Program Protection Security Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton•Arlington, VA

2d•$99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Integrate safeguards into planning and execution to protect critical information, sensitive technologies, and mission capabilities from compromise or exploitation. Support risk-informed protection strategies, develop and maintain protective documentation, and coordinate security measures across engineering, acquisition, operations, security, and other functional stakeholders. Perform responsibilities such as evaluating vulnerabilities and dependencies, translating identified risks into practical controls, and monitoring implementation throughout program activities by maintaining a coherent view of threats, critical assets, and protective actions. Advise customers in making informed decisions and ensure that security considerations are embedded in technical and operational planning. Develop and maintain program-protection plans, strategies, assessments, and supporting documentation, identify critical assets requiring coordinated protection, assess vulnerabilities and risks, integrate protective requirements into various activities, coordinate safeguards with government and technical stakeholders, track implementation of protection measures, prepare leadership briefings and recommendations, and evaluate changes in program activities or threat conditions to update protective strategies.

Requirements

Experience supporting Special Access Program (SAP) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) environments
Experience developing security plans, program protection plans, Security Classification Guides, and OPSEC plans
Experience preparing briefings, reports, and SOPs, and conducting indoctrination training
Ability to coordinate across government, contractor, and external stakeholders, and lead teams in classified settings
Ability to lead multiple security efforts independently
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security Science and Technology, or Cybersecurity and 4+ years of experience in program protection, or Master’s degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security Science and Technology, or Cybersecurity and 2+ years of experience in program protection
Ability to obtain a Security Professional Education Development (SPeD) Certification within 12 months of start date

Nice To Haves

Ability to independently lead multiple security efforts simultaneously
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
TS/SCI clearance
SPeD Certification

Responsibilities

Evaluating vulnerabilities and dependencies
Translating identified risks into practical controls
Monitoring implementation throughout program activities
Maintaining a coherent view of threats, critical assets, and protective actions
Advising customers in making informed decisions
Ensuring that security considerations are embedded in technical and operational planning
Developing and maintaining program-protection plans, strategies, assessments, and supporting documentation
Identifying critical assets requiring coordinated protection
Assessing vulnerabilities and risks
Integrating protective requirements into various activities
Coordinating safeguards with government and technical stakeholders
Tracking implementation of protection measures
Preparing leadership briefings and recommendations
Evaluating changes in program activities or threat conditions to update protective strategies