FIE Special Access Program Section Leader - Active Security Clearance Required

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is important for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$148,920 - $226,668 Annually

$148,920 - $188,880 Annually for the TSS.3 level

$178,770 - $226,668 Annually for the TSS.4 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Section Leader in the Special Access Program (SAP) to provide leadership and extremely complex and dynamic security support for the Strategic Intelligence Partnership Program (SIPP) and activities within the Field Intelligence Element (FIE) tailored to Department of Energy (DOE) and supporting Space Science and Security Program (SSSP) customer requirements and missions. The FIE is a unique institutional support division that requires a variety of security requirements to be upheld with little to no margin for error under the most stringent security regulations. This position reports to the FIE SAP Manager in the FIE within the Global Security (GS) Principal Directorate.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will 

• Ensure the security of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), and Special Access Program Compartmented Areas (SAPCAs). This will be achieved through effective collaboration with Information System Security Officers, Program Managers, and representatives from Other Government Agencies (OGAs) to implement and uphold stringent security measures and compliance standards.
• Remain cognizant of evolving SCI and Programmatic security policies and procedures; solve unique, complex and highly sensitive security problems for which guidelines, policies, and/or practices do not exist; and recommend, prioritize, and oversee improvements to practices with independent judgment and a high degree of initiative.
• Prepare and review security plans and lead or conduct inspections, audits, self- assessments, and other work activities related to physical and personnel security for SAPCAs, Program members, and SCI holders. Maintain and develop compliance records and/or corrective action plans.
• Liaison with OGAs and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) management regarding assurance of compliance in the development of SAP Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Consults to develop the annual OGA Security Refresher Training for multiple programs. This entails ensuring the training not only meets multiple OGA sponsors requirements but also follows LLNL requirements.
• Provides guidance to external Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) on best practices for working with OGAs. Develop solutions to complex security-related problems and issues; research, recommend and implement alternatives.
• Develops, in coordination with OGA/industry partners’ scientific SMEs, technical requirements for onsite experiments.
• Provides technical security requirements to scientific program briefed individuals.
• Ensures compliance with new SAP facilities to meet DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN)/OGA programmatic requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the TSS.4 level

• Develop and implement security plans and procedures that follow all related guidelines for approval by the FIE Director, based upon technical expertise and understanding, and in consultation with key GS, DOE-IN, and Programmatic stakeholders.
• Independently develop and establish new security policies and procedures incorporating multiple OGA requirements that assures appropriate security controls for the program.
• Collaborate with technical SMEs to develop scientific