Principle Industrial Security Representative

Leidos Holdings • Reston, VA

69d • $101,400 - $183,300

About The Position

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Principle Industrial Security Representative to support a large-scale program in Reston, VA. The position requires a strong background in counterintelligence awareness and briefings, personnel security clearance processing and experience managing the physical security requirements of SCIFs for a customer within the intelligence community. The selected candidate will need to be well versed in NISPOM, Intelligence Community Directives and SEADs, a self-starter who can prioritize security actions, provide excellent communication to employees, management and government customer, and a result driven professional to handle security issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience, or 12+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience delivering full range of security services including, but not limited to: All aspects of pre-screening hiring and onboarding new contractors, administering briefings/debriefings, security incident management, mentoring and instructing employees to ensure program and employee compliance with sponsor CI/Security regulations.
• Experience interpreting customer security policies and CI risk mitigation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience and ability to maintain program required Security documentation and to collaborate, coordinate, deconflict, and engage with various customer groups and a multi-cultural diverse workforce.
• Experience managing and having oversight of large programs.
• Experience briefing multi-level audiences is a must.
• Advanced interpersonal and customer service skills as well as the ability to provide concise and compelling briefings to audiences of varied experience levels.
• Ability to make sound decisions and advise PMO and customer leadership on sensitive personnel and security related matters.
• Self-starter who has experience integrating with a customer security team and can independently perform program security duties with little supervision.
• Experience providing extended, direct and substantive guidance to employees working in high threat, austere, denied area and warzone environments.
• Working knowledge of operational security and CI issues.
• Diligent in obtaining, training, implementing, and documenting new and relevant CI and security information to support evolving customer needs.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Candidate must be well organized with a proven ability to prioritize, complete, and update customer and program leadership on all security concerns and coordinate resolutions.
• Manage SCIF Physical security requirements to include alarm response test, entry/exit bag checks, UL Certification Test, facility annual inspection and self-inspections.
• Familiarity with CT mission and overseas deployments.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with little supervision.
• Strong background utilizing Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Evaluate and interpret clearance decisions made by the government customer.
• Knowledge of multiple Security functional areas; physical, comsec, personnel and information security.
• An understanding of security principles and government special security regulations (i.e. ICDs, NISPOM and SEADs).
• Clearance requirement is Top Secret//SCI with Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with leading or managing a team.
• Experience modifying or building SCIFs to ICD 705 technical specification requirements.
• FSO, CSO, ISP, SFPC or CSSO Security training/certificate(s).
• Demonstrated experience working with SIMS.
• Demonstrated experience working with Scattered Castles.
• Demonstrated experience working with communications security.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage program security requirements to include all customer compliance requirements
• Provide security clearance processing
• Provide technical security expertise in the following security disciplines: personnel, physical/industrial, computer investigations, and operations.
• Prepare and disseminate security requirements, guidance, and procedures.
• Provide Clearance and SCI briefing/debriefing to employees.
• Ensure personnel are aware of the reporting responsibilities such as Foreign Contact, Foreign Travel and Outside Activities.
• Track Government contractor badge renewal submission.
• Receive, control and safeguard SCI and collateral information.
• Collaborate with members of the DoD, the IC and other officials as required to maintain knowledge and understanding of current security regulations.
• Monitor, update, and maintain appropriate records (e.g. database and hardcopy) of security actions.
• Coordinate information with internal and external security offices and divisions.
• Interpret security policy on matters pertaining to processing, dissemination, and controlling of classified materials.
• Monitor and manage security operations and provide status reports and recommendations.
• Create, manage, and execute Security Awareness and CI training programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external managers to ensure understanding of program operations.
• Draft or create security volumes for Request for Information or Proposals.
• Work closely with program manage team and government customer.
• Conduct foreign travel pre-post foreign travel briefings.
• Author CI briefings and provide counterintelligence updates.
• Conduct initial inquiries and write final reports related to security incidents and violations.
• Respond to after hour intrusion detection systems (during the week and on weekends).
• Maintain program security requirements to include; updating SOPs, maintaining personnel records via SIMs, updating and maintaining security education and awareness programs.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees