Mid Special Security Technician

Athenix Solutions Group, LLC; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Athenix Special Missions is seeking a Mid Special Security Technician for Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The role oversees SCI security programs, provides guidance, and supports the SSO in ensuring access control and compliance with DI and DoD directives.

Candidate must hold an active TS/SCI clearance and have several years of experience in personnel, physical, information, and basic information assurance security disciplines.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance
• 4+ years full-time experience with SCI in security disciplines
• Ability to work independently in an operational environment and apply security principles
• Knowledge of ICD 704, ICD 705 and DoDM 5105.21 and DNI/DIA directives
• Ability to gather facts, analyze, plan actions, and solve security problems
• SAP is required

Responsibilities

• Maintain SCI directives, regulations, and guidelines to discharge SSO duties
• Ensure SCI is properly accounted for, transmitted, and safeguarded
• Ensure SCI is destroyed by authorized means
• Disseminate SCI only to authorized personnel with need-to-know
• Investigate SCI security infractions and prepare reports
• Maintain liaison with collateral security officials
• Conduct SCI security actions (personnel, information, physical, TEMPEST/TSCM)
• Provide SCI security trainings as required
• Perform SCI Personnel Security Program tasks (NDAs, eligibility requests)
• Certify and receive SCI visitor clearances/accesses
• Maintain JPAS to reflect personnel under security cognizance
• Process SCI position and eligibility requests
• Process derogatory information concerning SCI indoctrinated individuals
• Assist in physical security and SCIF compliance with ICD 705 and related directives
• Prepare and revise physical accreditation paperwork for SCIFs
• Ensure SCIF accreditation documents are available
• Ensure annual self-inspections of security program at SCIFs

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

4+ years SCI experience

Independent work

ICD/DoD directives knowledge

Analytical ability

SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

Description

Athenix Special Missions is seeking a Mid Special Security Technician in Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

ASM Quality Policy:

To meet or exceed our customers’ expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet our objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements

Position Title:

Mid Special Security Technician

Primary Location:

Joint Base Langley-Eustis

Must be a U.S citizen

Security Clearance:

Active DoD TS/SCI

**Please note that this position is contingent upon approval and funding**

Job Summary:

The SSO will perform the full range of security duties and assignments in support ACC Wing SCI security programs and will assist in the operation of the special security office and help to administer the SCI security program to include providing SCI security guidance for other local/tenant SCIFs. The candidate will interpret Director of National Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency and DoD directives and provide technical advice and guidance on SCI personnel, physical and information security standards. Candidates must already possess a TS/SCI in order to be considered. Assists the Special Security Officer (SSO) to ensure control of access to SCI and SCI facilities (SCIFs); certifying and receiving SCI visitor clearances / accesses; conducts SCI security briefings, indoctrinations, debriefings, training on classified material / SSO-related material and topics; obtains signed nondisclosure agreements; and provides guidance and assistance for processing SCI position and eligibility requests for assigned military, Government, and contractor personnel. Other duties may include but not limited to; audits of classified material; inspections of classified material storage facilities / SCIFs / containers; and, researching and preparing classified material-related policy and management recommendations, reports and recommendations.

Duties Include:

• Maintain applicable SCI directives, regulations, manuals, and guidelines to adequately discharge SSO duties and responsibilities.
• Ensure SCI is properly accounted for, controlled, transmitted, transported, packaged, and safeguarded.
• Ensure SCI is destroyed by authorized means.
• Ensure SCI is disseminated only to persons authorized access to the material and having an established need-to-know.
• Investigate SCI security infractions, making recommendations to the Chief SSO on site and preparing required reports.
• Maintain continuing liaison, with collateral security officials to ensure both security levels are mission accomplished.
• Conduct SCI personnel, information, physical and technical security (TEMPEST/Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) actions.
• Provide all security awareness trainings as required by regulations and requested by the COR.
• Perform all aspects of the SCI Personnel Security Program to include, nomination interviews, validation of SCI access requirements, submission of investigative requests, conduct SCI security briefings; obtain signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NdA) and Non-Disclosure Statement (NdS); and perform other related personnel security actions.
• Serve as the official channel for certifying and receiving SCI visitor clearances/accesses.
• Maintain the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) to accurately reflect all personnel under their organization.
• Provide guidance and assistance for processing SCI position and eligibility requests.
• Process all derogatory information concerning SCI indoctrinated individuals under their security cognizance and assist commanders and directors with establishment of Security Information Files.
• Assist in providing overall physical security and will ensure that all current and future SCI Facilities (SCIFs) comply with the physical security standards outlined in ICD 705 all other applicable directives and established policies.
• The contractor shall prepare and revise, as needed, all physical accreditation paperwork, to include the fixed facility checklists.
• Ensure appropriate accreditation documentation is available for each SCIF and under the organization's security cognizance.
• Ensure that each SCIF under their security cognizance conducts annual self-inspections of the security program.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance
• Must have minimum of 4 years full-time experience working with SCI in all security disciplines, but specifically in personnel, physical, information and basic information assurance.
• Ability to work independently in an operational environment so the contractor must possess knowledge of a full range of security principles, concepts, practices, products and services; methods for evaluating risk and vulnerability; implementing mitigating improvement; and disseminating security procedures/processes.
• Must have a thorough knowledge of Intelligence Community Directives (ICD) 704, ICD 705 and Technical Specifications and DoDM 5105.21, V1 thru V3 and working knowledge of other applicable Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and USAF directives and regulations.
• Must have the ability to gather facts and use effective analytical and evaluative methods to assess information, plan the sequence of actions necessary, make sound decisions and solve a variety of security problems.
• SAP is required.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.