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BORDER PATROL AGENT (HEADQUARTERS PROGRAMS)
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 9 days ago
On-site Washington, DC $125K – $163K Apply by Jul 16, 2026 Border Patrol Enforcement Series ESTPISTJ Operations
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Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters, Law Enforcement Operations Division, Foreign Operations, in Washington, D.C. Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement. Further selections may also be made for additional organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
What You'll Do
- →This position will allow you to use your expertise to prevent illegal entry of aliens into the United States by land, water, or air; enforce criminal provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Laws; and seek out and apprehend smugglers or aliens who are in the United States illegally.
- →Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen the Department's ability to protect the homeland.
- →This position starts at a salary of $125,158.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $162,708.00 (GS-13, Step 10).
- →As a Border Patrol Agent (Headquarters Programs), you will serve as a secondary administrative law enforcement officer (under 5 U.S.C. 8336 (c) and 8412 (d).
- →Typical work assignments will include: Maintaining a working knowledge of the current field-level workflow of current USBP enforcement and/or administrative systems and providing experience, support, guidance, and alternatives for system improvements for efficiencies.
- →Assisting with Border Patrol mission-specific projects that may include administrative and logistical support, technological requirements, issues, internal and external communications, development of training programs, and other program areas as required.
- →Serving as a subject matter expert to work on administrative functions related to the assigned USBP enforcement and/or administrative system, support the sustainment and modernization of the system) and assist contractor support staff in identifying priorities, troubleshooting issues, and identifying the best end state for the product based off field user feedback and USBP requirements.
- →Obtaining user requirements to help drive recommendations for future program objectives, improvements, and integration opportunities in both long- and short-range action planning processes, while ensuring USBP equities are represented in the requirements integration management processes for DHS.
- →Managing, evaluating, and planning for fast-paced, high visibility programs that involve functional and technical requirements.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓You may be returned, at any time, to the position from which temporarily promoted, to the last permanent official station and position held prior to this NTE assignment, and the return is not subject to the procedures found in 5 C.F.R. §§ 351, 432, 752, and 771.
- ✓If you are currently at the grade level of the position announced, this action will result in a reassignment, and you may be returned at any time to a same or similar position held prior to this NTE assignment.
- ✓If you currently hold a grade level higher than the grade being announced, this action will result in a change to lower grade, and you may be returned at any time to the position held prior to this temporary assignment.
- ✓A return to the previous duty location will be coordinated by losing and gaining sectors upon completion of the NTE assignment.
- ✓See the USBP Rotation Process Internal Operating Procedures (IOP) by visiting here (this is only viewable from a CBP computer).
- ✓The USBP Rotation Program IOP dictates the terms of rotating out of the NTE assignment once the assignment has concluded.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1db0737b-dbad-4e0b-b3dc-76fdaeb92256
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