This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Situational Awareness. The primary purpose of this position is to provide support to the Senior Watch Officer and overall National Operations Center operations by providing operational expertise on a wide variety of mission areas and ensures the quality of operational reporting from various DHS entities, programs, and interagency organizations. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.
As a NOC Desk Officer, GS-0301-9/11/12, your typical work assignments may include: Recognizing critical, time sensitive information, and take immediate action to alert appropriate NOC Watch personnel of breaking events impacting Homeland Security. Thinking quickly to convey critical information as a moderator and manage unclassified and classified voice and video conferences and update video and data display feeds to reflect the most current information.
Quickly scanning, selecting, validating, de-conflict and collate disparate event and incident information to write a succinct executive-level summary, and using dashboards, common situational awareness tools, and geospatial software to create geospatial graphics and products. Collecting, cataloging, analyzing, and disseminating information to various data and information sharing tools, portals, and sites.
Supporting the daily administrative tasks to maintain the primary and alternate sites to include all facility, technology, and personnel issues. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 150 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S.
Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
This position is with DHS Headquarters, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $70623 – $133142/yr.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-20.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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