Special Security Representative

About the role

The Security Department’s overall mission is to identify and counter security threats to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s mission of development of game-changing technology in support of National Security, including guarding against compromise by foreign intelligence agencies and insider threats. To accomplish this mission, this department formulates and implements policies, plans, and actions designed to protect facilities against threats of vandalism, accidental destruction, and sabotage; and safeguards personnel, classified and unclassified information systems, personal identifiable information, property, and other assets from exploitation and recruitment by foreign intelligence agencies.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) whose mission is research in support of National Security. The Security Services Department’s (SSD) overall mission is to identify and counter security threats to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s mission of development of game-changing technology in support of national security, including guarding against compromise by foreign intelligence agencies and insider threats.

Responsibilities

You will join a team of security professionals that are driven to solve complex security problems in collaboration with Laboratory research teams and Government counterparts across the following industrial security areas:

• Physical Security: Oversees facility access control, any construction and renovation, drafting and implementation of construction security plans.
• Materials Control & Accountability: Manages creation, movement and destruction of classified material and digital media.
• Personnel Security: Facilitates indoctrinations and debriefings, personnel file maintenance, manages reporting requirements, incoming and outgoing external visits.
• Security Education, Training and Awareness: Conducts annual training, facility access training, Operations Security (OPSEC) awareness.
• Risk Management: Investigates and documents security incidents, develops and manages corrective actions.
• Emergency Action Planning: Ensures compliance with operational security and emergency action plans.

Qualifications

To work with MITLL, all employees must meet certain basic requirements. Security compliance experience: Minimum 1 year of experience as a Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO), Contractor Special Security Officer (CSSO), Top Secret Control Officer (TSCO), or Program Security Officer (PSO). Applicants with greater experience will be considered for additional position levels as appropriate.

Regulatory compliance experience: The ability to read, understand and apply government regulation, policies and procedure (DoD SAP/SCI Community and Intelligence Community directives and manuals, NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117, applicable ICDs, etc.).

Education: Bachelor’s degree or minimum of 2 years of work experience. A current Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility. Must be a U.S. Citizen. Successfully pass a background check and consent to undergoing a government polygraph examination.

Skills

Ideally, you will have: Valued competencies: Interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills. Computer skills: Familiarity with security management software, such as SIMS and government databases such as DISS (Defense Information Security System). Knowledge of business software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Office, etc. Flexibility: Comfortable responding to off-hours emergencies and local/overnight travel as needed (infrequent, but a possibility).

Pay

Hiring Range: $80,100 - $106,100. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including—but not limited to—the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements.

Benefits

Benefits offered to employees include:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work-life balance options