Security Planning Analyst

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. 

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Security Planning Analyst to provide technical support of the security protection program and risk management across all security topical areas and functions including Physical Security, Information Security, Personnel Security, Nuclear Material Control and Accountability, Protective Force, Security Planning and Analysis, and Performance Assurance. The position will conduct risk assessments that underpin security operations which are critical to supporting successful execution of Laboratory mission. You will interact with a diverse group of personnel and multiple levels of management and staff within the Security Organization (SO), LLNL research programs, support organizations, and Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). This position is in the SO and reports to the Security Planning and Analysis Group Leader.

You will

• Implement rigorous, evidence-based, technically defensible, and re-creatable analytical methods to identify, characterize, and communicate risk support security risk management and protection program planning within the LLNL SO.
• Support the development of the analytical basis for performance-based protection and/or compliance-based protection of LLNL security assets, in accordance with applicable safeguards & security DOE/NNSA Policies, laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Provide technical input on security risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, and other analyses for DOE security assets at LLNL that include: accountable nuclear material, biological agents & toxins, chemicals, government facilities, government property, information, personnel, radiological materials, and special nuclear materials.
• Provide technical input on security risk assessments for exemptions and equivalencies in accordance with DOE/NNSA Design Basis Threat Policy and other relevant DOE/NNSA Departmental Policies.
• Participate in protection strategy planning for departmental security assets, including Strategic Roll-up Zones; author and maintain assigned Security Plans.
• Review SO assurance activities related to protection program management, including performance test plans and procedures.
• Analyze performance test results to identify trends or attributes that modify security risk ratings.
• Represent LLNL as a technical resource at DOE and NNSA working groups and peer reviews.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

In addition at the TSS.3 level

• Develop and implement security asset characterization processes for accountable nuclear material, biological agents & toxins, chemicals, government facilities, government property, information, personnel, radiological materials, and special nuclear materials and benchmark across the DOE/NNSA complex; integrate with multidisciplinary teams across the laboratory to maintain accurate asset characterization.
• Coordinate, develop, and implement security risk management actions with stakeholders representing LLNL programs and other mission enabling functions based on independent Subject-Matter-Expert (SME) judgement.
• Represents the LLNL Security Organization as a technical SME on tasks and projects to develop solutions that frequently require novel approaches and new methods. Serves on internal technical/advisory committees and may serve on external committees.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance, along with Sigma 15 and Sigma 20 access, which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an applicable engineering, applied mathematics, basic science discipline, or a relevant related field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Knowledge and skill in one or more specialized technical fields relevant to nuclear material control and accountability, analyzing radiological, chemical, biological sabotage threats and/or ballistic, mechanical, and explosive attacks.
• Ability to review, interpret, and apply requirements and navigate complex regulatory environments.  Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand complex systems and design