International Security Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Recognition program

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an International Security Specialist to oversee security planning for foreign participation, visits, and partner activities. The role develops procedures, tracking tools, and coordination packages to ensure safe collaboration across government and industry.

The candidate will assess security implications, lead in fast-paced classified environments, and travel up to 25%. A Secret clearance and a Bachelor's degree are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a multi-disciplined security program (includes SAP/SCIF environments)
• 10+ years with security protocols, badges, access
• 4+ years as a security professional
• Knowledge of AECA, FMS, Security Assistance policy
• Ability to coordinate across government, contractors, and stakeholders
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Secret clearance required
• Bachelor’s degree required
• SFPC/PSC certifications in Acquisition and Contracting Basics
• ISOC certification within 1 year of hire

Responsibilities

• Coordinate security planning for foreign participation, visits, meetings, and partner activities.
• Develop and maintain international-security procedures and tracking tools.
• Assess security implications of partner activities and recommend controls.
• Support reviews of multinational activities for compliant protections.
• Work independently in fast-paced classified environments.

Skills

Security program experience

Special Access Program experience

FMS and AECA knowledge

Interagency coordination

Briefings and reports

Travel up to 25%

Secret clearance

Bachelor’s degree

NISP/SFPC or PSC certification

ISOC readiness within 1 year

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

NISP Certification/ISOC

Job description

International Security Specialist

Maintain oversight for coordinating security planning for foreign participation, international visits, meetings, technical exchanges, and partner-facing activities. Develop and maintain international-security procedures, visit documentation, access records, coordination packages, and tracking tools. Monitor international-security actions and resolve coordination issues that could affect mission schedules or sensitive information. Assess security implications of proposed partner activities and recommend controls that enable authorized collaboration. Support reviews and assessments of multinational activities to confirm consistent application of approved protections. Work independently without considerable direction.

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience working in a multi-disciplined security program, including support to Special Access Program or Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
• 10+ years of experience with security protocols, including security checks, oversight of secure spaces, and visitor access and badging
• 4+ years of experience as a security professional
• Knowledge of U.S. International or Foreign Affairs objectives, the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes, international relations policy objectives within Security Assistance, and DoDM 5205.07 Volumes and Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705
• Ability to coordinate effectively across government, contractor, and external stakeholders, prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence, present verbal and written presentations to flag-officer or senior-level audiences, and lead a team in fast-paced classified environments
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• Acquisitions and Contracting Basics in the NISP Certification and Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) or the Physical Security Certification (PSC)
• Ability to obtain the Industrial Security Oversight Certification (ISOC) within 1 year of hire date
• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Nice If You Have:

• Experience leading teams in multicultural environments
• Experience with F-35 aviation operations and support
• Experience with administrative duties such as scheduling execution of security related meetings, conferences, and other events or activities
• Experience conducting risk management and risk analysis to evaluate security threats and vulnerabilities for each security discipline
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to provide recommendations and innovative solutions
• Ability to communicate and interact, in writing and verbally, with colleagues, counterparts, senior officials in various U.S. and foreign government military or civilian agencies, and representatives of various cultures with tact and diplomacy on all occasions
• Ability to demonstrate independent thinking and initiative, requiring minimal supervision

Compensation

• health
• life
• disability
• financial
• retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care
• Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,400.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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