Technical Lead — Secure Facilities & Mission Critical

AECOM; Ohio; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

AD&D

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Leaves of absences

Voluntary benefits

Flexible work options

Well-being resources

Employee assistance program

Business travel insurance

Service recognition awards

Retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

AECOM seeks an experienced Secure Facilities Technical Design professional to lead architectural and engineering design for federal secure facilities, translating ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST requirements into constructible solutions across CONUS and OCONUS locations.

The role demands strong multidisciplinary coordination, technical leadership, and the ability to support accreditation, review submittals, and field issues while maintaining security criteria throughout project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or a related building design or technical discipline; 10+ years of professional experience including leadership.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to federal contract/security requirements.
• Professional registration (RA or equivalent) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead for secure facility design and execution, interpreting ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST, and related physical and technical security criteria.
• Translate security requirements into coordinated design criteria, construction documents, specifications, technical details, and constructible solutions.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination with architects, engineers, technology and security specialists, contractors, and government stakeholders, including SSMs, SSOs, CTTAs, and Accrediting Officials.
• Develop and review technical solutions for secure perimeter construction, doors and openings, penetrations, acoustic protection, access control, intrusion detection, and other physical security requirements.
• Coordinate TEMPEST and RF mitigation strategies, including RF shielding, non-conductive breaks, waveguide-below-cutoff penetrations, power and signal filtering, grounding/bonding, and related countermeasures.
• Conduct existing-condition surveys, facility assessments, and feasibility studies for new construction, renovation, conversion, and upgrade of secure environments.
• Perform technical design, interdisciplinary coordination, quality-control, and constructability reviews to ensure security requirements are appropriately incorporated into project documentation.
• Provide technical support during construction, including review of submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, field conditions, inspections, testing, and resolution of security-related issues, and support accreditation/certification and project closeout as applicable.
• Support development and implementation of secure facility standards, specifications, details, tools, and best practices, while maintaining awareness of evolving government security criteria.
• Support proposal development, technical approaches, scopes of work, and strategic growth opportunities for the Mission Critical and Secure Facilities practice.

Skills

ICD 705

SCIF

SAPF

OSS

TEMPEST

Security criteria

Technical leadership

Multidisciplinary coordination

Strong written communication

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related building design or technical discipline

Tools

Autodesk Revit

BIM

Job description

AECOM seeks an experienced Secure Facilities Technical Design professional to lead architectural and engineering design for federal secure facilities, translating ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST requirements into constructible solutions across CONUS and OCONUS locations.

The role demands strong multidisciplinary coordination, technical leadership, and the ability to support accreditation, review submittals, and field issues while maintaining security criteria throughout project delivery.