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Security Specialist
Washington Headquarters Services · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in Washington Headquarters Service (WHS), Security Enterprise Services Directorate (SESD), in the SCI Management Division (SMD) and will serve as a Security Specialist responsible for providing WHS security support. The SESD provides security support to senior managers in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, WHS, The Director of Administration and Management (DA&M) and to DoD, Congressional, and Presidential established boards, commissions, and task forces.
What You'll Do
- →The SESD operates in a fast-paced, high demand environment, providing support to some of the senior-most leadership of the Department of War.
- →Security responsibilities include Industrial Security.
- →Information Security, Operations Security, Personnel Security, Physical Security, SCI Administration, Mission Assurance, Controlled Unclassified Information, Insider Threat, Classification Review, and Counterintelligence Awareness and Reporting.
- →Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) programs, providing authoritative advice and recommendations to senior leadership on security vulnerabilities, risk mitigation, and program effectiveness.
- →Plan, implement, and monitor comprehensive security programs across multiple disciplines, including personnel, physical, information, and industrial security, ensuring compliance with all policies and regulations.
- →Interpret high-level security directives, such as Executive Orders and Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), to develop and implement local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and security plans tailored to specific operational needs.
- →Conduct comprehensive security assessments, inspections, and sensitive security inquiries to identify deficiencies, ensure compliance, and recommend corrective actions for facilities and programs.
- →Develop and conduct security training, briefings, and educational programs for employees and contractors to ensure a high level of security awareness across the organization.
- →Adjudicate complex personnel security cases involving significant derogatory or conflicting information and support the full lifecycle of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) operations, including build-outs and indoctrinations.
Requirements
- ✓Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-12 level.
- ✓ARE YOU QUALIFYING BASED ON EDUCATION or A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE?
- ✓You must provide sufficient documentation of your education in your resume.
- ✓You MUST provide a copy of official or unofficial transcripts or degrees in your application package.
- ✓It may also be acceptable to document your applicable course listing in your resume (course number, credits earned, etc.).
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency.
- ✓If selected, an official/sealed transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
- ✓GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 86d47732-e7ac-4642-b418-e7efc1c47896
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