Security System Administrator (5708)

SMX; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

SMX is seeking a detail oriented security IT systems administrator to support the Army Special Programs Directorate (ASPD) in a secure environment. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to create, review, and brief repeatable frameworks and analyses focused on identifying vulnerabilities and mitigating risks.

The role includes access control, SAP security meeting support, security education, and documentation updates.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented professional to run security processes end-to-end and identify gaps.
• Ability to pull together security reports and briefings for senior review.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience with SAPCO and security operations.
• TS/SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Manage visitor and resident access control and badging.
• Support processing Program Access requests.
• Deliver security education and training for employees.
• Coordinate SAP security meetings, agendas, minutes, and VTC operations.
• Create, implement, refine, and disseminate mixed-method frameworks.
• Update documentation (policies, guides) to achieve outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and training across project lifecycle.
• Liaise with subject matter experts across mission fields.
• Advise client leadership and cross-organizational management.
• Perform security and office management duties.
• Assist the Facility Security Officer with audits and documentation.
• Coordinate with building tenants for the property book.

Skills

Security processes

Briefings & reports

Stakeholder mgmt

Customer service

SAPCO experience

Team leadership

TS/SCI clearance

CompTIA Security+

On-site support

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

PMI PMP certification

Job description

SMX is seeking a detail oriented and diligent security information technology system administrator to provide comprehensive support to Army Special Programs Directorate (ASPD). The ideal candidate would be comfortable with executing the processes for various aspects of Information Technology Management in a secure environment. The ideal candidate should also be comfortable working with a multi-disciplinary team to create, author, and brief repeatable frameworks and analyses focused on providing insights into potential vulnerabilities, stakeholder requirements, and necessary evolutions to a client’s portfolio with the goal of identifying, understanding, and mitigating different types of risks. They should understand the fundamental security concepts, risk management, and network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset, willing to own the processes and projects for which they have responsibility, understand the context in which they operate, and advocate for improvements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The candidate will assist the team by providing comprehensive support in all aspects of physical security and program management to include:

• Managing visitor and resident access control and badging
• Providing administrative/business process support for processing Program Access requests
• Delivering applicable security education and training for employees
• Providing technical and planning support for Special Access Program (SAP) security meetings and other events, including coordination of the meetings, visit access requests, drafting meeting agendas, slide decks and talking points. It will also include setup, attendance tracking, operation of VTC equipment, taking meeting notes, recording tracking action items, finalizing and distributing minutes
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to help create, implement, refine, and disseminate mixed-method frameworks and approaches
• Update or create required documentation (e.g., policies, security classification guides) to achieve outcomes
• Independently facilitate workshops, meetings, and training across the lifecycle of a project
• Serve as a liaison to subject matter experts across highly diverse mission fields
• Provide advice and recommendations to client leadership and other cross-organizational management
• Perform security and office management administrative duties
• Assist the Facility Security Officer (FSO) with security audits, inspections, and the maintenance of required documentation.
• Maintain property book and coordinate with other building tenets

Required Skills/Experience

• Extremely detail oriented. They will need to run security processes end-to-end, noting key details, extracting next tasks, and identifying gaps in datasets
• Able to work independently to pull together security reports and briefings along with other deliverables, drawing from disparate meetings, emails, documents, etc. The deliverables they produce will be expected to go directly for senior review
• Customer service oriented and an excellent communicator in multiple formats (writing, verbal, etc)
• Demonstrated stakeholder management experience
• Able to manage work orders and subordinate staff
• Task leadership experience
• 1+ years of experience working with SAPCO – Army SAPCO ideal
• CompTIA Security+ or higher certification
• TS/SCI clearance
• Requires full-time on-site support

Desired Skills & Experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Knowledge of secure business operational activities
• Bachelor’s degree or higher

The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

The proposed salary for this position is:

$93,700—$156,200 USD

At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.

Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.

SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).