Government Security Specialist

Job Overview

This announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 20 February 2026.

AFRL/RDSSO seeks to hire a mid-level, DO-0080-02, Government Security Specialist at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Serves as Special Security Specialist for the Division, performing day‑to‑day duties of the AFRL/RDS security office to develop, implement, and execute security policies, procedures, training, and programs for protecting information, personnel, facilities, and property, ensuring critical research and development technologies and systems related to the Starfire Optical Range are sufficiently protected from unauthorized disclosure.
• Acts as deputy to the Lead security specialist and works closely with Air Force Research laboratories, Air Force Materiel Command, Space Force, other DoD and national organizations to execute security policies and standards.
• Continuously monitors activities to ensure existing security policies and procedures are being executed and followed by all personnel.
• Establishes local procedures for the delegation and exercise of classification and declassification authority, document marking, safeguarding, and use; personnel access controls; need‑to‑know criteria; physical storage and control; and transmitting, transferring, reproducing, downgrading, and destroying information.
• Implements new program security policies as required and coordinates and reviews Program Security Classification Guides (SCGs) to ensure specific and correct guidance is available.
• Coordinates and reviews DD‑254 contracts to ensure security requirements are accurate.
• Implements and administers the Physical Security Program and administers the Personnel Security Program for the organization.
• Plans, manages, and administers the Security Education Program and performs duties as the Top Secret Control Officer.

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• Ability to maintain a Top Secret clearance
• United States Citizenship

• Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC)
• Security Asset Protection Professional Certification (SAPPC)

Req Number 41525

Resumes must be no longer than 2 pages.

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