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Credence

Federal government management, engineering, technology solutions

Journeyman Security Services Support F-16 WAM

Security Governance, Risk & ComplianceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeDayton, OH, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Must have an active or current Secret clearance; a Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility, verifiable in the Defense Information System for Security, is preferred.
  • A bachelor's or master's degree in a related field and at least three years of experience in the respective technical or professional discipline, including three years in the Department of Defense; alternatively, seven years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, including five years in the Department of Defense.
  • Recommended: Level 1 certification in the Defense Security Service Security Professional Education Development Program, or current Defense Security Service training pertaining to information, personnel, industrial, and physical security programs.

Responsibilities

  • Provide security management, analytical, technical, and support services for programs managed by the Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, directorates, divisions, and specific programs.
  • Serve as a customer focal point for security, analyze security procedures, and coordinate or recommend solutions for security deficiencies with the assigned government security task lead.
  • Support implementation of information, personnel, and industrial security programs to protect classified material in accordance with applicable Department of Defense, Air Force, command, directorate, division, and program directives.
  • Assist with implementing resource protection, force protection, and anti-terrorism programs in accordance with applicable security policies and instructions.
  • Assist personnel with personnel security investigation paperwork, review packages for accuracy, and track personnel security clearances.
  • Assist in developing security requirements for contractual commitments and coordinate DoD Form 254, DoD Contract Security Classification Specification.
  • Assist in managing and administering a Special Access Program Facility, including submitting Program Access Requests, obtaining and maintaining accreditation, and managing the self-inspection program in accordance with applicable guidance.
  • Maintain, account for, and destroy Communications Security material.
  • Conduct technical evaluations of automated information systems and electronic equipment with electronic storage capabilities or that process classified or Special Access Required information.
  • Evaluate automated information system Standard Practice Procedures.
  • Assist in managing special access program administrative duties, including submitting Program Access Requests, maintaining accreditation, and managing the self-inspection program.
  • Maintain an appropriately classified computerized database of government and Department of Defense personnel with access to Special Access Required programs as identified by task orders.
  • Perform administrative tasks supporting security functions and document program security methods and decisions using analytical writing skills.
  • Perform end-of-day safety and security checks for assigned facilities and comply with applicable Air Force instructions and Visitor Group Security Agreement requirements.
  • Open, secure, and alarm secure rooms and vaults at the beginning and end of each duty day, including after 1800 hours, and respond to alarms during non-duty hours when U.S. government personnel are unavailable.
  • Develop and document recommended program protection and system security input for Statements of Objectives, Statements of Work, Performance Work Statements, requests for proposals, and Contract Data Requirements Lists.
  • Identify security issues and recommend changes to applicable Department of Defense, Air Force, command, directorate, division, and program security policies and instructions for consideration by the government security lead.
  • Analyze procedures for handling, controlling, storing, and disposing of classified or critical weapon-system hardware, including installed components.
  • Develop program-specific system security requirements.
  • Advise security working groups and other security-related integrated product teams in preparing program security standards, meeting minutes, and action documentation.
  • Assist with translating Department of Defense and Air Force policy into design-to and test-to specifications and translating system security engineering requirements into functional requirements.
  • Assist with system security assessments to ensure appropriate early emphasis on system security management.
  • Provide advisory and draft documentation support for developing a System Security Concept of Operation based on threat definitions, vulnerability analyses, and existing security systems and measures, including mission tasks, operational system specifications, security resource requirements, threat environment, protection of critical program information, employment issues, and labor costs.
  • Plan, design, review, analyze, and report on tailored security plans protecting systems during testing and evaluation, and recommend changes to security test procedures.
  • Review program threats and conduct vulnerability analyses to define security functional requirements for protecting systems against overt and covert ground-initiated attacks; recommend physical security countermeasures, electronic and mechanical detection devices on weapon systems, and other corrective actions.
  • Review conceptual studies, program reports, system data, and other source documentation to establish basic system security requirements.
  • Continuously analyze weapon-system security planning and physical security standards and report discrete areas of concern.
  • Integrate flexible, cost-effective, threat-based security processes, plans, and procedures to protect weapon systems throughout their lifecycle, from pre-Milestone A through demilitarization.
  • Integrate U.S. export and technology-control laws, Department of Defense and Air Force policies and instructions, and other applicable guidance into program protection planning.
  • Identify critical program information and conduct criticality analyses, assess program threats, analyze system vulnerabilities, and recommend cost-effective security countermeasures aligned with security objectives and overall system design and program strategy.
  • Assist the engineering function and provide expertise on the authority-to-operate process to support protection of critical program information and route associated documents through appropriate channels for executive-agent approval.
  • Advise on security and administrative procedures for handling critical program information and critical components, from unclassified material through Top Secret, Special Access, and Sensitive Compartmented Information.
  • Assist in creating and maintaining an operations security program or plan to protect critical information and recommend actions to the government security lead to ensure program compliance.
  • Assess, monitor, and review trade studies balancing program security risks with program costs, and help design cost-effective approaches for integrating security requirements into weapon-system contracts.
  • Develop and maintain time-phased, event-driven Security Classification Guides, Program Security Directives, Technology Assessment and Control Plans, and Program Protection Plans with associated annexes, as required.
  • Analyze the adequacy of prime and subcontractor program protection planning and report discrete areas of concern.
  • Conduct technical evaluations of automated information systems and other electronic equipment that store or process classified or Special Access Required information; evaluate procedures, report vulnerabilities and associated security risks, and assess compliance with applicable Department of Defense, Air Force, and local requirements.
  • Conduct on-site security evaluations at program offices, review weapon-system prime security survey reports, evaluate security procedures and operations, and provide technical security recommendations to the review team lead.
  • Travel within the continental United States to support security requirements and conduct overseas security site surveys and secure-storage evaluations at foreign military sales customer installations and facilities.
  • Provide guidance and assistance to meet National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual and Department of Defense requirements in preparation for Defense Technology Security Administration certification.
  • Support testing and analysis of systems in classified program areas, including Top Secret, Special Access, and Sensitive Compartmented Information facilities; recommend corrective actions and analyze system vulnerabilities, possible tampering, and an intruder's ability to compromise systems.
  • Apply experience and expertise to analyze broad system security issues common across Air Force Life Cycle Management Center programs.
  • Perform administrative tasks supporting security operational functions.
  • Provide security-related technical assistance to Air Force Life Cycle Management Center organizations, groups, and committees for briefings and conferences.

Desired Qualifications

  • Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility, verifiable in the Defense Information System for Security.
  • Level 1 certification in the Defense Security Service Security Professional Education Development Program, or current Defense Security Service training pertaining to information, personnel, industrial, and physical security programs.

About the Company

Credence

Federal government management, engineering, technology solutions

Credence provides management, engineering, and technology solutions to the Federal Government, focusing on helping government programs that are complex and technical. Its work is delivered through an independent and objective approach, acting as a trusted partner to customers and teaming partners to achieve mission goals. The company differentiates itself through a track record of recognition in the government contracting space, a culture that emphasizes employee empowerment and a values framework of Trust, Partnership, and Success, and a commitment to delivering measurable outcomes for clients. Credence aims to support government missions by providing high-quality services that ensure project success, while also giving back to the community through charitable involvement and volunteerism.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Vienna, VA
Founded
2005

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