SISG Position 3: Security Specialist, Skill Level 4 (NGA Washington DC)

Overall Assignment Description: Senior Security Specialist

Duties may include:

·        (U) Monitor and manage security programs and operations supported by providing status reports and recommendations for decisions.

·        (U) Assist, collaborate, and coordinate with other SIS offices and divisions (SISP, SISO, SISI, SISM, SISX, SISS, etc.).

·        (U) Develop solutions, and convey to internal and external customers.

·        (U) Provide agency level technical expertise concerning the identified security disciplines and operations support.

·        (U) Monitor security applications through the review and analysis of appropriate metrics and maintain required records.

·        (U) Prepare and disseminate security procedures/guidance.

·        (U) Provide guidance as required in implementing security requirements.

·        (U) Manage project milestones.

·        (U) Develop life cycle plans.

·        (U) Update and maintain appropriate records (e.g. database and hardcopy) of security actions.

·        (U) Conduct inspections and performs assistance visits, as required

·        (U) Liaise with members of the DoD, the IC and other officials as required to keep abreast of current personnel.

·        (U) Interpret security policy on matters pertaining to processing, dissemination, and controlling of classified materials.

·        (U) Receive, control and safeguard SCI and collateral information.

·        (U) Acts as liaison between NGA and other federal agencies and contractors.

·        (U) Risk management – conducts surveys and render impact statements or recommendations.

·        (U) Prepare and deliver briefings to internal and external customers. Prepares various forms of correspondence.

·        (U) Monitor and manage security operations and provide government with status reports and recommendations for decisions.

·        (U) Apply experience in supporting security concepts, principles and practices to analyze and resolve difficult and complex security issues.

·        (U) Provide security guidance to contractors using DoD and IC regulations and requirements, analyze complex data and make appropriate program recommendations.

·        (U) Investigate and prepare impact statements, and provide recommendations on security/security violations.

·        (U) Prepare SCI Controlled Access Programs (CAP’s), Special Access Programs (SAP), Alternative Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM) and other collateral materials for shipment to other agencies/sites IAW applicable security handling procedures.

·        (U) Prepare outgoing classified messages on employees/contractors visiting other government facilities.

·        (U) Provide technical security expertise in one or more of the following security disciplines: personnel, physical/industrial, computer investigations, and operations.

·        (U) Utilize security concepts, principles and practices to analyze and resolve difficult and complex security issues.

·        (U) Monitor security applications through the review and analysis of appropriate metrics.

·        (U) Develop the required program/operation to support tasks/requirements.

·        (U) Access to Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information (CNWDI) to be eligible to indoctrinate/debrief their customers in support of NGA’s GEOINT mission.

·        (U) Access to Restricted Data (RD) to be eligible to indoctrinate/debrief their customers in support of NGA’s GEOINT mission.

·        (U) Manage Foreign Government Information (FGI) as required for Security Officer support to meet NGA’s GEOINT mission.

·        (U) Obtain Access to Special Access Program (SAP), Control Access Program (CAP) and/or Alternate Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM) Information as required for the execution of NGA’s sensitive program mission (SISS).

·        (U) Assist the Directorate stakeholders in implementing appropriate classification management efforts (at the Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI) and collateral levels) by providing approved classified guidance, release procedures, and marking criteria.

·        (U) Share knowledge and experience to facilitate effective practices and increase staff awareness of best practices.

·        (U) Provide timely classification management expertise to resolve complex classification management issues.

·        (U) Maintained personal classification expertise through collaboration with ODNI and IC classification management communities.

·        (U) Develop innovative techniques to implement training and compliance with established classification management policies.

·        (U) Participate in related training, informational briefings, and assist in responding to related agency taskers.

·        (U) Skills and Experience:

Required:

·        (U) Demonstrate 10 experience applying Executive Orders 12333,13526 and 13556, Intelligence Community Directives (ICD) 703 & 710 and DoD Manual 5200.01 standards to classified national security information, controlled unclassified information, and information security.

·        (U) Demonstrate experience applying the requirements of the most recent edition of the Intelligence Community Markings System Register and Manual.

Desired:

·        (U) 8 years demonstrate experience in briefing and communicating with customers with effective written and oral communication skills.

·        (U) Possess Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC)