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Director of Security
Government Accountability Office · Posted 53 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $151K – $197K Apply by Aug 21, 2026 Security Administration ENFJ EngineeringOperations
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This position is in the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Infrastructure Operations. The employee serves as GAO's senior security and emergency management expert. The work involves planning, integrating and managing the full range of personnel, industrial, physical, and information security and emergency management services while continuously addressing requirements within the context of a long-term security strategy.
What You'll Do
- →As a Director of Security, MS-0080-II, your typical work assignments may include the following: Oversees, directs and manages the full range of GAO security and emergency management programs, ensuring that all initiatives are implemented and maintained in accordance with Federal requirements and industry standards and best practices.
- →Exercises authority over security and emergency operations for a headquarters facility that houses multiple federal tenants, ensuring coordinated safety, operations, and planning across occupants.
- →Oversees the implementation of the security and emergency management documentation requirements and background investigation initiatives.
- →Directs organizational efforts to identify outcomes and measures of efficiency and effectiveness of security and safety functions.
- →Serves as the senior security and emergency management expert for GAO, providing advice and authoritative consultation to senior staff on a wide range of new and emerging security and emergency management issues.
- →Performs both short and long-range analyses of GAO's security and emergency management needs and assesses current and future capabilities to meet requirements.
- →Works with key leaders and managers in GAO program offices to identify strategic objectives, goals, and long-range plans.
- →Briefs managers and other key leaders on the status of security and emergency management projects and programs.
- →Develops and delivers agency-wide training, drills, and security awareness initiatives.
Requirements
- ✓You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes. 1.
- ✓Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance. 2.
- ✓A supervisory probationary period may be required.
Personality Fit
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