Senior Security Specialist

Senior Security Specialist

Amentum is currently searching for a Senior Security Specialist to join our team on Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to support our customer, PM Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A). This is a hybrid position. This position will be responsible for various aspects of security, including personnel security, preparing and receiving visit certifications, foreign travel tracking, international travel tracking, pre- and post-foreign travel briefings, document control, and communications security (COMSEC). This position will also ensure compliance with regulations utilizing NISPOM and other program-specific security directives. Management responsibilities include facility clearances, staff clearances, and providing oversight for classified projects and resources. This is a full-time, hybrid position, Monday through Friday, with flexibility around core hours and less than 10% travel expected. Travel may include continental United States and outside continental United States locations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follow the NISPOM, ICD, and other government regulations.
• Inform customers and users of published security policies and procedures.
• Process and track security clearances throughout the organization.
• Administer the classified documents accountability.
• Establish and document security procedures.
• Maintain and manage all classified holdings for facility including SIPR space.
• Support security education and training compliance.
• Protect classified government information, monitor security procedures, ensure compliance with all aspects of the program including administration of security actions and procedures.
• Conduct security briefings and assist with development of security training and education programs.
• Protect classified government information and publish security awareness for all cleared personnel.
• Collect and organize data in a cohesive manner for use in SIMS and Special Programs database.
• Investigate security violations and recommend corrective actions.
• Track and maintain clearances via DISS, SIMS, and internal databases.
• Support security inspections.
• Trained Anti-Terrorism Officer (ATO).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Security Management, Cyber Security, Computer Networking, Information Technology or related field and a minimum of twelve (12) years related work experience is required. An additional four (4) years of direct work experience may be substituted for the Bachelor Degree.
• 10 years of direct experience in management of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
• Must have an Active US Government Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance. Please note US Citizenship is required to maintain a Top Secret Clearance.
• Must have an Army IC background.
• Experience working with a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) as well as Temporary SCIF (T-SCIF).
• Experience verifying clearances in DISS, safeguarding classified material, as well as packaging, shipment, and couriering of classified material.
• Experience with foreign traveling briefings.
• Experience creating badges, processing incoming and outgoing visit requests, and managing personnel security actions.

Physical Demands:

• Be independently mobile.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers and customers.
• Withstand prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and computer use.

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information:

Please note this job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Actual assigned tasking will change with or without notice to best support client requirements.

The salary range for this position is $95k to $120K. (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com

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