Senior Industrial Security Representative

Leidos Holding$105K — $190K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of security experience, or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Expertise in security policies, personnel security clearance processes, and CI risk mitigation.
  • Proven track record in managing large-scale security programs and multi-level briefings.
  • Strong communication skills for documenting and collaborating with diverse workforces.
  • Ability to work independently, making sound decisions on sensitive security matters.
  • Familiarity with operational security issues and high-threat environments.
  • Must possess a Top Secret//SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

  • Manage program security requirements and ensure compliance with customer standards.
  • Process security clearances and prepare personnel for briefings/debriefings.
  • Provide technical security expertise in multiple disciplines, including personnel and physical security.
  • Track and manage government contractor badge renewals and maintain security records.
  • Collaborate with internal and external security offices on regulatory updates.
  • Develop and deliver security awareness and counterintelligence training programs.
  • Respond to security incidents and maintain incident reports.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.
  • Career development and training opportunities.
  • Paid time off and flexible working conditions.
  • Employee assistance programs and support services.
Full Job Description
Position Summary
The position requires a strong background in counterintelligence awareness and briefings, personnel security clearance processing and experience managing the physical security requirements of SCIFs for a customer within the intelligence community.
The selected candidate will need to be well versed in NISPOM, Intelligence Community Directives and SEADs, a self-starter who can prioritize security actions, provide excellent communication to employees, management and government customer, and a result driven professional to handle security issues.

Primary Responsibilities
• Maintain and manage program security requirements to include all customer compliance requirements
• Provide security clearance processing
• Provide technical security expertise in the following security disciplines: personnel, physical/industrial, computer investigations, and operations.
• Prepare and disseminate security requirements, guidance, and procedures.
• Provide Clearance and SCI briefing/debriefing to employees.
• Ensure personnel are aware of the reporting responsibilities such as Foreign Contact, Foreign Travel and Outside Activities.
• Track Government contractor badge renewal submission.
• Receive, control and safeguard SCI and collateral information.
• Collaborate with members of the DoW, the IC and other officials as required to maintain knowledge and understanding of current security regulations.
• Monitor, update, and maintain appropriate records (e.g. database and hardcopy) of security actions.
• Coordinate information with internal and external security offices and divisions.
• Interpret security policy on matters pertaining to processing, dissemination, and controlling of classified materials.
• Monitor and manage security operations and provide status reports and recommendations.
• Create, manage, and execute Security Awareness and CI training programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external managers to ensure understanding of program operations.
• Draft or create security volumes for Request for Information or Proposals.
• Work closely with program manage team and government customer.
• Conduct foreign travel pre-post foreign travel briefings.
• Author CI briefings and provide counterintelligence updates.
• Conduct initial inquiries and write final reports related to security incidents and violations.
• Respond to after hour intrusion detection systems (during the week and on weekends).
• Maintain program security requirements to include; updating SOPs, maintaining personnel records via SIMs, updating and maintaining security education and awareness programs.

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience. The successful candidate must have experience in supporting security concepts, principles, and practices to analyze and resolve difficult and complex security issues. Additional years' experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
• Experience delivering full range of security services including, but not limited to: All aspects of pre-screening hiring and onboarding new contractors, administering briefings/debriefings, security incident management, mentoring and instructing employees to ensure program and employee compliance with sponsor CI/Security regulations.
• Experience interpreting customer security policies and CI risk mitigation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience and ability to maintain program required Security documentation and to collaborate, coordinate, deconflict, and engage with various customer groups and a multi-cultural diverse workforce.
• Experience managing and having oversight of large programs.
• Experience briefing multi-level audiences is a must.
• Advanced interpersonal and customer service skills as well as the ability to provide concise and compelling briefings to audiences of varied experience levels.
• Ability to make sound decisions and advise PMO and customer leadership on sensitive personnel and security related matters.
• Self-starter who has experience integrating with a customer security team and can independently perform program security duties with little supervision.
• Experience providing extended, direct and substantive guidance to employees working in high threat, austere, denied area and warzone environments.
• Working knowledge of operational security and CI issues.
• Diligent in obtaining, training, implementing, and documenting new and relevant CI and security information to support evolving customer needs.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Candidate must be well organized with a proven ability to prioritize, complete, and update customer and program leadership on all security concerns and coordinate resolutions.
• Manage SCIF Physical security requirements to include alarm response test, entry/exit bag checks, UL Certification Test, facility annual inspection and self-inspections.
• Familiarity with CT mission and overseas deployments.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with little supervision.
• Strong background utilizing Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Evaluate and interpret clearance decisions made by the government customer.
• Knowledge of multiple Security functional areas; physical, COMSEC, personnel and information security.
• An understanding of security principles and government special security regulations (i.e. ICDs, NISPOM and SEADs).
• Clearance requirement is Top Secret//SCI with Polygraph. Applicant selected must have and maintain government security clearance at the TS//SCI level with polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with leading or managing a team.
• Experience modifying or building SCIFs to ICD 705 technical specification requirements.
• FSO, CSO, ISP, SFPC or CSSO Security training/certificate(s).
• Demonstrated experience working with SIMS
• Demonstrated experience working with Scattered Castles.
• Demonstrated experience working with communications security.

Original Posting:
August 3, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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