Federal Security Specialist (ARL)

• Coordinate and provide oversight to advanced security programs including Counterintelligence, Insider Threat, Personnel Security (PerSec), Communications Security (COMSEC), and Operations Security (OPSEC), as well as physical security systems such as electronic access control, alarm systems, and CCTV systems

• Assist in the development and management of advanced industrial security practices, procedures, processes, trainings, and briefings, while ensuring compliance with government policies and regulations

• Provide agile, efficient, and exemplary security support/outstanding customer service to all organizational groups and personnel in a fast-paced, complex, and rapidly evolving environment

• Work autonomously in a very busy and highly service-driven environment

• Handle the intake of complex collateral security matters, providing assistance and determining appropriate processes

• Prepare for and represent ARL in all aspects of security inspections and oversight by U.S. government (USG) agencies

• Knowledge of all facets of advanced security programs, as listed in bullet number one (above)

• Demonstrated experience handling classified materials

• Microsoft Office software, databases, and web applications

• Success in an office environment, where various forms of communication and organizational skills are crucial to be effective

• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and effectively in fast-paced environment

• Active security clearance, at the Secret level or higher

• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Security, Risk Management/Analysis, Criminal Justice, Military Science, or Business Administration

• National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), specifically safeguarding classified information

• Security Information Management System (SIMS)

• Department of Defense (DoD) security systems such as DISS, NBIS, and NISS

• Past success in leadership, compliance, risk-management, and/or military experience

Your working location will be fully on-site, located in State College, PA. Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our web site at www.arl.psu.edu.

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.

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