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REALTY SPECIALIST
Customs and Border Protection · Posted today
On-siteSalt Lake City, UT$126K – $164KApply by May 19, 2026RealtyENTJENTPINTJINTPEngineeringOperations
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Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Headquarters, Program Management Operations Division (PMOD), Infrastructure, location is negotiable after selection. You must choose one of the following locations: Laguna Niguel, CA Washington, DC This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 75 applications have been received, whichever happens first.
What You'll Do
- →In this position, you will lead the full lifecycle of real property acquisition, management, utilization, and disposal while providing expert portfolio guidance, interpreting policy, conducting market/title analyses, and negotiating complex leases.
- →This position ensures U.S.
- →Border Patrol (USBP) has the facilities and land needed to execute operations, optimize utilization and costs, and maintain compliance to support mission readiness.
- →This position starts at a salary of $125,776.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $163,514.00 (GS-14, Step 10).
- →Salary: Salary listed reflects the Rest of U.S.
- →(RUS) scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection.
- →As a Realty Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring efficient and effective management of real property assets, resolving real estate challenges, and facilitating the acquisition and disposal of properties in accordance with applicable regulations and agency needs.
- →Typical duties will include: Planning and executing real property acquisitions (purchase, lease, exchange, donation) and provide expert portfolio management guidance, interpreting/formulating policy and ensuring compliance with FAR, FPMR, GSA, and USBP procedures.
- →Serving as project lead and subject matter expert (SME) for complex realty decisions, developing business cases, conducting strategic analyses, and leading audits and process improvements.
- →Managing assignments, utilization, and disposal of federally owned/leased properties, preparing site evaluations, and formulating lease-versus-purchase analyses.
- →Conducting market surveys and title research, negotiating and administering complex leases and agreements as a RECO, and performing cost/price analyses.
- →Establishing and maintaining liaison with property owners, government officials, and stakeholders, briefing leadership, and acting as a spokesperson on real property matters to reconcile competing interests and support mission needs.
Requirements
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
- ✓Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1e9d609c-1102-4ac7-aca2-e328f305f343
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