Industrial Security Specialist

Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary site lead for OSA compliance sustainment, daily operating discipline, documentation health, and readiness for CSA, sponsor, DCSA, and internal reviews.
• Maintain OSA approval and accreditation artifacts, including OSA checklists, UL 2050 certificates, TEMPEST checklists, IDS/alarm documentation, floor plans, mitigation plans, corrective-action records, and sponsor or CSA correspondence.
• Conduct recurring OSA compliance checks and coordinate resolution of gaps involving construction, doors and locks, vents, ducts, miscellaneous openings, windows, IDS coverage, access controls, end-of-day checks, and classified material safeguarding.
• Partner with the FSO/AFSO, Facilities/Corporate Real Estate, ISSM/ISSO, program teams, and sponsors on new secure-space builds, modifications, inspections, maintenance activities, and operational changes affecting assigned OSAs.
• Establish, maintain, and reinforce procedures for accounting, controlling, transmitting, packaging, safeguarding, and destroying classified information within assigned secure spaces; support classified meetings, visitor coordination, and Visitor Approval Requests (VARs).
• Support NISP annual self-inspections, CSA, DCSA, sponsor, and internal assessments, including fact collection, incident support, mitigation planning, and corrective-action tracking.
• Design and deliver security education, training, and awareness for OSA users, including secure-space access expectations, end-of-day checks, unauthorized disclosure prevention, classification and marking practices, reporting requirements, and daily safeguarding responsibilities.
• Maintain SPPs, local operating procedures, checklists, job aids, systems-of-record updates, and management status briefings related to OSA readiness, compliance posture, risks, and remediation status.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 4 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• 5+ years of security-relevant experience in industrial security, classified facility operations, physical security, or a closely related security discipline.
• Comprehensive understanding of NISPOM/32 CFR Part 117, 32 CFR 2001.53, DD-254 requirements, classified material safeguarding, and related Federal security requirements and documents.
• Experience supporting secure areas or Open Storage Areas, including compliance documentation, inspections, checklists, UL 2050/IDS coordination, TEMPEST considerations, mitigation plans, or corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of NISS, DISS, NBIS, SIMS, or similar industrial security systems of record; strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across technical staff, program leaders, customers, sponsors, and inspection officials.
• Able to work independently on site, prioritize competing requirements, document decisions, and follow through on compliance actions with minimal supervision.
• Must have an active Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• Completed DCSA Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities course or equivalent industrial security training.
• Experience preparing for or supporting CSA, DCSA, sponsor, or internal inspections of secure spaces or classified operations.
• Experience coordinating secure-space construction, modification, alarm/IDS sustainment, UL 2050 certification, TEMPEST reviews, or facility remediation activities.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across Facilities, IT/cybersecurity, program teams, sponsors, and industrial security leadership to maintain mission-enabling compliance.