Investigative Technology Specialist - Military Veterans

TOUGH WORK. VITAL MISSION. Challenge yourself! You have the power to help combat drug trafficking. Be a part of DEA! It's tough work, but a vital mission. Whatever your background or expertise, your work at DEA will be tremendously rewarding because it will have a daily impact on national security and the quality of life of all Americans. This position is located in the DEA, Panama City, Panama Country Office.

As an Investigative Technology Specialist your typical work assignments may include: Provides oversight and program support to the Division in areas of specialization; internet protocol, audio/video and tracking surveillance, radio communications and telecommunications interception. Participates in the development of operational plans with enforcement personnel to ensure technical investigative equipment is safely installed in a tactical field enforcement. Designs studies to assess telecommunications capabilities to meet new business strategies or mission requirements. Conducts site surveys, coordinates with utility companies, and other law enforcement agencies in order to install, repairs and recover systems. ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION: Length of Tour: Employees are limited to a maximum of five years of service in an overseas assignment. The initial tour of duty for this assignment is 3 (three) years. After the initial tour of duty has been completed, extensions may be granted in one-year increments up to the five-year maximum. Employees who wish to remain on an overseas assignment in excess of the five-year maximum must request a tour extension or renewal before the end of their current assignment. Employees who are approved to extend their overseas assignment beyond the five-year maximum will forfeit the right to return to an office of preference. They will be placed in an appropriate position at a DEA domestic office where a vacancy exists. At the conclusion of an overseas tour, DEA will attempt to return employees to their home location. If such a placement is not possible, employees' office of preference lists will be considered. However, employees are reminded that assignments are determined based on the needs of DEA. Panama City, Panama Country Office Post (Hardship) Differential* 5% Post (Cost of Living) Allowance* 5% Danger Pay Allowance: None Home Leave: Allowed after the initial 24 months incident to tour renewal. Housing Allowances: Housing paid for by U.S. Government, Panama is a furnished post. Foreign Language: None Rest & Recuperation: 2 Relocation Incentive: No Educational Allowances**: Yes, see below *Post (cost of living) allowance, post (hardship) differential, and danger pay allowance (if applicable to the advertised post) are subject to change. Detailed post (cost of living) allowance information can be found here. Detailed post (hardship) differential information can be found here. Detailed danger pay allowance information can be found here and here. Overseas Transition Preparation: Please contact DEA Family Liaison Officers Kieran Mandato (kieran.g.mandato@dea.gov) or N'Dorah Z. Walker (ndorah.z.walker@dea.gov) for Post Reports that detail living conditions for employees and their families at post. Click here for a Prospective Post Priorities Worksheet that can help you consider what is important to you and your family in the foreign PCS decision-making process. For more information regarding the foreign PCS process, please see the PCS Foreign Assignment Relocation Handbook and the Foreign Orientation Handbook. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Overtime may be required Individual and dependents are required to pass a physical examination given by the State Department (details available here).

GS-12: Must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 Federal grade level performing duties such as experience in evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, or improving communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology. Such experience involves monitoring elements of telecommunication vendor performance; discussing program or project milestones or activities; processing standard installation requests; collecting and summarizing data to telecommunications equipment and systems; and establishing procedures for service. GS-13: Must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 Federal grade level performing duties such as experience in evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, and improving communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology. Such experience involves making recommendations and proposals for using new and advanced equipment and techniques; installing and testing new, standardized telecommunications equipment; and conducting a variety of technical evaluations on a wide-range of systems. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Training Requirements: Selectees for this position must successfully complete five mandatory foreign assignment courses on DEALS: Serving Abroad for Families and Employees (SAFE); Personnel Recovery 1 (PR1); Foreign Orientation Program (FOP); Counter Threat Awareness Training (CTAT), and Promoting International Religious Freedom (PIRF). Selectees must also successfully complete Personnel Recovery Emergency Preparedness (PREP), a two week in-person course conducted by the DEA Office of Training in Stafford, Virginia and West Virginia. Selectee's family members 18 years of age and older are also required to take CTAT, and may have additional training requirements if they intend to work at an embassy abroad. More information regarding training requirements can be found here. Individual and dependents are required to pass a physical examination given by the State Department (details available here). For more information regarding the foreign PCS process, please see the PCS Foreign Assignment Relocation Handbook and the Foreign Orientation Handbook.