Description

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As an Industrial Security Analyst - Level 2 located in Aurora, CO, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.   

The Industrial Security Analyst - Level 2 will serve as a Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) and support all security activities and operations. The selected candidate will be a member of our Program Security Team and regularly collaborate with colleagues across multiple locations. They will ensure security compliance with government and company regulations and strive for excellence in executing security milestones in several security disciplines (DoD, SAP, & SCI). They will also have the responsibility of administering comprehensive security programs and procedures for classified or proprietary materials, documents, and equipment

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support a fast-paced, high-profile program; creating, maintaining, and leveraging working relationships with internal and external customers
• Study and implement company and federal security policies, regulations, and procedures that apply to company operations
• Obtain rulings, interpretations, and acceptable deviations for compliance with regulations from government agencies
• Manage program security compliance and operations across multiple functions, including security SCIF and/or SAPF administration, PHYSEC, COMSEC, PERSEC, OPSEC, Contract Security, Security Education, Investigations, Visitor Control, and Document Control Management
• Develop and implement a security education and awareness program
• Conduct internal security audits. Investigate security violations and prepare reports specifying preventive action to be taken
• Ensure adherence to contractual guidance for classified programs and cleared facilities in accordance with the Security Statements of Work, DD Form 254, DoD Contract Security Classification Specifications guidance
• Assist program managers and professional staff in interpreting, applying, and complying with program Security Classification Guides (SCG)
• Provide personnel security (PERSEC) support to include but not limited to reviewing and processing required documentation in support of SCI and SAP nomination processes; maintain PERSEC databases; prepare and administer program indoctrination and debriefings; access, review, and submit clearance and access information using the appropriate government database and other information systems
• Provide facility security administration, documentation, and support: implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOP); conduct SCI and SAP security program self-inspections
• Provide security support for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and Special Access Program Facility (SAPF) build construction projects to include obtaining customer accreditation in accordance with SCI and SAP DoD Manuals, ICD, ICS Tech Spec, and other government requirements
• Manage and maintain UL-2050 Compliant Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and automated Access Control Systems (ACS)
• Perform the duties of a Top-Secret Control Officer (TSCO) as required and maintain accountability of classified materials
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience - OR - Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience
• Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) and/or Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) approval(s) prior to onboarding
• Must have knowledge and familiarity with the CFR 32 part 117 (NISPOM); Joint Air Force, Army, and Navy (JAFAN), DoDM 5205.07, Intelligence Community Directives (ICD); DoD Manuals, and other related security requirements
• Experience with Desktop Computer and Microsoft Office products
• Must be detail-oriented, have meticulous record-keeping, and will be responsible for accurate data input into multiple databases/spreadsheets
• Must agree in writing by way of a Polygraph Consent Form, to take and successfully pass a U.S. Government Counterintelligence Polygraph examination

PreferredQualifications:

• Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) experience working within a SCIF or SAPF
• DCID 6/4 or ICD 704 eligibility in DISS Active
• TS/SCI with a current Polygraph
• Experience with SIMS and/or Government Security Databases   

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