Controlled Unclassified Information Program Lead

Idaho National Laboratory•Idaho Falls, ID

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Idaho National Laboratory’s Information Security Department is hiring a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program Lead. The role administers and implements CUI requirements under DOE Order 470.7, Executive Order 13556, 32 CFR Part 2002, and the CUI Registry. The position works a 9x80 schedule at the Idaho Falls facility, with every other Friday off. The CUI Program Lead oversees program communications, schedules, milestones, budgets, and activities; works with leadership, functional stakeholders, and external entities to identify and meet CUI requirements; and collaborates with Legal, Contracts, and Procurement to ensure federal CUI requirements flow down to subcontractors, partners, and vendors. The role develops and maintains CUI policies, procedures, and training; advises management, staff, and contractors; monitors policy changes; and ensures proper identification, marking, safeguarding, dissemination, decontrol, and destruction of CUI. The position also supports reporting and recording CUI misuse and breaches, resolving CUI challenges, responding to data calls and audits, conducting self-assessments, and establishing measurable performance metrics and goals. The employee is expected to exercise discretion and judgment and work independently with minimal instruction on day-to-day activities. This is a testing-designated position requiring a pre-employment drug screen and periodic drug testing.

Requirements

Level 3: Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or master’s degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
Level 4: Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of relevant experience, or master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience.
Relevant technical experience, which may include nuclear nonproliferation, arms control and foreign policy, chemical and biological weapons, intelligence and counterintelligence, isotope enrichment technology, nuclear weapons, radiological emergency response, safeguards and security, nuclear material production and processing, or experience with other government agencies such as the Department of Defense, Space Power, or Naval Reactors.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” clearance.
Must obtain certification as a Classification Analyst, including DC with public release authority, UCNI RO, and Derivative Declassifier, within one year of obtaining a DOE “Q” clearance or as soon as possible if already holding one.
Meet the physical requirements of the role, including occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds and sufficient visual acuity and hearing capacity to perform essential functions and interact with people.
Submit to a pre-employment drug screen and periodic drug testing throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience marking, controlling, storing, and destroying sensitive information.
Background or knowledge in classification, a technical/scientific/engineering field, or DOE nuclear/scientific programs.

Responsibilities

Administer and implement applicable regulations for identifying, protecting, and marking CUI as defined in the National Archives’ CUI Registry.
Direct CUI program communications, schedules, milestones, budgets, and activities to ensure timely implementation of program priorities.
Engage leadership, functional stakeholders, and external entities to identify and meet CUI requirements.
Collaborate with Legal, Contracts, and Procurement to flow down federal CUI requirements to subcontractors, partners, and vendors.
Determine and generate requests for equivalencies and exemptions from applicable DOE orders and CFR requirements.
Develop, implement, maintain, and periodically review CUI policies, processes, and procedures; monitor changes in government policy that may affect CUI requirements.
Ensure CUI is properly identified, marked, safeguarded, disseminated, decontrolled, and destroyed.
Advise management, staff, and applicable contractors on current CUI policy.
Ensure processes for reporting and recording CUI misuse and breaches, decontrolling CUI, and resolving CUI challenges align with established requirements and company policies.
Develop, maintain, and provide CUI training to employees.
Respond to CUI data calls and audits, conduct self-assessments, and develop measurable metrics and goals for reporting KPIs and improving the program.
Work independently with discretion and judgment and minimal instruction on day-to-day activities.