Assistant Special Security Officer

Areli•Norfolk, VA

5d•$75,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing comprehensive security support, including general, information, physical, and administrative security functions. The Assistant Special Security Officer will assist in maintaining security protocols, educating personnel, conducting inspections, managing access control systems, and ensuring compliance with security regulations. A key aspect of this role is maintaining the security of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and handling classified materials and information.

Requirements

MUST HAVE ACTIVE TOP SECRECT/SCI Clearance
5 Years of SSO experience

Responsibilities

Answer routine customer questions providing customer support and personally respond and take for action any call related to security.
Maintain telephone contact with appropriate personnel in support of the work area being supported.
Provide staff and customers with accurate and complete information on security processes, procedures, and documentation requirements.
Provide security support at meetings.
Report security incidents immediately to the Special Security Officer and Special Security Representative. Provide statements if requested.
Assist with providing security education and training to all NIWDC personnel, Contractor support personnel and visitors.
Participate and perform walkthroughs, inspections and surveys. Provide findings of inspections to the Special Security Officer.
Sanitize spaces for foreign national visits when required.
Assist with conducting annual department physical security surveys as needed.
Assist with badging for the LENEL.
Submit security related work requests/trouble tickets in facility service request.
Perform combination changes for various secure locks and coordinate with facilities trouble tickets for lock issues.
Control access to classified areas via the LENEL System.
Instruct department personnel in security practices and procedures pertaining to classified spaces.
Notify the Special Security Officer of any alarm issues with Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).
Assist with instructing department personnel in security practices and procedures pertaining to classified spaces, including opening and closing, visitor control, classified meetings, and courier procedures.
Assist with performing annual self-inspections per the DoDM 5105.21 and report findings to the Special Security Officer (SSO) and Assistant SSO (ASSO).
Assist with ensuring all SCI accountable material and all media, regardless of classification located within the SCIF is properly marked and entered into the SSO media tracker.
Assist with verifying all SCI level visits in SCIF using DISS level 3.
Maintain electronic SCIF folders, as well as assisting the SSR with the compilation of hard copy records when required.
Maintain physical, personnel, and information security requirements for SCIFs through administrative and spot checks.
Assist department employees with annual SCI personnel scrub list.
Assign SCIF badge accesses and coordinate with space custodians to maintain SCIF access lists.
Perform combination changes of SCIFs and SCI safes, ensuring the SF-700 and SF-700 continuation sheet (if required) is fully and accurately completed and delivered to the SSO Office.
Promptly forward all correspondents received from department SCI cleared employees to the SSO and ASSO.
Assist personnel/police officers with quarterly alarm drills and forward all applicable documentation to SSO office.
Assist with conducting quarterly bag checks (Administrative Inspections) and monthly unannounced inspections for the SCIF, providing documentation to SSO Office.
Perform all other SCIF related duties as assigned by the SSO, ASSO or SSR.