Job Description

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Program Security Office (Org 5114) is seeking a High-Risk Embedded Security Professional to support and manage special access program security operations. The selected individual will work closely with other security team members; cyber security staff; Field Intelligence Element staff; physical security subject matter experts; program management and technical staff, and government sponsors to provide guidance and oversight on special access program security matters. This person will be responsible for managing and implementing their security program for the area(s) in which they are assigned. This person will manage their special access security program consistent with other similar programs a t SNL. The successful candidate may be required to wear a pager during non-working hours and respond to SNL, as needed, to support security operations.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Interpret federal laws, regulations, and other requirements for Intelligence Community (IC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and other high
• Establish a personnel security program for the department based on multiple government requirements.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to all levels of staff and management.
• Conduct security briefings to ensure compliance and adherence to applicable security policies and requirements.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide results/analysis to management.
• Manage and protect classified and/or sensitive information to include classification/marking guidance, destruction, transmission, storage, and reproduction activities.
• Top Secret control accountability
• Interpret and adhere to contract specific security requirements.
• Personnel Security administration and program access request processing.
• Implement physical access controls
• Assist with the development of standard operating procedures
• Conduct inquiries into potential incidents of security concern.
• Carry a pager and respond to security matters outside of normal working hours.

Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$70,200 - $135,400

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate\'s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Security, Criminology, Cyber, IT, Political Science, Sociology, HR, or Business/ Project Management or related); or equivalent experience (AS +4 years or no degree plus 8 years of experience).
• Currently hold a DOE Q clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain SCI access, which may require polygraph testing

Qualifications We Desire:

• Demonstrated ability to team and partner for success
• Understanding of various security-related DOE Orders, DoD requirements, Intelligence Community Directives, and/or Sandia policies
• Experience with Special Access Programs, including processing PARs, PSQs and Visit Requests
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and follow through to completion on multiple tasks, often under strict deadlines, frequent interruptions and changing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to properly handle classified or sensitive information

About Our Team:

The Program Security Office performs high-impact, national security work for a broad segment of the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community. The Program Security Office provides a secure environment for our programmatic partners to innovate and deliver exceptional service in the national interest. The Program Security Office is responsible for interpretation and oversight of security requirements, to include physical security, access controls, facility accreditation, incident investigation, and clearance management for special access programs.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 693977

Job Family: SY

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.