Senior Security Analyst

ManTech seeks a Senior Security Analyst onsite in Washington, DC in a support of our government customer.

Responsibilities include but are limited to:

• Support the Special Security Officer Support Tasks as part of a multi disciplined team responsible  for  information  protection,  customer  relations  and task project management.  

• As part of the SSO task, focus on SCI Personnel Security process requests. Analyzes data,  applying protection criteria and making appropriate classification decisions  about the information  in question.  

• Makes  decisions about how data and policies about classification should be applied. Interacts with both internal  and external  clients  to satisfy  their  needs  regarding information, personnel  and program  security  issues.   

• Acts  occasionally as the intermediary between internal staff offices and between government officer and contractors.  

• May  develop educational material, which initiates, indoctrinates  or  refreshes  the  knowledge  about government security policy.   

• Assist  the government in  developing and applying security measures to programs during all phases of a program’s lifecycle. May draft security documents that instruct program participants on how to implement official security policy.   

• May  develop,  produce  and  deliver  audio/visual  presentations to large audiences  on topics  related  to program  security.

• Assist with the hands-on, consultation, analysis performance and execution of multi-disciplined SAP, SCI and Collateral security functions to effectively support the SAP Security Division’s mission.   

• Specific tasks include process requests for Sensitive Compartment Information to include submission, clearance verification and uploading and tracking requests, verify security clearances and SCI eligibility, provide and pass SCI certification, receive, process, and upload all SCI personal reporting requirements into the designated security management database, receive, process, and upload personal reporting of all SCI pre and post foreign travel notifications and coordinate foreign travel reporting.  

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Requires min 5 years of senior level multi-disciplined security experience providing technical support to Special Access Programs (SAP), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Collateral security oversight and management functions to support the DOE mission with expert knowledge and experience in supporting personnel security programs.  

• High School diploma and 8 years in a related security function required

• Effective performance requires ability to comprehensively support tasks. 

• Requires Security Specialist with in-depth and/or expert knowledge of SAP, SCI, and Collateral security requirements in areas of program planning and management, physical, personnel, information, communications, and operations security. 

• Our senior security analysts implement Executive Order 13526, DOE O 472.2 ADMIN CHG 1, Personnel Security; DOE O 471.5, Special Access Programs, and SAP specific Program Security guidance that explain the processes, metrics, and QA approach to ensure current clearances; timely reinvestigations; and information is accurately updated and maintained in the centralized SAP Personnel Access database system. 

• Our analysts are multidisciplined with strong Personnel Security experience. 

• Must be capable of incorporating security policies and procedures based on a keen ability to interpret and apply the guidance of Executive Orders, Public Laws, Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) series, DOE Orders and Directives, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), and DoD Special Access Program Security Manuals 5205.07 Volumes 1-4.    

• Expected travel to geographically disbursed government sites (CONUS) 10% 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Arts  or  Sciences  with  12-15 years  of related  security  experience is preferred. 

• Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) preferred. 

Clearance Requirements:  

• Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance with eligibility for SAP; PR within 5 years or enrolled in CE, deferred.  Drug test required

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 75% of the time

• Must be able to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery

• Must be able to position self to maintain office supplies on variable height shelving.

• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.

• Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

• Must be able to observe and detect employee deviations from established policy