Senior DoD Security Program Lead

Sara’s Market & Bakery; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, disability &/

Paid time off (PTO)

Tuition & certification reimbursement

Flexible work schedules

Discretionary bonuses

401(k) match/profit sharing

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Job summary

Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc. (SARA) in Colorado Springs, CO seeks a Senior Security Manager to lead the DoD security program, ensuring compliance with government requirements and protecting classified information and facilities.

This role partners with IT, facilities, and program leadership to maintain robust security controls. The ideal candidate will bring deep DoD security knowledge, executive-level communication, and scalable program-building experience to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in security management, business, criminal justice, intelligence, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 10–12 years of progressive experience in DoD, federal, defense contractor, or industrial security environments.
• Experience leading enterprise or multi-program security organizations.
• Strong knowledge of DoD and federal security requirements and industrial security practices.
• Experience working with DCSA and supporting government security inspections or assessments.
• Experience administering personnel, physical, industrial, and information security programs.
• Strong executive communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.
• Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the company's DoD security program and associated policies, procedures, and controls.
• Establish security strategy, priorities, governance, and performance metrics for government programs.
• Ensure compliance with applicable DoD and federal security requirements, contractual security obligations, and company policies.
• Advise executive leadership on security risk, program requirements, and emerging threats.
• Develop and maintain security operating procedures, plans, and documentation.
• Establish insider-threat awareness program and reporting practices.
• Ensure classified information, systems, facilities, and processes are protected.
• Partner with IT, cybersecurity, facilities, and engineering teams to protect information.
• Oversee physical security requirements for controlled and classified spaces.
• Lead government security reviews, inspections, audits, and assessments.
• Identify security gaps and lead remediation activities.
• Maintain security records, plans, reports, and documentation.
• Develop security metrics and reporting for executives.

Skills

Executive communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

DoD security requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in security management / related field

Job description

Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc. (SARA) in Colorado Springs, CO seeks a Senior Security Manager to lead the DoD security program, ensuring compliance with government requirements and protecting classified information and facilities.

This role partners with IT, facilities, and program leadership to maintain robust security controls. The ideal candidate will bring deep DoD security knowledge, executive-level communication, and scalable program-building experience to support