This position is within TSA's Security Capabilities, Test & Evaluation, located at the Terrorist Improvised Explosives Detection and Synthesis Center, (TIEDS) in Huntsville, Alabama. This position performs program management and duties to include coordination and planning across multiple agencies, development of test articles, explosives characterizations, security screening equipment operation, loading and unloading baggage to support tests/demonstrations.
The incumbent serves as the senior TSA program manager and subject matter expert for TSA activities conducted at the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) Improvised Explosives Detection and Synthesis Center, (TIEDS). Duties include but are not limited to: Leads development and execution of the TIEDS Center annual planning calendar for TSA and participating organizations.
Establishes project priorities, sequences work, identifies resource needs, tracks milestones and risks, and resolves scheduling conflicts. Ensures test, evaluation, training, demonstration, research, and critical-response activities are appropriately planned, integrated, supported, and aligned with TSA mission priorities.
Serves as the Transportation Security Administration's principal liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Federal Protective Service, national laboratories, and other federal partners.
Chairs or participates in management forums, working groups, executive briefings, and recurring coordination meetings. Develops recommendations, communicates program status, resolves cross-organizational issues, and sustains partnerships supporting transportation-security capabilities. Provides programmatic oversight of TSA test areas, laboratories, and associated screening technology used for authorized test, evaluation, demonstration, training, and research activities.
Coordinates equipment deployment, commissioning, acceptance, movement, calibration, preventive maintenance, removal, and logistics support. Ensures facilities and equipment are properly configured, available, maintained, and documented to support approved activities.
Manages the Test Article Program and related technical-support activities, including planning, coordination, accountability, issuance, maintenance, and availability of authorized materials and test-support equipment. Advises leadership on equipment capabilities, maintenance requirements, operational limitations, and resource alternatives. Establishes reporting approaches that enable accurate collection, management, and communication of test and system-performance data.
Develops, implements, and updates standard operating procedures and program practices governing test-area and laboratory operations, information protection, access control, classified-material handling, safety, and equipment accountability. Interprets applicable requirements and identifies process gaps, risks, vulnerabilities, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
Recommends corrective actions and monitors implementation to improve program effectiveness and compliance. Represents TSA in authorized interagency threat-informed discussions and collaborative activities supporting detection and mitigation capabilities across transportation modes. Analyzes program metrics, emerging needs, and stakeholder inputs to identify capability gaps and recommend priorities.
Supports approved visits, demonstrations, tours, and senior-level engagements while protecting sensitive information and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships.
This position does not have a positive education requirement.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; situational telework may be permitted in accordance with departmental policy telework; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
Employees who transfer to TSA from an agency that allows employees to maintain an annual leave balance higher than the maximum accumulation for the appointed position will have their leave ceiling set to the maximum accumulation for the appointed position (e.g., United States duty location - 240 hours, foreign duty location - 360 hours, or TSES position - 720 hours). TSA will not make a monetary payment for any leave forfeited under these circumstances.
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This position is with Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $154075 – $200296/yr.
This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-30.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
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