Principal Security Services Support F-16 WAM (Secret) - 209

Credence•Bath Township, OH

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Credence is hiring a Principal Security Services Support professional to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center WAM (AFLCMC/WAM) directorate, F-16 division, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The role provides security management, analytical, technical, and administrative support for DoW/DoD, USAF, AFMC, AFLCMC, directorate, division, and program activities. The work supports the F-16 program, including its Foreign Military Sales and Multi-National Fighter Program activities. The position supports information, personnel, industrial, physical, and program security, including classified material protection, personnel clearances, SAPF administration, COMSEC accountability, facility security, and security reviews of systems and equipment. It also contributes to system security engineering and program protection throughout the weapon-system lifecycle, from acquisition planning through demilitarization. Work includes analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, critical program information, security requirements, and cost-effective countermeasures, along with preparation and review of program security documentation. The role requires an active or current Secret clearance; TS/SCI eligibility is preferred. Candidates must meet one of the stated education and experience pathways, including substantial directly related and DoD experience, and have at least ten years of security experience. The position may require CONUS travel and OCONUS security site surveys, as well as support for secure rooms and vaults outside standard duty hours when needed.

Requirements

Active or current Secret clearance, verifiable in DISS.
At least ten years of security experience.
One of the following education and experience paths: a master's or doctoral degree in a related field and at least 20 years of relevant technical or professional experience, including at least 12 years in DoD; a bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 25 years of relevant experience, including at least 15 years in DoD; or at least 30 years of directly related experience with appropriate certifications, including at least 20 years in DoD.
Strong analytical writing skills to document program security methods and decisions.
Ability to support security work involving classified programs and material, potentially up to TS, SAP, and SCI levels.

Nice To Haves

Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility.
Level 1 certification in the DSS Security Professional Education Development (SPED) Program, or current DSS training related to information, personnel, industrial, and physical security programs.

Responsibilities

Provide security management, analytical, technical, and support services for DoW/DoD, USAF, AFMC, AFLCMC, directorate, division, and program activities.
Serve as a customer focal point for security, analyze procedures, and coordinate or recommend solutions to security deficiencies with the government security task lead.
Support information, personnel, and industrial security programs to protect classified material in accordance with applicable directives and policies.
Assist with resource protection, force protection, and anti-terrorism programs.
Help personnel complete personnel security investigation paperwork, review packages for accuracy, and track security clearances.
Develop security requirements for contractual commitments and coordinate DD Form 254 documentation.
Assist with SAPF and special access program administration, including access requests, accreditation, and self-inspection programs.
Maintain, account for, and destroy COMSEC material.
Conduct technical evaluations of AIS and other electronic equipment that stores or processes classified or SAR information; evaluate AIS Standard Practice Procedures.
Maintain classified databases of personnel with access to SAR programs, as identified by task orders.
Document program security methods and decisions and perform administrative tasks supporting security functions.
Support end-of-day facility safety and security checks, secure rooms and vaults, and respond to alarms during non-duty hours when government personnel are unavailable.
Develop and document recommended program protection and system security input for SOOs, SOWs, PWSs, RFPs, and CDRLs.
Identify security issues and recommend policy or instruction changes to the government security lead.
Analyze procedures for handling, controlling, storing, and disposing of classified material and critical weapon-system hardware, including installed components.
Develop program-specific system security requirements and advise security-related working groups and IPTs, including preparing meeting minutes and documenting actions.
Support translation of DoW/DoD and Air Force policy into design and test specifications and functional system security requirements.
Assist with system security assessments and development of System Security Concept of Operation documentation.
Plan, review, analyze, and report on security plans for systems during testing and evaluation; recommend changes to security test procedures.
Review threats, conduct vulnerability and criticality analyses, identify CPI, and recommend cost-effective physical, electronic, and mechanical security countermeasures.
Review conceptual studies, program reports, system data, and other documentation to establish security requirements; continuously assess weapon-system security planning and physical security standards.
Integrate threat-based security processes, plans, and procedures throughout the weapon-system lifecycle, including acquisition and demilitarization.
Integrate export and technology-control laws and applicable policies into program protection planning.
Support the ATO process and route CPI protection documentation through appropriate channels for approval.
Evaluate security and administrative procedures for CPI and critical components, covering material from unclassified through TS, SAP, and SCI levels.
Help create and maintain OPSEC programs and plans for protecting critical information.
Assess trade studies balancing program security risks and costs, and help integrate security requirements into weapon-system contracts.
Develop and maintain time-phased, event-driven SCGs, PSDs, TA/CPs, and PPPs and associated annexes as required.
Analyze prime and subcontractor program protection planning and report areas of concern.
Perform on-site security evaluations at program offices, review prime contractor security survey reports, and provide technical recommendations to review team leads.
Travel CONUS to support SPO security requirements and conduct OCONUS security site surveys and secure-storage evaluations at FMS customer facilities.
Provide guidance for NISPOM and DoD 5200.01, Volume 3 requirements in preparation for DTSA certification.
Test and analyze systems in classified program areas up to TS, SAP, and SCI levels; assess vulnerabilities, tampering, and potential system compromise and recommend corrective actions.
Analyze broad system security issues common across AFLCMC programs.
Provide security-related technical assistance to AFLCMC/WAM organizations, groups, and committees for briefings and conferences.