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Watch Officer
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 54 days ago
On-site Washington, DC $102K – $133K Apply by May 22, 2026 General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, And Compliance Series ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Operations Support, CBP Watch, located in Washington, DC. Additional selections may be made to include other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
What You'll Do
- →CBP Watch operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, as an agency-wide center for information-sharing, analysis, and operational coordination.
- →Watch Officers are integral to the CBP Watch Operations Division and Communications Center Division, providing CBP operators, analysts, and decision makers with critical, timely information in a multi-domain national security environment.
- →Preparing Immediate Initial Notifications (IINs) and Significant Incident Reports (SIRs) in accordance with CBP Directive 3340-025F and other applicable DHS policies to ensure accurate and standardized reporting of critical incidents, contributing to organizational situational awareness.
- →Acting as a liaison between field operators, agency executives, and national command centers to coordinate real-time incident response and reporting, supporting effective communication and information flow during critical events and advancing CBP's mission priorities.
- →Collecting, validating, and synthesizing operational data from CBP systems and national law enforcement databases to ensure data accuracy and completeness for reporting and analysis, supporting informed decision-making and situational awareness.
- →Assisting in integrating new technologies or systems into CBP Watch operations by ensuring staff are properly trained and protocols are updated, supporting the adoption of innovative tools and techniques that enhance situational awareness and response capabilities.
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Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this position Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below) All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English You may be required to pass a background investigation CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
- ✓As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards.
- ✓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: 0603471b-d7cd-4e95-bdd8-96d150bb527a
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