Junior Security Specialist
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Job description
Leidos is seeking junior Security Specialists to work either at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan or RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. These roles support a major program aligned with Air Combat Command's Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission. An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.
As a Security Specialist, you will be a key contributor to the protection and success of this critical mission. If you're ready to elevate your expertise and play a vital role in national security, we encourage you to apply.
What You'll Do:
- Provide direct support to the following SCI security programs: Personnel, Industrial, Physical, and Information as defined by the program manager to include:
- Conduct SCI Indoctrination & Debriefings IAW prescribed guidelines to include the completion and final processing of all associated paperwork; maintain personnel security database
- Process Foreign Travel requests
- Process both incoming and outgoing SCI visitation requested through Defense Information Systems for Security (DISS); update and distribute entry authority lists for SCIF access
- Make SCIF access badges as needed IAW prescribed guidance and assist with annual inventory
- Process qualified applicants via mil check in for classified network access; track and schedule eligible candidates for counterintelligence polygraph (CIP) testing as needed
- Assist SCI Program Manager with Information Security with violations, infractions and CMIs investigation and adjudication processes to include knowledge and proficiency with security classification guides
- Assist SCI Security Program Manager with maintaining SCIF accreditation standards and documentation to include expert knowledge of facility IDS systems to include response and recovery procedures
- Conduct SCIF After-Hour and Entry/Exit inspections in conjunction with assigned security team members
- Assist with MICT and quarterly/annual SCIF inspections
- Review and update all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Emergency Action Plans as directed by the SCI Security Program Manager
- Provide full spectrum of customer support to include storage and transport of classified information and material
- Maintain and expand all requisite training requirements as prescribed by DoW, CDSE and local supervisory chain
- Assist with unit quarterly/annual SCI training requirements
Requirements
- Active DoW Top Secret/SCI with polygraph
- Knowledge of DoW, IC and USAF security directives
- Highschool and 5 years of experience or an Associate's degree and 3 years of experience, with 2 years of direct security experience (i.e. junior SSO, Security Assistant or Facilities Manager).
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Benefits & conditions
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
