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Marine Interdiction Agent
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 14 days ago
On-site Phoenix, AZ $77K – $142K Apply by Sep 30, 2026 General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, And Compliance Series ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is covered by Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP). LEAP is an additional compensation of 25% of the base salary and locality pay. See additional pay information in the Duties section. Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations.
What You'll Do
- →Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hiring for law enforcement jobs that have an exciting opportunity!
- →Once onboarded, you'll first be assigned for up to one year to support the D.C.
- →Safe and Beautiful Task Force.
- →The law enforcement component of the D.C.
- →Task Force is a partnership of over 20 federal and local agencies working together to make D.C. the safest city in America.
- →Once the assignment ends, you'll transition back to support the CBP.
- →Visit the D.C.
- →Task Force page for more information.
- →Applicants will be referred for selection consideration throughout the announcement open period.
- →Your duties will include: Monitoring behavior patterns and activities of suspect persons, vehicles, or vessels believed to be engaged in illegal activities.
- →Interpreting radar data to calculate appropriate intercept while tracking vessels and people to a successful interdiction.
- →Searching persons, vessels, baggage, and cargo for contraband or weapons incidental to detention or arrest.
- →Collecting, refining, and analyzing strategic and tactical intelligence.
- →This is a career ladder position with a grade level progression of GS-11, GS-12 & GS-13.
Requirements
- ✓Qualifying Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC), or a Merchant Mariner Licensing Division (MMLD) issued license You must be a U.S.
- ✓Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- ✓Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.
- ✓Please review further details via the following link.
- ✓Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓Duty Locations: A duty location will be offered after successful completion of the pre-employment process.
- ✓The duty location listed in the final offer letter may include any geographic location within the Northern Border Region, Southwest Region, Southeast Region or Caribbean Air and Marine Branch.
- ✓Current possible duty locations include: Southeast Region: Ft.
- ✓Lauderdale, Miami and Marathon, FL and the Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB): Fajardo, Mayaguez, Ponce, and San Juan, PR, and Saint Thomas, VI.
- ✓Northern Border Region: Bellingham WA *Your opportunity for final selection is increased based on your flexibility to Enter on Duty at priority duty location* Limited Duty Locations - Applying to this JOA does not guarantee any of the locations listed below will still be available once you've completed the pre-employment process.
- ✓Locations are offer based on the current needs of the service at that time.
- ✓Southeast Region: Houma, LA.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3d69c3e0-a4f7-4cf2-9e45-111ef4869f18
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