Industrial Security Specialist
"This job is open to current AFMC, USAF or DoD employees"
OPENS: 10 June 2025
CLOSES: 23 June 2025
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Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is currently seeking a full-time Industrial Security Specialist to work in the Sentinel Systems Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
This position (009863951M) is an NH-0080-03 which has a typical 2025 salary range of $88,621 - $137,000.
Position working title: Security Specialist
The primary purpose of this position is to provide security support to the Sentinel program office. This position will encompass or rotate through all security disciplines to include personnel, industrial, information, and operations security in the collateral, special access program, and sensitive compartmented information environments. As a part of the Sentinel security team, the selectees will be the frontline of protection for one of the largest weapon system acquisitions in world history and will ensure the successful fielding of the next generation intercontinental ballistic missile.
Candidates must have at least 3 years of actual Security Program Management experience either in government or industry in the following disciplines:
- Personnel Security (PERSEC)
- Information Security (INFOSEC)
- Physical Security (PHYSEC)
- Industrial Security (INDUSEC)
DUTIES:
- Plans, organizes, and directs collateral, special access program, and/or sensitive compartmented information security activities for organization's assigned system programs.
- Examines security initiatives, protection measures, and processes for application across platform, system, and organizational lines.
- Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and Acquisition Security objectives.
- Develops and prioritizes organizational security and information protection performance goals and mission objectives.
- Develops operating procedures and plans, acquisition security concept, and implementation plans.
- Sets overall priorities and objectives for security personnel; assesses progress toward objectives; identifies problems and takes appropriate corrective action.
- Evaluates new concepts and ideas of technical and management importance.
- Provides organizational senior leadership with security management solutions for short and long term organization business, financial, manpower, and operational planning, and manages cost, schedule and performance of security activities.
SKILLS:
- Candidates must have at least 3 years of experience with multiple security disciplines and demonstrate expertise.
- Knowledge of government contractual practices and requirements for development and purchase of Air Force acquisition programs and/or supporting programs/projects is required; familiarity with Defense Industrial Base security organization, operations, and management practices is a plus.
- Knowledge in program protection, physical, system, information, industrial, personnel, operations security concepts, principles, and practices to plan and implement security programs in these areas is highly desired.
- Extensive knowledge of organization's missions, functions, and structure to ensure effective implementation of oversight of special programs security concepts, principles, and practices is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, analyze, and evaluate security programs to meet mission requirements and improve the security program for assigned area is highly desired.
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing is highly valued.
- Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission is required.
- U.S. CITIZENSHIP
- Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance and will be required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
- The employee must obtain and maintain the required SPeD certification IAW AFI 36-2645:
Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC)
- In accordance with the Ethics in Government Act, 1978, employee may be required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually.