Principal Industrial Security Representative

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Principle Industrial Security Representative to support a large-scale program in Reston, VA. 

We are looking for someone with a strong background in counterintelligence awareness and briefings, personnel security clearance processing, and experience managing the physical security requirements of SCIFs for a customer within the intelligence community.

The selected candidate will need to be well versed in NISPOM, Intelligence Community Directives and SEADs, a self-starter who can prioritize security actions, provide excellent communication to employees, management and government customer, and a result driven professional to handle security issues.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Maintain and manage program security requirements to include all customer compliance requirements 
• Provide security clearance processing, physical/industrial security, computer investigations, and security operations support.
• Prepare and disseminate security requirements, guidance, and procedures.
• Provide Clearance and SCI briefing/debriefing to employees.
• Ensure personnel are aware of the reporting responsibilities such as Foreign Contact, Foreign Travel and Outside Activities.
• Track Government contractor badge renewal submission.
• Receive, control and safeguard SCI and collateral information.
• Collaborate with members of the DoD, the IC and other officials as required to maintain knowledge and understanding of current security regulations.
• Monitor, update, and maintain appropriate records (e.g. database and hardcopy) of security actions.
• Coordinate information with internal and external security offices and divisions.
• Interpret security policy on matters pertaining to processing, dissemination, and controlling of classified materials.
• Monitor and manage security operations and provide status reports and recommendations.
• Create, manage, and execute Security Awareness and CI training programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external managers to ensure understanding of program operations.
• Draft or create security volumes for Request for Information or Proposals.
• Work closely with program manage team and government customer.
• Conduct foreign travel pre-post foreign travel briefings.
• Author CI briefings and provide counterintelligence updates.
• Conduct initial inquiries and write final reports related to security incidents and violations.
• Respond to after hour intrusion detection systems (during the week and on weekends).
• Maintain program security requirements to include; updating SOPs, maintaining personnel records via SIMs, updating and maintaining security education and awareness programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience in industrial / physical security. Additional years of relevant industrial security experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience delivering full range of security services including, but not limited to: All aspects of pre-screening hiring and onboarding new contractors, administering briefings/debriefings, security incident management, mentoring and instructing employees to ensure program and employee compliance with sponsor CI/Security regulations.
• Experience interpreting customer security policies and CI risk mitigation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience and ability to maintain program required Security documentation and to collaborate, coordinate, deconflict, and engage with various customer groups and a multi-cultural diverse workforce. 
• Experience managing and having oversight of large programs.
• Experience briefing multi-level audiences is a must.
• Advanced interpersonal and customer service skills as well as the ability to provide concise and compelling briefings to audiences of varied experience levels.
• Ability to make sound decisions and advise PMO and customer leadership on sensitive personnel and security related matters.
• Self-starter who has experience integrating with a customer security team and can independently perform program security duties with little supervision.
• Experience providing extended, direct and substantive guidance to employees working in high threat, austere, denied area and warzone environments.
• Working knowledge of operational security and CI issues.
• Diligent in obtaining, training, implementing, and documenting new and relevant CI and security information to support evolving customer needs.
• Well organized with a proven ability to prioritize, complete, and update customer and program leadership on all security concerns and coordinate resolutions.
• Manage SCIF Physical security requirements to include alarm response test, entry/exit bag checks, UL Certification Test, facility annual inspection and self-inspections.
• Familiarity with CT mission and overseas deployments.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with little supervision.
• Strong background utilizing Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Evaluate and interpret clearance decisions made by the government customer.
• Knowledge of multiple Security functional areas; physical, ComSec, personnel and information security.
• An understanding of security principles and government special security regulations (i.e. ICDs, NISPOM and SEADs).
• Top Secret//SCI with Polygraph clearance is required. Applicant selected must have and maintain government security clearance at the TS//SCI level with polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications:    

• Experience with leading or managing a team.
• Experience modifying or building SCIFs to ICD 705 technical specification requirements.
• FSO, CSO, ISP, SFPC or CSSO Security training/certificate(s).
• Demonstrated experience working with SIMS
• Demonstrated experience working with Scattered Castles.
• Demonstrated experience working with communications security.
   

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Original Posting:

May 18, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.