Physical Security Specialist
About The Position
The Physical Security Specialist provides on-site physical security support to the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) mission at Eglin Air Force Base in support of international partners. The position provides continuous after-hours coverage to protect personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, and information. It involves monitoring facility activity, verifying authorized access, conducting security checks, providing escorts, responding to alarm notifications, documenting activities, and promptly reporting security anomalies to Government authorities. The role is 100% on-site at Eglin AFB and requires availability for nights, weekends, Federal holidays, and other periods when normal Government personnel may not be present. The contract effort has a 12-month period of performance. The position requires reliable attendance and shift coverage and involves working independently during after-hours operations while following applicable physical security, SAP, information security, OPSEC, antiterrorism, and emergency-management procedures.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship.
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Eligibility for access to Special Access Required (SAR) information through the applicable SAP nomination process.
- Ability to obtain and maintain required Eglin AFB/F-35 JPO facility access, CAC, and local identification credentials as applicable.
- Ability to work 100% on-site at Eglin AFB, Florida.
- Ability and willingness to work nights, weekends, Federal holidays, and extended after-hours schedules.
- Ability to maintain continuous physical security coverage during assigned shifts.
- Ability to respond promptly to alarms, security incidents, and facility emergencies.
- Ability to conduct recurring physical inspections of facility perimeters throughout the assigned shift.
- Ability to accurately maintain security logs, incident documentation, and required reports.
- Ability to follow established physical security, SAP, information security, OPSEC, antiterrorism, and emergency-management procedures.
- Strong attention to detail, reliability, and situational awareness, and ability to work independently during after-hours operations.
- Must complete all Government-directed and contract-required training.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a continuous physical security presence within assigned ACURL and/or XRL facilities.
- Monitor facilities and surrounding areas for unauthorized access, suspicious activity, security concerns, and other anomalies.
- Verify personnel access authorization and ensure that only authorized individuals enter controlled areas.
- Immediately notify the Eglin AFB Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC) of security anomalies, suspected intrusions, and other security incidents.
- Escort Security Forces personnel responding to suspected intrusion events.
- Escort and monitor Government-approved after-hours access by emergency personnel, facility engineering personnel, vendors, maintenance personnel, and other authorized individuals.
- Respond to notifications from applicable alarm-monitoring organizations, including the Eglin AFB BDOC.
- Answer alarm-monitoring calls and physically respond to security events at ACURL or XRL when required.
- Conduct exterior perimeter security inspections of assigned facilities at intervals no longer than four hours during assigned periods of responsibility.
- Inspect facilities for indications of unauthorized entry, door or window tampering, suspicious vehicles or individuals, perimeter damage, and other unusual conditions.
- Immediately report identified anomalies to BDOC and document incidents according to established procedures.
- Maintain detailed security-check and anomaly logs documenting inspection dates and times, the employee conducting the inspection, security status, and observed anomalies.
- Maintain communication with applicable F-35 JPO security offices and support appropriate SAP security posture requirements.
- Protect classified information and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and comply with applicable DoD, Air Force, F-35 JPO, OPSEC, and facility security requirements.
- Complete required Government security, antiterrorism, active-shooter, information assurance, and other required training.
- Maintain reliable attendance and shift coverage due to the mission-essential nature of the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
