Disclosure/Classification Analyst

Leidos•Bethesda, MD

6d•$116,350 - $210,325•Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Disclosure & Declassification Analyst in our National Security Sector's (NSS) Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. Leidos is seeking an experienced Disclosure & Declassification Analyst for our client’s mission—focused program within a challenging, dynamic setting located in the Northern Virginia or Maryland area. A successful candidate in this position will assess the classification and markings of classified and unclassified products—including a wide range of items such as analytic reports, policy documents, websites, IT code, budget spreadsheets, and more—in accordance with client’s policies and procedures, and security classification guides, and explaining those determinations to leaders and the workforce.

Requirements

TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Experience with maintaining and updating IC Marking Systems Register and Manual.
Able to consult and coordinate with other stakeholders and organizations to ensure consistent application of public disclosure policies and procedures.
Familiarity with the IDSCLOSE application is highly desirable.
Able to develop and implement strategies to identify information—protection issues and problems, including those resulting from unauthorized disclosure, inadvertent release, declassification, and the collective effect of releases to mitigate those issues and problems.
Minimum 5 years working with or in the IC.
Requires a BA degree and 12–15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10–13 years of prior relevant experience.
Previous experience with reviewing senior-level policy and/or strategy documents.
Previous experience with reviewing government documents for public release.
Assisting groups to arrive at consensus on complex topics.
Critical thinking to recognize and ascertain when information supporting decision making is incomplete or requires greater context.
Detail oriented with excellent grammar and proof-reading skills.
Excellent communication abilities and a "customer service-oriented" personality.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the IDSCLOSE application is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Reviewing various products to recommend approval or denial, in whole or in part, of requests for public disclosure and explaining those determinations to leaders and the workforce.
Reviewing records to determine if they can be declassified.
Developing and maintaining records for tracking the status and adjudication of materials.
Planning, coordinating, and documenting the client’s classification, declassification, and prepublication determinations.