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Director National Operations Center
DHS Headquarters · Posted 9 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $152K – $228K Apply by Jul 6, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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The Director, National Operations Center (NOC) position is located in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DHS Headquarters, Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness (OSA). OSA fulfills a critical and unique role by providing enhanced situational awareness and serving as the bridge for sharing critical information across the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE).
What You'll Do
- →The NOC Director is responsible for the overall collaboration and coordination of all NOC elements to ensure teamwork and a unified effort is achieved.
- →The incumbent plays a key role in maintaining situational awareness regarding critical ongoing matters and transitioning the NOC and the DHS staff to crisis operations during an emerging threat or when a natural or manmade disaster or terrorist incident occurs.
- →Specific responsibilities include: Oversees the integration of the NOC functions, the execution of NOC operations, and the training of NOC personnel.
- →Develops and implements NOC the Secretary's Critical Information Requirements (CIRs).
- →Participates in and supports crisis action activities and associated personnel.
- →Plans and leads analytical studies and evaluations to determine long-range impact of NOC capabilities and activities.
- →Represents the NOC at inter-agency and intra-departmental meetings related to varied prevention, protection, response, recovery, and other operations issues that have broad scope and impact.
- →Identifies, secures, negotiates, and allocates resources and services needed by the NOC to accomplish its mission and goals.
- →This includes formulating and adopting alternative approaches, and their costs and impacts on higher and competing requirements.
- →Manages activities with key federal, state, local and other homeland security partner operations centers to ensure the exchange of critical homeland security information and to promote coordinated/integrated operations with those partners.
- →Directs efforts to achieve office compliance with Federal regulations and DHS policy in administrative and business-related areas.
- →Ensures the training and certification of NOC permanent and rotational staff; inter-agency and intra-departmental coordination of information critical to current state events; reporting and notification structures and methodologies standard operating procedures; operating instructions; shift scheduling; deployment scheduling; and continuity of operations for the NOC.
- →Responds to Congressional inquiries, legislative initiatives, media affairs, and represents the NOC at such forums.
- →Briefs senior DHS, interagency and intergovernmental officials on operational homeland security matters.
Requirements
- ✓There is no educational requirement for this position.
Personality Fit
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