Skillbridge Industrial Security Specialist (ONSITE)

About the role

Collins Aerospace is seeking a transitioning veteran to join our SkillBridge Fellowship as an Industrial Security Specialist Fellow. This is an Onsite role located in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain comprehensive security programs in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ensure compliance with Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), DoD Manual 5205.07, NISPOM, and other applicable industrial and special program security guidance.
• Develop, update, and administer security plans, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), OPSEC plans, and Concepts of Operations (CONOPs).
• Create and deliver security education, training, and awareness programs such as indoctrinations, refresher training, and debriefings.
• Conduct internal self-inspections, identify deficiencies, and implement corrective actions.
• Perform peer reviews at other locations to support broader security compliance.
• Participate in government compliance inspections and execute required follow-up actions.
• Manage program security administrative functions, including personnel processing, visitor control, program investigations, Top Secret accountability, alarm testing, document/material dispatch and receipt, and resolution of related issues.
• Oversee physical security and construction requirements for SAPFs and SCIFs in alignment with ICD 705, including preparing and submitting pre-construction and accreditation packages, Fixed Facility Checklists (FFCs), and TEMPEST documentation.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
• Relevant experience executing security processes and projects within special access program and collateral environments.
• Industrial security experience, preferably in a Facility Security Officer (FSO) or Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) role.
• Ability to collaborate with team members, government customers, employees, and organizational leaders, and to develop solutions to complex problems using established problem-solving methods.
• Ability to prepare written materials and present information verbally to internal and external stakeholders to convey compliance requirements.
• Active and transferable Top-Secret SCI (TS/SCI) U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain a polygraph after start. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

What You Will Learn

During this fellowship, you will gain hands-on experience in supporting and maintaining comprehensive security programs, ensuring compliance with various security directives, and developing and administering security plans. You will also learn how to conduct internal self-inspections, deliver security education and training programs, and manage program security administrative functions.