Staff Officer SME III - OPSEC

Sancorp Consulting LLC•Arlington, VA
•$75,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

SANCORP is seeking a Staff Officer III Expertise on DoD coordination to support the Office within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)) and its directorates. This role requires providing daily operational support, in-depth strategic expertise for the development of operations security (OPSEC) policies, processes, and advisory services. The position involves supporting oversight and advocacy of OPSEC Programs, contributing to policy development, strategy, and compliance meetings, and developing methods to evaluate OPSEC effectiveness. The Staff Officer III will also review OPSEC training curriculum, represent the OPSEC Division at key meetings, and manage coordination of DoD Component and interagency actions. Expertise in DoD OPSEC policy is needed to analyze and assess requests for support, and to support the implementation and assessment of DoD OPSEC Program standards and compliance.

Requirements

  • Five (5) years of experience providing operational support, offering in-depth strategic expertise for the development of operations security (OPSEC) policies, processes, and advisory services.
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • TS/SCI Eligible
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

  • DoD coordination expertise

Responsibilities

  • Provide daily operational support, offering in-depth strategic expertise for the development of operations security (OPSEC) policies, processes, and advisory services.
  • Support the oversight and advocacy of OPSEC Programs.
  • Provide input to briefings, staff summary sheets, information memorandums, action memorandums, and OPSEC Reports in accordance with DoDM 5110.01, Vol 1, “Manual for Written Material: Correspondence Management.”
  • Participate and contribute to policy development, strategy, and compliance meetings relevant to OPSEC.
  • Develop methods to provide oversight to generate data to evaluate OPSEC assess effectiveness.
  • Periodically review OPSEC training curriculum designed for OPSEC practitioners to ensure the minimum relevant OPSEC training requirements are being met.
  • Represent the OPSEC Division at key OSD and interagency- level meetings, prepare briefs and presentations, and solicit of input from OUSD(I&S) staff personnel for read-ahead/background information and point papers.
  • Initiate and closely manage the coordination and collaboration of DoD Component and interagency actions to facilitate DoD decisions on requests for DoD OPSEC support.
  • Apply expertise in DoD OPSEC policy needed to analyze and assess requests for DoD OPSEC policy support that meets the criteria DoD Directive 5205.02.
  • Support implementation of DoD OPSEC Program standards and assessment criteria.
  • Support DoD OPSEC Program compliance and staff assistance program implementation.
  • Support execution of the DoD OPSEC Program assessment framework and periodic DoD OPSEC Program status reports.
  • Support identification, documentation,

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401K
  • Holidays
  • performance bonuses
  • sign-on incentives
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