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

Credence•Wpafb, OH

5d•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) F-16 division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The role provides security management, analytical, technical, and administrative support for Department of Defense and Air Force organizations and programs, with a focus on protecting classified information, personnel, facilities, systems, and weapon-system technology throughout the acquisition lifecycle. The F-16 program includes extensive Foreign Military Sales activity and the Multi-National Fighter Program. The position supports information, personnel, industrial, physical, force-protection, anti-terrorism, operational security, and special-access security activities. Work includes security clearance and contract documentation, SAPF administration and accreditation, COMSEC accountability, technical evaluations of systems that process classified data, program protection planning, system security assessments, vulnerability and criticality analyses, and security planning for test and evaluation. The role also helps develop security requirements and plans, supports protection of Critical Program Information, advises security-related working groups, and provides technical recommendations to government security leads and program offices. The position includes support for secure facilities and rooms, including opening and securing or alarming spaces at the beginning and end of duty days, after-hours support, and response to alarms when government personnel are unavailable. Travel within the continental United States and overseas is required to support security requirements and conduct site surveys and secure-storage evaluations at Foreign Military Sales customer facilities. The role requires an active or current Secret clearance; Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is preferred.

Requirements

An active or current Secret clearance, verifiable in DISS.
At least 10 years of security experience.
One of the following education and experience combinations: 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 the required certifications, including at least 20 years in DoD.
Strong analytical writing skills to document program-security methods and decisions.
Ability to support security functions and perform administrative and technical security duties.
Ability to travel within the continental United States and overseas for program security support.

Nice To Haves

Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility.
Level 1 certification in the Defense Security Service 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 to DoD and Air Force organizations and assigned programs.
Serve as a customer security focal point, analyze security procedures, identify deficiencies, and coordinate or recommend solutions 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.
Assist in incorporating security requirements into contractual commitments and coordinate DD Form 254 documentation.
Administer SAPF and special access program duties, including Program 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, and evaluate AIS Standard Practice Procedures.
Maintain classified databases of personnel with access to SAR programs, as identified by task orders.
Perform security administrative tasks and document program security methods and decisions.
Conduct end-of-day safety and security checks, open and secure or alarm assigned 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 acquisition documents, including SOOs, SOWs, PWSs, RFPs, and CDRLs.
Analyze procedures for handling, controlling, storing, and disposing of classified or critical weapon-system hardware and installed components.
Develop program-specific System Security Requirements and advise security working groups or related IPTs; prepare meeting minutes and document actions.
Support the transition of DoD and Air Force policy into design-to and test-to specifications and functional system-security requirements.
Assist with system-security assessments and development of System Security Concepts of Operation based on threats, vulnerabilities, and existing security measures.
Plan, review, analyze, and report on security plans for systems during test and evaluation, and recommend changes to security test procedures.
Review program threats and conduct vulnerability analyses; recommend physical-security, electronic, mechanical, and other countermeasures.
Review conceptual studies, program reports, system data, and other documentation to establish system-security requirements, and continuously assess security planning and physical-security standards.
Support lifecycle integration of threat-based security processes and integrate export-control laws and applicable DoD and Air Force guidance into program-protection planning.
Identify Critical Program Information, conduct criticality analyses, assess threats and vulnerabilities, and recommend cost-effective countermeasures.
Support engineering functions with expertise on the authority-to-operate process and route associated documentation for approval.
Evaluate security and administrative procedures for handling Critical Program Information and Critical Components, from unclassified material through Top Secret, special access, and SCI.
Help create and maintain operational security programs and plans for protecting Critical Information.
Assess trade studies that balance security risks and program costs, and help integrate cost-effective security requirements into weapon-system contracts.
Develop and maintain time-phased, event-driven Security Classification Guides, Program Security Directives, Technology Assessment and Control Plans, and Program Protection Plans with associated annexes.
Assess prime and subcontractor program-protection planning and report areas of concern.
Conduct technical system evaluations, assess vulnerabilities and compliance, and recommend corrective actions.
Conduct on-site security evaluations, review weapon-system prime security survey reports, and provide technical recommendations to review team leads.
Travel within the United States and overseas to conduct security site surveys and secure-storage evaluations at FMS customer installations and 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 Top Secret, special access, and SCI levels; analyze vulnerabilities, possible tampering, and potential means of system compromise.
Provide security-related technical assistance to AFLCMC/WAM organizations, groups, and committees for briefings and conferences.