Sr. GSSO​/SAP Security Specialist

Torch Technologies Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country.

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Torch Technologies is seeking a Senior GSSO / SAP Security Specialist to join a team supporting the 950th Spectrum Warfare Group (950 SWG) at Robins AFB, GA.

The Senior Government Special Security Officer (GSSO) / SAP Security Specialist is responsible for senior‑level oversight, management, and implementation of all security disciplines for assigned Special Access Programs (SAPs) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) activities. The Senior GSSO ensures strict compliance with departmental and national‑level security directives, serves as a principal security advisor to program leadership, and helps ensure the integrity and protection of critical national security information.

The position is expected to independently manage complex security matters, advise leadership on risk and compliance, and provide guidance to other security personnel as required.

• Program Security Management Lead and manage daily security operations for SAP and SCI facilities in accordance with DoDM 5205.07 Volumes 1-4, DoDM 5105.21, and relevant Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs).
• Serve as a principal security advisor to program management, government leadership, and mission partners on security posture, policy interpretation, compliance requirements, and risk.
• Lead security reviews, annual self‑inspections, vulnerability assessments, and compliance evaluations to ensure continuous operational readiness.
• Develop, review, and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Security Classification Guides (SCGs), Program Protection Plans (PPPs), and related program security materials.
• Identify security risks, recommend corrective actions, and lead resolution of security findings and compliance issues.
• Personnel & Physical Security Oversee Program Access Requests (PARs), indoctrinations, debriefings, recurring access reviews, and personnel security (PERSEC) records and databases, including DISS and JADE.
• Lead or oversee physical security (PHYSEC) operations for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and Special Access Program Facilities (SAPFs), ensuring adherence to ICD 705 standards.
• Provide senior‑level guidance on personnel access, facility security, access control, safeguarding, and related SAP/SCI security requirements.
• Security Education & Training Lead and enhance initial, annual, and event‑driven security briefings, foreign travel briefings, and debriefings for cleared personnel.
• Oversee and enhance a comprehensive Security Education, Training, and Awareness (SETA) program tailored to specific program threats, insider threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Incident Response & Information Security Lead or oversee investigations of security infractions and violations, preliminary inquiries, required reporting, corrective actions, and coordination with the Cognizant Security Authority (CSA).
• Oversee access control, intrusion detection systems, hardware accreditation, facility co‑utilization agreements (CUAs), and related safeguarding requirements.
• Lead…