Secure Facilities Technical Design - Mission Critical & Secure Facilities

AECOM•Cleveland, OH

About The Position

AECOM is seeking an experienced Secure Facilities Technical Design professional to support its national Mission Critical and Secure Facilities practice. The role provides technical leadership for the design and execution of secure and classified facilities for U.S. Federal, Department of War, and Intelligence Community clients. It focuses on implementing ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, Open Storage Secret (OSS), TEMPEST, and related security requirements in coordinated, constructible architectural and engineering solutions, construction documents, specifications, and technical details. The successful candidate will serve as a technical liaison between government security stakeholders and multidisciplinary project teams. They will integrate physical and technical security requirements with architectural, engineering, telecommunications, audiovisual, electronic security, and other building systems. The position supports projects in CONUS and OCONUS locations and includes design, coordination, construction-phase support, accreditation or certification support, standards development, and proposal assistance. The position is a current vacancy that AECOM intends to fill by January 15, 2027. Newly hired employees must attend in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to pass drug and background checks for work on federal grounds, military installations, and school grounds.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Architecture or a related building design or technical discipline, and 10 or more years of professional experience, including two years of leadership; significant experience with federal secure, classified, or mission-critical facilities is required, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Professional registration appropriate to the candidate's discipline, such as Registered Architect (RA), or a comparable professional credential.
Demonstrated experience interpreting and implementing ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST, and related secure facility requirements.
Ability to translate security requirements into construction drawings, specifications, technical details, and multidisciplinary design solutions.
Knowledge of secure perimeter construction and RF/TEMPEST mitigation techniques, including penetrations, shielding, non-conductive breaks, waveguide-below-cutoff protection, and power or signal filtering.
Strong understanding of multidisciplinary building systems and their interaction with physical and technical security requirements.
Experience with secure facility assessments, technical design reviews, and construction-phase support.
Strong technical leadership, coordination, written communication, and presentation skills.
Ability and willingness to travel periodically in support of CONUS and OCONUS projects.
Ability to pass drug and background checks to work on federal grounds, military installations, and school grounds.
U.S. citizenship, required due to federal contract and security requirements.

Nice To Haves

15 or more years of professional experience, including 5 or more years focused on SCIF, SAPF, TEMPEST, OSS, or comparable secure or classified facilities.
Advanced experience with the design, documentation, construction, inspection, and accreditation or certification of secure facilities.
Completion of recognized training related to ICD 705, SCIF/SAPF design and construction, TEMPEST, RF shielding, or related secure facility criteria.
Experience working directly with SSMs, SSOs, CTTAs, Accrediting Officials, and other government security authorities.
Experience developing secure facility standards, specifications, standard details, design guides, or quality-control procedures.
Experience supporting secure facility projects in both CONUS and OCONUS locations.
Experience with Autodesk Revit and BIM-based multidisciplinary coordination.
Active U.S. Government security clearance, or demonstrated ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical lead for secure facility design and execution, interpreting and applying ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST, and related security criteria.
Translate security requirements into coordinated design criteria, construction documents, specifications, technical details, and constructible solutions.
Lead multidisciplinary coordination with architects, engineers, technology and security specialists, contractors, and government stakeholders, including SSMs, SSOs, CTTAs, and Accrediting Officials.
Develop and review technical solutions for secure perimeter construction, doors and openings, penetrations, acoustic protection, access control, intrusion detection, and other physical security requirements.
Coordinate TEMPEST and RF mitigation strategies, including RF shielding, non-conductive breaks, waveguide-below-cutoff penetrations, power and signal filtering, grounding and bonding, and related countermeasures.
Conduct existing-condition surveys, facility assessments, and feasibility studies for new construction, renovation, conversion, and upgrades of secure environments.
Perform technical design, interdisciplinary coordination, quality-control, and constructability reviews to ensure security requirements are incorporated into project documentation.
Provide construction-phase technical support, including review of submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, field conditions, inspections, and testing; resolve security-related issues; and support accreditation or certification and project closeout as applicable.
Support development and implementation of secure facility standards, specifications, details, tools, and best practices, while maintaining awareness of evolving government security criteria.
Support proposal development, technical approaches, scopes of work, and strategic growth opportunities for the Mission Critical and Secure Facilities practice.