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AMERICAN SYSTEMS

IT and engineering services for government

Security Specialist - International

Security Governance, Risk & ComplianceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeArlington County, Arlington, VA, USA$110.5k - $184.6k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A master's degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience, or a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and 14 years of directly related work experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of DoDM 5205.07 volumes and Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705.
  • Experience supporting Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments.
  • Ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast-paced classified environments.
  • Active Secret clearance and ability to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate security requirements associated with foreign participation, international visits, partner engagement, and classified activities in multinational environments.
  • Apply access, facility, information-protection, and compartmented-environment controls while enabling authorized collaboration with external partners.
  • Work across Government, contractor, disclosure, export, visitor-control, and operational stakeholders to plan engagements, document requirements, resolve issues, and protect sensitive information throughout international interactions.
  • Integrate international mission needs with disciplined security procedures to support effective partner activity without weakening need-to-know, releasability, access, or secure-facility protections.
  • Maintain records and guidance needed for consistent execution across recurring and high-visibility international events.
  • Coordinate security planning for foreign participation, international visits, meetings, technical exchanges, and partner-facing activities.
  • Apply access, need-to-know, releasability, escort, and secure-environment requirements to international engagements.
  • Integrate actions with foreign-disclosure, export-compliance, visitor-control, physical-security, and operational stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain international-security procedures, visit documentation, access records, coordination packages, and tracking tools.
  • Assess security implications of proposed partner activities and recommend controls that enable authorized collaboration.
  • Brief Government and contractor stakeholders on protection requirements, responsibilities, restrictions, and approved procedures.
  • Monitor international-security actions and resolve coordination issues that could affect mission schedules or sensitive information.
  • Support reviews and assessments of multinational activities to confirm consistent application of approved protections.

About the Company

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

IT and engineering services for government

AMERICAN SYSTEMS delivers information technology and engineering services to U.S. government clients as an employee-owned government contractor. It focuses on IT and enterprise services, software development, and systems engineering, with offerings such as legacy systems migration, mobile app development, and user experience design. The company operates primarily for federal agencies, including the Intelligence Community, by winning government contracts to support national security initiatives and mission-critical programs. Its employee-owned structure aligns workforce interests with company success, differentiating it from typical contractor firms by giving employees a stake in outcomes and accountability in delivering technical and engineering solutions to national security and IT needs.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
1975

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