About this role
Senior Security Specialist
Fort Belvoir, VA, US
Job Category Analyst Jobs
Clearance Required Secret
Potential for Telecommute On-Site
The Senior Security Specialist will provide direct security support to the Director of Security, Army CPE Mission Autonomy (MA).
You will assist in all matters pertaining to the organization’s Personnel Security, Physical Security, Operations Security, Industrial Security, and visitor access control. Candidate will assist with matters pertaining to the organization’s Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Security and Special Access Program (SAP) Security. depending upon your previous experience.
Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:
- Plans, develops, and implements physical security policies and procedures to ensure the protection of personnel, buildings, material, and equipment of CPE MA.
- As the Access Control Officer, establishes and manages the key and lock control system to control issuance and accountability through a registration system to ensure physical protection against illegal entry, theft, espionage, and subversion.
- Conducts self-inspections to ensure compliance with applicable policies and procedures and takes action to affect the correction of discrepancies.
- Ensures CPE MA security meets guidelines ensuring the facility maintains its accreditation for the production, processing, and storage of classified information.
- Investigates and prepares reports on any security incidents and provides a report(s) to the CPE MA Security Director.
- Validates all CPE MA personnel receive annual security refresher training. Ensures CPE MA personnel travelling overseas receive Anti-Terrorist Force Protection Training and country-specific threat information prior to OCONUS travel. Works with project security personnel and validates they received foreign travel reports for individuals as required.
- Implements security policies and procedures ensuring proper safeguarding of classified material.
- Monitors, advises, and/or prepares all security and administrative processes required for classified contracts. Including but not limited to security classification specification, the release of classified documents, certification of need-to-know, visit authorizations, downgrading, instructions, and all return/destruction of classified material or authority to retain classified material at contract completion.
- Reviews contractor reports, determines whether to release reports and annotates appropriate statements.
- Reviews all statements of work (SOW) determining if the program will require access to or generate classified information, are subject to export controls for controlled unclassified information (CUI), controlled technical information, or whether access to intelligence material is/is not required.
- Assists in the development of DD Forms 254 (DOD Contract Security Classification Specification. Reviews DD Forms 254 and verifies security requirements include