Special Security Officer
Company: Talent Acquisition Concepts
Location: Aberdeen
Posted on: March 21, 2023
Job Description:
Are you looking for a Challenge? Looking for an innovative
organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally?
Our client is currently seeking a Special Security Officer. The
ideal candidate will possess the experience, vision, commitment,
and integrity to successfully support the strategic goals of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology
Directorate (S&T). This role serves to ensure that all
appropriate security procedures are followed on-site and acts as a
primary resource for all security-related matters. By overseeing
the proper execution and maintenance of all security matters, this
role works to ensure that all on-site operations proceed with the
appropriate safeguarding of information. This position is onsite in
Aberdeen, MD or offsite with travel.
In this role you will be expected to:
- Provide administrative and security support for on-site
bilateral meetings as necessary.
- Provide and develop personnel annual security training.
- Conduct analytic assessments of work plans and progress
reports.
- Ensure that all necessary administrative and security
procedures for meetings are followed, including managing clearance
and visit requests, and escorting visitors.
- Perform Special Security Officer (SSO) duties to include:
- Serving as access control manager and Operations Security
(OPSEC) control manager.
- Verifying clearances for all OPSEC equipment.
- Coordinating all necessary security preparations for meetings
and visits.
- Drafting and sending visitor requests for employee visits.
- Preparing security reports to SSO.
- Escorting visitors.
- Performing general security procedures such as safe and lock
maintenance, confirming classification markings for classified
documents, burning and scanning CDs, and destruction of all
classified materials.
- Assisting SSO in scheduling and conducting SCI in docs.
- Preparing and maintaining courier cards and records.
- In/out processing of employees for DHS suitability.
- Serving as property manager.
- Preparing appropriate forms for IT systems of various
classifications.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant
experience or Associate's degree and a minimum of 7 years relevant
experience.
- Applicants selected may be subject to a government security
investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to
classified information.
- Applicants selected must have Top Secret Clearance and ability
to obtain DHS access to Secret Compartmentalized Information
(TS/SCI) and DHS Suitability.
Desired Qualifications:
- Programmatic or management experience supporting DoD and/or DHS
components (e.g., TSA, CBP, FPS, CISA, CWMD, USCG, ICE).
- Ability to work in a dynamic team-oriented environment,
demonstrate teamwork and initiative, and function productively in
the face of new assignments and the re-prioritization of existing
assignments.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple
tasks.
- Strong communication and writing skills, targeting both
technical and non-technical audiences.
- Knowledge of change, risk and resource management.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating, documenting and producing
follow up materials for collaborative meetings.
- Experience providing guidance, feedback, and consulting
services to federal program managers.
- Experience preparing and reviewing presentations, reports,
project schedules and weekly status inputs.
- Strong communication and writing skills, targeting both
technical and non-technical audiences.
- Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint, Excel, and
Project)
- Top Secret Clearance and DHS access to Secret Compartmentalized
Information (TS/SCI) and DHS Suitability.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability, age, marital status,
ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other protected group or
class.
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