Security Specialist I (Access & Visitor Control)

Armada•Newport, RI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Security Specialist I performs Visitor and Access Control (VAC) services at NUWCDIVNPT in Newport, Rhode Island, and carries out Site Security Manager and Verifying Official duties. Visitor control services are provided Monday through Friday during normal business hours, 0700–1530. The role processes visitor requests and access forms, operates visitor and access-control databases, supports the Visitor Control Center, and manages check-in and return of visitor identification items. The Government estimates approximately 15,000 visitor requests and 5,000 SECNAV 5512/1 submissions annually, as well as 20,000 personnel and visitor check-ins.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
Experience, education, or training demonstrating the ability to follow directions and read, understand, and retain instructions, regulations, and procedures.
Demonstrated ability or endorsements indicating the ability to learn and perform the position's duties.
Knowledge of security classification methods and concepts, eligibility for access to classified or sensitive information, and processes for granting personnel security clearances and access.
Knowledge of commonly applied security principles, concepts, and methodologies for information, personnel, and physical security programs related to protection of SCI.
Knowledge of methods for conducting inspections and investigations and collecting and analyzing information.
Skill in weighing factors such as personnel qualifications, building construction characteristics, access and entry restrictions, and equipment availability when resolving security questions and issues.
Ability to successfully pass a background check and pre-employment drug testing.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

Monitor facsimile, the electronic inbox, and DISS or its replacement system for incoming visitor requests; review requests for completeness and notify requestors of discrepancies.
Enter complete visit-request information into the CCICO system.
Review SECNAV 5512/1 forms for completeness, notify requestors of discrepancies, and forward complete forms to the Naval Station Newport Pass and Identification Office.
Record adjudication results in the Visitor Control Database and notify the requestor's sponsor.
Provide Visitor Control Center access services, including verifying identities, issuing visitor badges, and briefing visitors on prohibited-items regulations.
Update the Lenel database to reflect access-control changes for designated spaces.
Collect returned ID cards, badges, and passes and update CCICO to record returned items.
Check in and record personnel and visitors entering NUWCDIVNPT Building 80, verifying that visitors meet access requirements.
Manage user administration and user security, monitor CAC cardstock and consumables, verify policy and procedure compliance, and maintain site administration and security information, including RAPIDS Site Locator address information.
Verify and monitor documentation and training compliance, install new hardware components, validate identities when fingerprints cannot be captured, document identification-document overrides, and use the automated card management system.
Serve as the primary individual responsible for issuing CAC and ID cards while protecting the privacy and confidentiality of data displayed on the RAPIDS terminal.
Verify and scan source documents for adding and updating sponsors and family members; verify card-recipient identity as required before entering applicant data in RAPIDS.
Review and scan documents establishing benefit or ID-card eligibility before entering data into DEERS or issuing ID cards.
Suspend commissary, exchange, or MWR privileges as necessary.
Use the RAPIDS workstation to issue CACs and PKI certificates; update DEERS to reflect personnel-category changes and terminate CACs and revoke certificates when requested by authorized sources.
Generate and scan DD Form 1172-2.
Provide a monthly report of CAC issuance totals, including Government and contractor CACs and military ID cards if issued (CDRL B001).
Perform other duties as assigned.