Security Manager IRES - SSFB

Position Title: Security Manager

Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO

Relocation Assistance: None available at this time

Remote/Telework: NO

Clearance Type: DoD Secret

Shift: Day shift

Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time

Description of Duties:

As the Security Manager supporting Amentum Technology Inc (ATI) on-site in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO, you will provide strategic leadership and oversight in collaboration with Amentum Security leadership supporting a high-profile national defense division. You will be responsible for the direction, implementation, and management of a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary security program designed to protect personnel, information, and critical assets. The candidate will be responsible for the following:

Security Program Management

• Oversee the day-to-day security program ensuring compliance with Amentum security policies, procedures and guidance while also ensuring compliance with NISPOM, DCSA and program specific security regulations.
• Maintain Form DD254s and prepare/administer sub-DD-254s.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) and program security representatives.
• Develop and implement security procedures for access control, visitor management, and physical security, overseeing their execution by security personnel.
• Conduct security self-inspections, prepare for DCSA security reviews, and implement corrective actions as needed to maintain program compliance.

Personnel Security (PERSEC)

• Manage the personnel security clearance program using the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) and the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS).
• Process new clearance applications, periodic reinvestigations, and incident reports for all cleared personnel supporting the ATI mission.
• Provide initial security briefings, annual refresher training, debriefings, and foreign travel/contact awareness training tailored to the threats facing the MDD community.
• Maintain all required personnel security documentation and records with a high degree of accuracy.
• Administer foreign travel briefings, track and record foreign travel notifications and debriefings, foreign contact and suspicious contact reports.
• Security Program Leadership & Strategy
• Serve as the senior security advisor to program leadership and liaison to Amentum Security leadership, providing expert guidance on all security-related matters.
• In collaboration with Amentum security leadership, develop, implement, and maintain division specific security policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with NISPOM, DCSA, and specific division directives.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies to address threats to the program.

Leadership & Customer Relations

• Serve as the key security advisor to program division leadership on all industrial security risks and compliance requirements.
• Provide guidance and training to security staff and program personnel on security protocols.
• Lead contract security discussions and interface with the Government’s Industrial Security Representative.
• Brief senior program and Amentum security leadership on the status of the security program, as well as key issues impacting the mission.

Team & Operations Management

• Lead and manage a diverse team of security professionals, including the Assistant Facility Security Officer (AFSO), physical security staff and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) specialists.
• Oversee all aspects of physical security, including site security systems, account management, vendor management, system health monitoring, audit logging and coordinating service calls.
• Oversee the industrial security program, ensuring the AFSO effectively manages personnel clearances, reporting requirements, and DCSA compliance.
• Serve as the primary liaison with senior government customers and DCSA representatives for all security program matters.

Compliance & Incident Management

• Ensure the program is prepared for all government security reviews and inspections, leading the response and any resulting corrective actions.
• In collaboration with Amentum security leadership, conduct internal security investigations and manage the reporting of all security incidents.
• Develop and manage the security education, training, and awareness program for all program personnel.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate stro