Security Specialist

What You Will Do

If you are looking for a position where you will have direct impact on national security and grow by facilitating operations with a team of security professionals, then this opportunity with Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL’s) Defense Protection may be right for you.

This position will be filled at the Security Specialist 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned at the current level.

Security Specialist 4 ($104,100 – $172,200)

Associate Laboratory Directorate Defense Protection is seeking an experienced security professional to advise and facilitate secure work for laboratory mission partners. You will be instrumental in helping the Deputy Directorate for Weapons accomplish national security priorities. Working in a high‑visibility and high‑impact environment, you will need to have a strong work ethic, keen attention to detail, customer‑focused attitude, and professional demeanor to ensure compliance with all federal and LANL security requirements while optimizing efficiency/success for supported organizations.

You must be able to demonstrate and promote self‑responsibility for safety, security, quality, and environmental standards in all aspects of operations. The Deployed Security Professional is an advisor and reports to the Security Program Lead (Security Manager
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The successful candidate will:

• Develop and implement Activity Security Plans
• Work closely with the Security Incident Team to perform incident response and mitigation
• Conduct site security walk‑downs and implement corrective actions when needed
• Brief organizations and management on the security posture within their organizations
• Create and deliver presentations/awareness pieces to provide information and instruction on a variety of security job‑related functions
• Influence the security culture at LANL enabling a successful mission in support of national security
• Actively mentor new hires to help foster and promote professional development
• Be willing to serve in a leadership capacity in the absence of the Security Program Leader/Team Leader as required
• Develop networks within and outside the organization
• Contribute to presentation and awareness of security themes and topics

• Advanced knowledge and experience in one or more of the major security areas – classified matter protection and control, information security, physical security, personnel security, operations security, etc.
• Advanced experience and skill in the preparation and presentation of security reports to internal organizations
• Advanced experience and demonstrated ability in writing and implementing procedures, policies, guides or other formal documents, demonstrating compliance with security requirements
• Advanced experience and demonstrated ability developing innovative methods for implementing processes and procedures
• Advanced experience interfacing with all levels of management, technical and non‑technical personnel
• Advanced experience leading small teams, setting goals and delegating tasks
• Advanced knowledge and experience conducting causal analysis, writing corrective actions and evaluating effectiveness
• Advanced experience identifying and implementing opportunities for process improvement
• In‑depth knowledge and high‑level experience with security functions such as inspections, identification of vulnerabilities, and assessment of risks

Position requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 12 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• Demonstrated experience working around or supporting executive level leaders
• Advanced experience in sensitive facility security operations
• Knowledge of and experience with Department of Energy weapons programs
• Understanding of Department of Energy security and safeguards policies, practices, and procedures
• Documented formal causal analysis training
• Planning and policy experience.
• Active DOE Q‑clearance

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