- Position Title
- Supervisory Technical Enforcement Officer
- Agency
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Announcement Number
- HSI-12733933-IMP-KD Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025 to Friday, June 13, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
This position has an age requirement. Enter or select your date of birth.
2.
Enter the number of MONTHS of Federal service experience you have attained as a firefighter, law enforcement or air traffic controller.
3.
Are you a current U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employee who is serving on a career or career-conditional appointment?
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service? If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
2.
I acknowledge that I am solely responsible for the answers and documentation submitted in my online application. I understand that my answers cannot be altered once I have submitted my application and the announcement has closed. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information contained in my online application for Federal Employment is true, correct, complete, and made in good faith. I understand that a false or fraudulent answer to any question or item on any part of my online application may be grounds for not hiring me, or for firing me after I begin work, and may be punishable by fine or imprisonment or both (See section 1001 of title 18, United States Code).
By clicking "Yes" below, I certify that I accept responsibility for the responses and documentation submitted in my online application and that the information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge.
By clicking "Yes" below, I certify that I accept responsibility for the responses and documentation submitted in my online application and that the information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge.
3.
Do any of your family members work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
(A family member means an individual with any of the following relationships to the applicant: (1) Spouse, and parents thereof; (2) Sons and daughters, and spouses thereof; (3) Parents, and spouses thereof; (4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof; (5) Grandparents and grandchildren, and spouses thereof; (6) Domestic partner and parents thereof, including domestic partners of any individual in (2) through (5) of this definition; and (7) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.)
(A family member means an individual with any of the following relationships to the applicant: (1) Spouse, and parents thereof; (2) Sons and daughters, and spouses thereof; (3) Parents, and spouses thereof; (4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof; (5) Grandparents and grandchildren, and spouses thereof; (6) Domestic partner and parents thereof, including domestic partners of any individual in (2) through (5) of this definition; and (7) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.)
4.
If the answer to the question above is yes, please provide the relative(s)' name, relationship, and the ICE office or organization for which your relative(s) works (if known).
If the answer to the question above is no, please indicate 'not applicable'. (limit 1,000 characters)
If the answer to the question above is no, please indicate 'not applicable'. (limit 1,000 characters)
5.
Applicants who have permanently held a position with a full performance level equivalent to GS-14 or higher in the competitive service can be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures. Please provide an SF-50 to prove your claim. Without an SF-50 as proof, we cannot apply non-competitive rules. Military rank, details and temporary promotions do not count.
The SF-50 submitted MUST indicate the same full performance level (or higher) equivalent to the full performance level shown on this vacancy, career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2), and the status as a competitive service employee (Position Occupied is 1).
Your response to the following question will be used to determine whether or not you can be categorized as a non-competitive eligible.
Have you ever held (or do you currently hold) a competitive service position on a permanent basis in the federal government with a full performance level equivalent to GS-14 or higher?
The SF-50 submitted MUST indicate the same full performance level (or higher) equivalent to the full performance level shown on this vacancy, career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2), and the status as a competitive service employee (Position Occupied is 1).
Your response to the following question will be used to determine whether or not you can be categorized as a non-competitive eligible.
Have you ever held (or do you currently hold) a competitive service position on a permanent basis in the federal government with a full performance level equivalent to GS-14 or higher?
Conditions of Employment
1.
There is a time-in-grade (TIG) requirement for promotion into this position. Have you completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-13 grade level?
2.
Conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as outlined in the vacancy announcement, is disqualifying. A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is any offense involving the use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former domestic partner, parent, or guardian of the victim. Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
Assessment 1
The following question requires a response and will determine whether or not you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. You may wish to consult the vacancy announcement for a description of those requirements.
1.
To qualify as a GS-1801-14 Supervisory Technical Enforcement Officer, you must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 performing duties such as: 1.) Experience as a subject matter expert (SME) in the installation and operation of technical surveillance and communications intercept equipment used during investigative, enforcement, and intelligence operations; AND 2.) Experience managing an agency-wide technical surveillance and communications intercept equipment program; AND 3.) Criminal investigative knowledge and/or experience to determine the type of electronic surveillance equipment best suited for a particular criminal investigation.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
2.
Conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as outlined in the vacancy announcement, is disqualifying. A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is any offense involving the use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former domestic partner, parent, or guardian of the victim.
Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
For each of the task statements below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The questions were developed based on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the work of this position.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to serve as an expert in the installation and operation of technical surveillance and communications intercept equipment used during investigative, enforcement, and intelligence operations.
4.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to participate in interagency seminars, conferences, and working groups relating to advanced electronic surveillance procedures and methodology.
5.
Select the choice which best describes your availability to be frequently called upon to respond to technical issues after hours either by telephone or in person, as necessary.
6.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to coordination and/or liaison with other Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, appropriate segments of private industry and foreign governments to share best practices in interception and surveillance technologies.
7.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to keep Senior Management Officials, field managers, special agents and technical enforcement officers apprised of afterhours technical issues decisions and how those decisions impact ICE criminal investigations.
8.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to manage an agency-wide technical surveillance and communications intercept equipment program, activities, and long-range projects directly related to electronic surveillance, and electronic communication interception in support of ICE investigations.
9.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to serve as the recognized technical expert involving agency-wide criminal investigations for the purpose of investigative and enforcement operations.
10.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to formulate policies and procedures, define equipment evaluation and acquisition requirements, identify and coordinate technical training requirements, coordinate attendance of vendor specific technical training by field TEOs, and support specialized electronic surveillance and communications interception operations.
11.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to supervise and serve as a Technical Enforcement Officer (TEO) National Program Manager in one of three sections; Technical Operations Unit, Law Enforcement Support or Information Management Division.
12.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to determine the type of electronic surveillance equipment best suited for a particular criminal investigation taking into consideration the location of the criminal activity, type of criminal activity, site survey, technical feasibility, defined characteristics applicable to specific criminal elements, 4th amendment rights, US laws, and state statutes.