Security Specialist

Description

Leidos is on the lookout for a mission-driven SCI Security Specialist to join our elite team at Hurlburt Field, FL. If you're ready to take the lead in safeguarding national security and managing high-impact programs across multiple domains, this is your opportunity to make a difference. This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and offers a front-row seat to some of the most critical operations in defense intelligence.

Program Oversight

• Administer physical, industrial, personnel, and information security programs.

• Ensure compliance with ACCM, SCI and collateral standards.

• Investigate and report security incidents; oversee technical reviews and damage assessments.

• Make final decisions on classification/declassification issues and guide personnel on classification requirements.

• Review Program Security Directives (PSDs) and Classification Guides (PSCGs).

• Provide oversight on classification authority, document marking, safeguarding, access controls, and information handling.

Policy & Analysis

• Develop and implement security policies, procedures, and techniques.

• Analyze complex security scenarios to determine appropriate methods, waivers, or corrective actions.

• Review security incidents and recommend resolutions.

• Evaluate classification challenges and determine appropriate levels.

Facility Security

• Direct periodic inspections of cleared facilities for compliance.

• Review and resolve security violations.

• Apply research and technology principles to mitigate threats.

Personnel Security

• Interpret and establish policy for processing Program Access Requests (PARs).

• Train personnel on clearance sensitivity and access requirements.

• Oversee access records and correspondence.

Physical Security

• Ensure proper documentation and accreditation of ACCM facilities.

• Review SOPs, co-utilization agreements, and secure construction plans.

• Recommend physical control measures (safes, locks, fences, etc.).

• Define restricted areas and manage ACCM material movement.

• Serve as alternate facility manager; coordinate work orders and escort contractors.

Security Education

• Plan and conduct security education programs.

• Develop training materials and deliver briefings per DoD and AF guidelines.

• Issue security bulletins and conduct initial/refresher training.

• Provide foreign travel briefings for personnel with classified access.

Qualifications:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI on day 1.

• Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of related experience

• Expertise:

• Strong knowledge of ACCM, SCI and collateral security standards
• Working knowledge of National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) and Defense Information System for Security (DISS)
• Advanced understanding of personnel, industrial, information, and operational security
• Experience developing and evaluating security programs
• Strong communication skills with senior officials
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships across teams and agencies

EIO2024

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.