Security Officer (Special Security Officer)

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer•Alexandria, VA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Administration, Office of National Security. The Security Officer serves as HUD’s technical authority for protecting Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and supporting the Department’s Special Access Program (SAP) and SCI security governance. The role provides security expertise and guidance to senior leaders, supports risk and compliance decisions, represents HUD in engagements with Intelligence Community and oversight partners, and helps modernize the Department’s classified security posture and intelligence infrastructure. The position is responsible for safeguarding SCI from unauthorized access or inadvertent disclosure in accordance with ICD 703, including ensuring that only authorized and indoctrinated personnel access SCI in properly accredited facilities and over approved networks. It manages HUD’s Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), including personnel access, SCIF events, indoctrinations and debriefings, courier cards, security incidents, and facility opening and closing procedures. The role also oversees ICD 705 accreditation and SCIF lifecycle requirements, and provides technical expertise on intrusion detection and access control systems during SCIF construction. The official duty station is Alexandria, Virginia. The position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance. The selectee must possess or obtain SSO certification within six months of entering on duty and must possess or obtain and maintain a Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM Senior Level Certificate) after entering on duty. The employee may need to work overtime or shift work and relocate to alternate facilities during a declared emergency. HUD offers alternative and flexible work schedules.

Requirements

U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance; applicants without a current clearance are ineligible for further consideration.
At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level, including developing, coordinating, and implementing security policies, plans, and procedures for classified and sensitive information and intelligence sources and methods; managing day-to-day SCIF and collateral-space operations, including compliance reviews and vulnerability identification; applying applicable laws, regulations, and standards, including ISC; and investigating potential security breaches, violations, unauthorized disclosures, credential abuse, or unauthorized access cases.
For the GS-14 level, meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at the GS-13 level, if applicable.
Current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.
Possess or obtain SSO certification within six months of entering on duty.
Possess or obtain and maintain a Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM Senior Level Certificate) after entering on duty.
Successfully complete a background investigation and maintain the required clearance.
Submit to a pre-appointment drug test and random drug testing while occupying the position.
Be able to work overtime or shift work as needed and relocate to alternate facilities during a declared emergency.
Complete federal employment suitability and identity verification requirements, including the Declaration for Federal Employment, PIV process, and Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
If a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify registration with the Selective Service System or exemption from registration.
Use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Responsibilities

Safeguard SCI from unauthorized access or inadvertent disclosure in accordance with ICD 703, ensuring access is limited to authorized and indoctrinated personnel in properly accredited facilities and over approved networks.
Apply tailored security criteria to protect classified information, materials, equipment, and processes.
Investigate and analyze unusual SCI security problems, questions, or conditions related to handling, processing, storing, or discussing SCI and national SCI programs.
Manage the lifecycle requirements of HUD’s SCIFs, including personnel access grants and removals, scheduling SCIF events, conducting SCI indoctrinations and debriefings, issuing SCI courier cards, remediating and investigating SCI security incidents, and ensuring SCIFs are opened and closed during normal and abnormal operations.
Oversee ICD 705 accreditation and lifecycle requirements for HUD’s SCIFs, including SOPs, emergency plans, fixed facility checklists, TEMPEST checklists when required, co-utilization agreements when required, CONOPS, construction security plans, alarm system testing and response documentation, and SCIF self-inspections.
Provide technical expertise on intrusion detection system and access control system requirements during SCIF construction.
Develop, coordinate, and implement security policies, plans, and procedures to safeguard classified and sensitive information and intelligence sources and methods.
Manage day-to-day SCIF and collateral-space operations, conduct compliance reviews, and identify security vulnerabilities.
Apply applicable laws, regulations, and standards, including ISC, to manage national security operations.
Investigate potential security breaches or violations, unauthorized disclosures, credential abuse, and unauthorized access cases.
Provide senior leaders guidance on security risk and compliance and translate complex security requirements into practical, mission-enabling decisions.
Lead enterprise-wide SCI and SAP governance and engage with Intelligence Community and oversight partners on SAP, SCIF, and classified program matters.
Work overtime or shift work as needed and relocate to alternate facilities during a Departmental or Federally declared emergency.