Job opening: Technical Security Officer
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Jan 12 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The mission of the National Counterintelligence & Security Center is to lead and support the U.S. Government's counterintelligence (CI) and security activities critical to protecting our nation; provide CI outreach to U.S. private sector entities at risk of foreign intelligence penetration; and issue public warnings regarding intelligence threats to the U.S.
Duties
Position will engage in assessments of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) to measure compliance with related IC Directives (ICD) and IC Standards (ICS) to include, but not limited to ICD 702 Technical Security and Signals Countermeasures (TSSC), ICD 705 SCIFs, and advise the United States Government (USG) of training, management, and operations findings.
Additionally, the position will develop Best Practices and other products using lessons learned during assessments and develop standards and guidance as appropriate.
Specific responsibilities include:
Provide subject matter expertise in compliance, assessment, and metrics as they relate to ICD 705, implementation of ICD 702, and other CSE mission related policies.
Plan for and coordinate the analysis of complex technical information to identify subtle security system/facility vulnerabilities and recommend effective countermeasures.
Formulate, develop, produce, and evaluate of a broad range of policies, standards, processes, and guidance on mission, enabling functions, and intelligence disciplines and communicate these policies, processes, and guidelines to community stakeholders.
Plan, evaluate, analyze, and conduct detailed reviews of Intelligence Community (IC) policies, programs, and standards to ensure national security information is appropriately protected, based on current technologies, capabilities, and conditions; provide security expertise to identify and implement strategies maximize IC security capabilities.
Plan, prepare, and present high-level briefings, bulletins, and other communications vehicles for senior IC and ODNI managers as well as other major stakeholders to ensure a comprehensive awareness of the development and implementation of IC-wide policies, programs, and standards.
Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with security experts, and other major USG stakeholders to develop policies, programs, and standards to improve the United States technical security posture and, when appropriate, present, justify, defend, negotiate, and/or settle matters involving significant or controversial issues.
Plan, research, support, advise, and/or chair IC-wide security committees and interagency working groups that oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of IC-wide policies and programs.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
Extensive knowledge of IC components' security programs, processes, policies, and methodologies, and an understanding of how these security disciplines are incorporated.
Extensive knowledge in physical security and SCIF standards.
Extensive knowledge in the review and analysis of SCIF-related policies, processes, and guidelines that are contained in USG and IC Directives, Policy Guidance, Standards, plans, and memoranda to ensure equities are captured and relevant concerns are resolved.
Demonstrated oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to negotiate, and produce clear, logical, and concise products to influence senior leadership, communicate effectively with people at all staff levels (both internal and external to the organization), and brief management on reviews and findings.
Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, and develop recommendations; demonstrated ability to research, gather, analyze, summarize, and present qualitative and quantitative data and suggest actionable recommendations.
Demonstrated ability to establish regular contact with high-level internal and external resources and customers, researching, supplying and seeking information on policies and standards; and tactfully express ideas or opinions to senior leaders, customers, and other stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor's Degree.
Contacts
- Address CENTER FOR SECURITY EVALUATION
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
US
- Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
- Email: [email protected]
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