Industrial Security Analyst II/III

Zone 5 Technologies • San Luis Obispo, CA

6d • $81,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Industrial Security Analyst provides comprehensive security support for company facilities, personnel, and government programs operating in classified and unclassified environments. The role supports the Facility Security Officer (FSO) in administering the company’s industrial security program and maintaining compliance with 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), applicable Department of Defense and Intelligence Community requirements, customer-specific requirements, and company policies.

The analyst works with program management, engineering, operations, facilities, and government security representatives to identify risks, implement safeguards, maintain personnel security requirements, and ensure classified operations follow applicable regulations. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to independently manage multiple security disciplines and priorities in a fast-paced defense contracting environment. The role may require responding to security incidents, alarms, and facility issues after hours on occasion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in security management, homeland security, criminal justice, emergency management, intelligence, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industrial security experience.
• Three to five years of progressively responsible experience supporting industrial security, government security, military security, intelligence, law enforcement, or defense-contractor security operations.
• Working knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM) and federal requirements governing cleared contractors and classified information.
• Experience supporting multiple security disciplines, including personnel security, physical security, information security, OPSEC, visitor control, and security education.
• Experience conducting security briefings, investigations, inspections, audits, or compliance reviews.
• Ability to interpret government security requirements and translate them into practical organizational policies, procedures, and security controls.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with security personnel, program teams, management, government representatives, and customers.
• Must possess or be eligible to obtain and maintain the U.S. Government security clearance required for assigned duties.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within a cleared defense contractor operating under the National Industrial Security Program (NISP).
• Experience with DISS, NBIS, NISS, and other government security systems.
• Knowledge of SEAD 3, ICD 705, DoD security requirements, SAP security requirements, COMSEC, CUI, and applicable Intelligence Community Directives.
• Experience developing or maintaining OPSEC plans, Program Protection Plans, CONOPs, security SOPs, EAPs, security education programs, and physical-security procedures.
• Experience supporting classified facilities, closed areas, secure rooms, or other controlled environments.
• Experience working directly with DCSA, government security representatives, contracting organizations, and government customers.
• Experience with access-control systems, intrusion detection systems, CCTV, alarm monitoring, physical security assessments, and incident response.
• Experience coordinating transportation, transmission, receipt, storage, accountability, or destruction of classified materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide industrial security support across personnel security, physical security, information security, operations security (OPSEC), insider threat, and classified program activities.
• Support the FSO in administering the facility’s industrial security program and maintaining compliance with 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM) and customer security requirements.
• Coordinate with program management, engineering, facilities, and government security representatives to communicate and implement security requirements and program deliverables.
• Administer personnel security activities, including clearance processing, onboarding, debriefing, access determinations, security records, and personnel security information in DISS, NBIS, NISS, and other applicable government systems.
• Review and process personnel security reporting requirements, including foreign travel, foreign contacts, financial considerations, personal-status changes, and adverse information, in accordance with SEAD 3 and applicable requirements.
• Conduct security briefings, orientations, refresher training, foreign travel briefings, classified access briefings, and termination and debriefing activities.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and periodically review security policies, procedures, SOPs, EAPs, OPSEC plans, and other security documentation.
• Support protection of classified information and material, including storage, handling, transmission, accountability, reproduction, destruction, and transportation.
• Coordinate classified visits, visitor authorization, access verification, escort requirements, and classified and unclassified visitor control processes.
• Conduct and support security self-inspections, internal audits, physical security and vulnerability assessments, and corrective-action activities.
• Investigate security incidents, violations, suspicious activity, and potential compromises; document findings and recommend corrective actions or risk-mitigation measures.
• Develop, implement, and administer the organization’s OPSEC program, including identifying critical information, vulnerabilities, and threats and establishing countermeasures.
• Support the Insider Threat Program through required reporting, employee awareness, information sharing, and coordination with the ITPSO.
• Support physical security programs, including access control, intrusion detection, alarm response, CCTV, badging, facility inspections, entry/exit controls, and protection of restricted and classified areas.
• Assist with alarm and guard response testing, physical security inspections, and validation of security systems and protective measures.
• Maintain security records, visitor logs, training documentation, clearance records, incident documentation, inspection records, and other required documentation.
• Identify security deficiencies and emerging risks affecting personnel, facilities, classified information, contractual requirements, or business operations and recommend mitigations.
• Interface professionally with employees, leadership, government customers, DCSA representatives, subcontractors, vendors, and other external stakeholders.
• Provide security support during exercises, inspections, government assessments, customer reviews, and other security-related activities.
• Respond to security incidents, alarms, and facility issues as required, including occasional after-hours support.
• Perform additional industrial security duties as necessary to support organizational and mission requirements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package options include medical, dental, vision, life, and more.
• 401k with company-match.
• 3 weeks of paid time off each year.
• 40 hours of sick time.
• 12 annual company holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

What This Job Offers

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