; stepmother; stepson; stepdaughter; stepbrother; stepsister; half-brother; and half-sister.
22.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.