Directorate Security Officer

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time

Security | Livermore, CA | 06/19/2026

Reference #: REF
8495Z

Job Code: TSS.
3 Technical Services & Ops MTS 3

Organization: Security Organization

Position Type: Career Indefinite

Security Clearance: Active DOE Q clearance (or active Top Secret clearance)

Drug Test: Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)

Medical Exam: Not applicable Apply Now

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world‑changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi‑domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

We have an opening for a Directorate Security Officer (DSO) to provide technical subject matter expertise on security matters supporting the Operations and Business Principal Associate Directorate (O&B PAD) and Laboratory Director’s Office. You will work in a fast‑paced and diverse work environment and be responsible for advising directorate personnel and management to ensure implementation of DOE/NNSA and institutional security policies and procedures.

This position is in the Security Organization (SO) within the O&B PAD and reports to the Security Risk Manager.

You will

• Provide independent oversight of directorate organizations, activities, and facilities to ensure conditions and operations are consistent with Safeguards and Security requirements; serve as the directorate point‑of‑contact for employees on all security policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with all levels of management and personnel as appropriate to fill information requirements in support of the Principal Associate Director’s decision‑making process and response to security concerns.
• Implement security risk mitigation controls and consequence management initiatives identified through the security risk management process.
• Plan and lead security assessments, inspections, audits, and verifications of activities and facilities in coordination with the SO Assurance Management Office; this may require interaction with internal/external sponsors and senior management.
• Conduct causal analyses and drive issues and corrective action management for incidents of security concern and other security related issues within the O&B PAD.
• Partner with topical area managers within the Safeguards and Security functional area to develop and systematically deploy technically sound security compliance solutions.
• Sponsor organizational activities and programmatic operations through the Safeguards and Security Protection Strategy Review Board and participate in the security risk analysis and planning process as applicable.
• Serve as the O&B PAD Technical Surveillance Countermeasure (TSCM) Coordinator.
• Serve as the O&B PAD representative to the Operation Security (OPSEC) Committee.
• Maintain the DSO training curriculum, ensuring newly appointed institutional DSOs are trained.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q‑level clearance or active Top‑Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or relevant technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience in a technical security discipline.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of DOE/NNSA orders governing a variety of safeguards and security disciplines and LLNL security policies and procedures.
• Experience implementing and administering security requirements in any of the following: physical, technical, information, personnel, or cyber security. Expertise in defining and resolving quality management problems utilizing statistical tools to characterize, measure, and optimize integration of quality management elements into technical and administrative processes.
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