Principal Security Specialist

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The Principal Security Specialist for BWXT's Technical Services Group (TSG), is a multidisciplinary security professional supporting security operations, compliance activities, assessments, program development, modernization efforts, training, and emerging security initiatives.

The role includes supporting multiple facilities, customers, and projects and helping identify opportunities to enhance security effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and overall performance.

This is a hybrid position that requires up to 30% travel.

• Performs assigned security functions and provides technical support in accordance with company, site, contractual, and government requirements.
• Supports the evaluation of security activities and processes; experienced candidates may independently identify compliance issues, operational concerns, vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities.
• Assists with security incidents, investigations, reporting, corrective actions, and follow‑up activities; experienced candidates may lead components of these efforts.
• Maintains working knowledge of applicable security requirements, policies, procedures, and industry practices.

• Supports the development and implementation of security programs, projects, modernization initiatives, and facility security concepts.
• Assists in translating operational, regulatory, customer, and business requirements into practical security solutions; experienced candidates may contribute to solution design.
• Participates and supports larger or more complex assessments under senior guidance.
• Contributes to fact‑based findings, recommendations, corrective actions, and performance‑improvement strategies at a level consistent with experience.
• Supports projects from concept and analysis through planning, stakeholder coordination, implementation, and evaluation.

• Supports identification and evaluation of technologies that may improve security effectiveness, safety, situational awareness, efficiency, or customer value.
• Assists with…