Full-Time

TSCM/IPMS Technician

Posted on 11/21/2024

Parsons

Parsons

Senior

Springfield, VA, USA

US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
Cybersecurity
IT & Security
Requirements
  • Shall possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • 10+ years related experience, of which at least 5 of those years include federal TSCM experience.
  • Shall have experience operating an automated campus-wide IPMS system; experience with RF theory and RF direction-finding.
  • Shall have an Interagency Training Center (ITC) TSCM Certification and complete at least 40 hours of discipline-specific development or refresher training every fiscal year.
  • Shall possess TSCM Cyber certification (TSCM Fundamentals graduation will suffice, with an expectation for 'TSCM for Information Systems' (ITC) or equivalent).
  • Shall possess A +, Network +, and Sec + Certifications in accordance with DoD 8140 requirements.
  • Shall have telephone security experience (i.e. with Telephone Security Group (TSG) requirements).
  • Shall have RF Engineering background, and be a credentialed graduate of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy.
Responsibilities
  • Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair the garrison IPMS, resolve and coordinate IPMS anomalies with garrison TSCM personnel.
  • Research and investigate new or improved industry practices and tradecraft for application to the above agency programs/operations.
  • Review after action and investigative reports to determine if changes or corrective action is required and develop new or modified administrative program policies, regulations, goals, or objectives, and complete and maintain IPMS projects according to time-tables established internally.
  • Conduct Daily IPMS activities including performing daily tactical analysis according to procedure guide and established timeframes, performing strategic analysis according to procedure guide and within established timeframes, performing daily, monthly and annual operations and maintenance tasks according to established policies and timeframes, troubleshooting and repairing system malfunctions and reporting findings/status to customer.
  • Perform Radio Frequency signal of interest searches including assessing and locating signals of interest discovered during surveys, system notification and IPMS operations, collaborating with appropriate entities to develop wireless security systems, identifying potential enterprise and tactical wireless security systems, developing, updating and maintaining wireless security concept of operations, and identifying potential opportunities for partnership across the Agency for wireless security concerns.
  • Recommend and provide guidance for Agency security elements including providing recommendations and guidance for new process and systems, assisting in determining best practices related to IPMS and wireless efforts, ensuring IPMS technicians understand and comply with IPMS regulations, ensuring the reporting, and reporting of IPMS issues discovered during the conduct of IPMS operations, providing recommendations and guidance for NGA facilities under construction, analyzing complex physical and technical security issues and providing cost-effective recommendations that meet policy requirements, ensuring NGA compliance with ICD 705, Physical Security Standards for SCIFs, and DoD standards for collateral areas, identifying physical and acoustical security deficiencies and developing corrective actions to mitigate the identified deficiencies, coordinating the actions of teams, projects, and/or initiatives that cover the entire spectrum of the mission of Technical Operations Branch and the TSCM mission, providing input on financial budgeting criteria and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions, conducting IPMS operations consistent with National and DoD policies governing the employment of TSCM tactics, techniques, and procedures, ensuring all personnel assigned to the IPMS mission are trained in accordance with National standards for the conduct of TSCM operations, generating finished correspondence, documents, briefing materials, spreadsheets and threat reports in accordance with NGA guidelines, preparing specialized technical risk assessment products, TSCM reports of inquiry, after action reports, tailored briefings, and other administrative communication necessary to support the CI mission, providing technical advice and assistance as it relates to CI and TSCM, and assisting Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority (CTTA) with technical security plans, policy and execution; assessing electronic processing equipment for security vulnerabilities.

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