Sr Specialist, Industrial Security

L3Harris•San Diego, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) will support the Facility as the primary point of contact for all Special Access Programs (SAP) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) initiatives. Able to brief all levels of leadership, internal and external customers, vendors, subcontractors, and consultants to provide onsite support to the site’s security program. Looking for someone with the ability to work autonomously on complex assignments, while resolving issues. In addition to CPSO duties, this role will have additional duties providing support for data transfers, document control, and classified inventories for many programs. The CPSO will assist in managing sensitive information, safeguarding, tracking and auditing of all classified material. Identify process gaps and work with the Facility Security Officer and other cross functional departments to initiate process improvement. This position will support many of the current classified contracts requiring backup security personnel for industrial security.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI w/ SAP clearance.
Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience; or 2 years post-secondary/associate degree with 4 years of prior experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
Must be a US Citizen.
Must be able to obtain a US security clearance as a job required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Scattered Castles, Talon, JADE.
Experience with COMSEC accounts and KMI systems.
Experience with classified construction projects and certifying process.
Knowledge of CUI, ITAR, EAR and export control regulations.
Familiarity with security management systems such as DISS, NISS, NBIS, eAPP, SIMS, SWFT.
Experience supporting COMSEC, Physical Security, Information Assurance; Document control.

Responsibilities

Ensure program compliance with DoD and Intelligence Community security directives.
Assist with new construction projects for classified areas and certification process.
Improve or create processes to achieve impactful enhancements to security operations.
Responsible for security projects requiring problem solving skills and innovative solutions.
Conduct security reviews, self-inspections, and internal audits.
Develop and create corrective action plans (CAPS) and procedures using ICD 705 standards.
Understand how to identify process or policy gaps and help create solutions.
Strong knowledge of processing personnel security clearances, verifying visitor eligibility, and handling visit requests.
Assist with document control; maintaining accountability of classified material, including storage, transmission, reproduction, destruction, and performing spot checks on safes.
Coordinate security education, briefing, debriefings, remedial training.
Document security infractions, violations, conducting investigations, drafting incident reports.
Serve as liaison between program personnel and security department.
Strong knowledge of contracts, contract close out process and writing DD254s.
Participate as a team member in the local Crisis Management team, site leadership, insider threat local counsel and safety committee.