Directorate Security Officer
Listed on 2026-06-27
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Security
Information Security, Cybersecurity
- Job Code 1: TSS.
3 Technical Services & Ops MTS 3 - Pre-Employment Drug Test:
Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana) - Pre-Placement Medical Exam:
Not applicable - Security Clearance:
Active DOE Q clearance (or active Top Secret clearance)
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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.
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Job DescriptionWe 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.
- Experience serving as the primary technical resource on internal/external committees that affect an organization’s…
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