Program Security Officer (Hiring Event)

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency • Springfield, VA

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About The Position

Program Security Officers serve as multidisciplinary security specialists and advisors, providing situational and program-level end-to-end guidance and consultation across personnel, information, physical, industrial, and operational security. They conduct ongoing programmatic security analyses to evaluate protection and integration.

The Special Program Division manages the operation, execution, administration, and oversight of the TALENT KEYHOLE (TK) Control and Geospatial-Intelligence Controlled Access Programs (GEOCAPs). The GEOCAP Program Security Officer conducts day-to-day business operations and administration for NGA's GEOCAPs. The role develops and implements security policy, leads short-term projects, conducts community outreach, and collaborates with GEOCAP Control Officers across the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The officer provides security guidance to GEOCAP Program Managers, senior leaders, and mission partners on compartmented GEOINT activities.

The position includes conducting annual staff assistance visits with Control Officers to ensure GEOCAP security processes and procedures comply with applicable IC and NGA policies and regulations. The officer also manages security requirements, including annual training, site accreditations, access requests, and input to the ODNI annual TK report. The position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service. Employees are assigned to pay bands, with base salary established according to qualifications; annual performance evaluations inform potential salary increases and/or bonuses.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to SCI.
• Must undergo a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination and may be subject to periodic random examinations to maintain access.
• Must comply with annual Security Financial Disclosure Report (SF-714) requirements if under NGA cognizance with SCI access.
• Experience developing and/or implementing security policies and procedures for protecting Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
• Demonstrated experience communicating proficiently through writing and presenting security and/or indoctrination briefings to large audiences and/or senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience and/or knowledge of at least one primary security discipline: Physical Security, Operational Security, Personnel Security, Classification Management, or Industrial Security.
• Knowledge of policies and procedures governing special programs, including Executive Orders 12333 and 13526 and Intelligence Community Directives 503, 704, 705, 710, and 906.
• Experience with and/or knowledge of security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and mitigation or risk analysis through security site surveys and/or inspections.
• Meet the education and experience requirement through one of the listed pathways: a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; at least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in a listed area plus relevant experience totaling four years; or at least four years of relevant experience advising on program security policies, security investigative requirements, procedures for adverse security determinations, or analyzing program security information.
• Obtain DoD Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) or Special Programs Security Certification (SPSC) as directed by management.
• Complete the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's Special Access Program training as directed by management.
• Meet NGA fitness-for-employment standards; designated or random drug testing is required.
• Must use direct deposit and serve a trial period during which fitness and whether continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

Nice To Haves

• Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC).
• Experience using critical thinking techniques, employing change management principles, and facilitating training for small groups and management.
• Experience as a CAP/SAP Security Officer, Program Security Officer, Special Security Officer, and/or CAP/SAP Program Manager.
• A four-year degree from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ongoing programmatic security analyses to evaluate protection and integration.
• Conduct day-to-day business operations and administration of NGA's GEOCAPs.
• Develop and implement security policy.
• Lead short-term projects and engage in community outreach.
• Collaborate with assigned GEOCAP Control Officers across the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.
• Provide security guidance to GEOCAP Program Managers, senior leadership, and mission partners regarding compartmented GEOINT activities.
• Conduct annual staff assistance visits with Control Officers to ensure GEOCAP security processes and procedures comply with applicable IC and NGA policies and regulations.
• Manage security requirements, including annual training, site accreditations, access requests, and input to ODNI's annual TK report.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time