TSA Job Openings

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Are you looking for TSA job openings? Find out what kinds of positions exist in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and learn where to find announcements for current openings and how to apply online.

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About the Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The agency is focused on providing protection for the protecting the safety of the various modes of transportation within the United States, including air, waterways, railroads, highways.

Career Opportunities with TSA

There are many types of TSA job openings, most of which involve working at one of the nation's airports, maritime port facilities, railroad operations, or making strides keeping the country's highways and public transportation systems straight.

Examples of TSA job openings include:

Airport Security – TSA employs people to perform security functions at airports throughout the United States. The individuals who screen passengers and their baggage prior to boarding flights are TSA employees. In addition to the individuals working in these highly visible security positions, there are many workers engaged in behind the scenes management, administrative, and other duties designed to prevent, detect, and stop to potential terrorist or criminal activities in the nation's airport facilities.

Federal Air Marshal – Individuals who hold these positions work as federal law enforcement officers. They are charged with protecting airplane passengers and crew members in the U.S. They perform various duties designed to fight terrorism and criminal activities on the nation's air carriers. In addition to maintaining a presence on passenger air flights, they also serve on task forces within the TSA and with other government agencies and perform various investigative duties.

Information Technology – The TSA employs skilled IT workers who are responsible for creating, installing, implementing, and maintaining the technology needed to fulfill the agency's mission.

Intelligence – TSA employs skilled intelligence professionals who devote their efforts to gathering and relevant data necessary to keeping the nation's transportation systems safe from threats of both foreign and domestic terrorism. Their duties extend to evaluating the information gathered and distributing what they learned to relevant agencies and to the general public as needed.

Support Positions – Many professional and administrative workers are need to provide the support services necessary for the TSA to accomplish its objectives. There are career opportunities for individuals with secretarial and managerial skills as well as those with accounting, human resource management, and criminal justice abilities, and many additional occupations.

Finding Current TSA Job Openings

Open positions with the Transportation Security Administration are advertised on the USA Jobs website. There are several ways to search for jobs on the site.

You can search for job openings by keyword, using details such as the job title you are interested in, the name of the agency where you would like to work, or the job announcement number a particular position (if available). You can also search by occupational series or the geographic areas where you are interested in finding a job.

Once you have entered the search criteria, you'll need to specify whether or not you are a current or former government worker. Once you have completed that part of the job search, you will see results for each current opening that meets the requirements that you specified.

For each open position, you'll see relevant details include: