Senior Safeguards & Security Specialist

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.  

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

MSTS is seeking a Senior Counterintelligence (CI) Officer (CIO) with experience in the conduct of CI investigations and the production of intelligence information.  The position will be in North Las Vegas, Nevada.  The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a CIO/Reports Officer for Department of Energy (DOE) CI at the DOE’s Nevada Field Office and reporting to the Senior CIO, Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO).  This Senior Safeguards & Security Specialist will be a part of the CI Team responsible for managing and implementing the CI Program that encompasses all contractor, sub-contractor and federal facilities associated with the NNSS.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct investigations of counterintelligence, terrorism and insider threats relevant to the protection of DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facilities and US national security.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with United States Intelligence Community (IC) partners, to include but not limited to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
• Conduct liaison with local intelligence and local law enforcement officials.
• Interface regularly with DOE Headquarters Office of Intelligence/ Counterintelligence (IN-20).
• Develop and maintain relationships with various NNSS departments including security and key technical and management officials.
• Analyze and strategically evaluate foreign intelligence collection as it relates to CI.
• Prepare reports of investigation, case analysis, briefings, operations and foreign intelligence threats to DOE.
• Brief and debrief individuals on the foreign intelligence and terrorism threat relevant to foreign travel, foreign visits and general foreign interactions.
• Collect relevant intelligence information, open inquiries and investigations, and resolve/exploit information as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to the position or equivalent training and experience, plus 5 years of progressive related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years’ federal or local law enforcement investigative and/or analytical production experience.
• Experience in, and familiarity with, current trends in counterintelligence and terrorism threats.
• Experience in developing CI initiatives, and applying CI concepts, practices, regulations, methods, and techniques.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with USIC agencies’ mission, including an understanding of applicable laws, guidelines, directives, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to analyze and strategically evaluate foreign intelligence collection as it relates to CI.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management, both internal and external.
• Experience briefing and debriefing individuals on foreign intelligence and terrorism threats.
• Current/active security clearance at either the TS or TS/SCI level strongly preferred.
• The primary work location will be at the DOE’s Nevada Field Office located in the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Work schedule for this position will be either 4/10s, 9/80, or 5/8s.
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes