Contractor SAP Security Officer Journeyman

MANTECH • Huntsville, AL

16h • Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH is seeking a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Computer SAP Security Officer (CSSO) – Journeyman to join its team in Huntsville, Alabama. The CSSO will develop, implement, and maintain a multidisciplinary security program for complex, major acquisition Special Access Programs (SAPs), providing personnel security administration and comprehensive security oversight.

The role supports program access processing, personnel security verification, database maintenance, security training, contractor access authorization, and coordination with program leadership, engineering teams, government security officials, and external personnel security offices. The position requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and is onsite.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, formal training, and progressively responsible security experience.
• At least 3 years of experience as a Program Security Officer (PSO), including at least 3 cumulative years supporting acquisition Special Access Programs (SAPs).
• Experience preparing, issuing, tracking, and reviewing Pre-Screening Questionnaires (PSQs), PAR packages, PIAs, and DD-254 authorizations.
• Must have held a SAP-related security position within the past nine months.
• Expertise in DoD personnel security policies, procedures, and DoDM 5205.07 series directives.
• Hands-on proficiency with government security systems, specifically JADE and DISS.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI).

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SAPCO working groups or multi-directorate security policy coordination.
• Ability to prepare and brief operational materials and security updates to senior leadership and corporate officials.
• Technical aptitude coordinating multidisciplinary security requirements across physical, industrial, IT/IA, and SCI disciplines.
• Formal training or certifications through the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (CDSE / DCSA).

Responsibilities

• Quality-review, process, and track incoming Program Access Request (PAR) packages, Program Indoctrination Agreements (PIAs), and debriefs through the JADE database.
• Perform personnel security verifications and actions using the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) and relevant PERSEC systems.
• Update and maintain the JADE database with PIAs, Debriefing Statements, foreign travel records, and security violation reports.
• Conduct initial, annual, indoctrination, and debriefing security training for program-briefed personnel on protecting classified information.
• Review DD-254s to verify contractor access authorizations, draft Continued Access Eligibility (CAE) requests, and coordinate with external PERSEC offices.
• Provide senior-level advisory and liaison support between program leadership, engineering teams, and government security officials, ensuring compliance with DoDM 5205.07 series requirements.
• Enforce proper receipt, dispatch, handling, marking, and transmission of classified materials.
• Support facility access control and security oversight inspections.
• Occasionally travel to support personnel security objectives and facility oversight.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level