Principal CMPC Safeguards & Security Specialist

Principal CMPC Safeguards & Security Specialist

North Las Vegas, NV, United States

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

The Classified Matter, Protection, and Control (CMPC) Program is part of the Information Security Program. In this Principal Safeguards & Security Specialist role, you will have a thorough knowledge of CMPC and related basic security principles, concepts, policies, and procedures. The CMPC Program provides support to the Nevada Field Office, the MSTS complex, including the satellite locations at Livermore Operations, Special Technology Laboratory, Los Alamos Operations, and the Remote Sensing Laboratories, and other subcontractors and tenants.

The program also conducts CMPC reviews and assessments, develops metrics and action items resulting from the reviews and assessments.

• Provide technical support and expertise to MSTS and Nevada Field Office custodians with the following:
  • Handling accountable matter, to include foreign national and Sigma information.
  • Performing the annual accountable classified matter inventory and completing the reports required.
  • Ensure classified matter is properly protected, stored, marked, and destroyed.
• Assist with maintaining the Classified Matter Control Center (CMCC) which includes processing of incoming and outgoing classified mail.
• Provide support as needed with receiving and transmitting classified matter via US Postal Service, express services, and hand-carry.
• Inspect and validate equipment approved for the reproduction and destruction of classified matter.
• Assist with disseminating CMPC announcements and information to custodians.
• Ensure the information on the CMPC SharePoint remains updated.
• Collaborate with the Information Security Supervisor on the maintenance of the CMPC program in accordance with federal law, customer requirements, certification and accreditation requirements, and industry best practices.
• Attend project meetings as needed and provide CMPC awareness information.
• Review, update, and maintain the CMPC program.
• Maintain the CMPC Self-Assessment program to include entering, tracking, and closing Findings and Opportunities for Improvement (OFI).
• Develop and maintain the CMPC review and assessment schedule to be entered into the NvE Joint Assessment Schedule (JAS).
• Conduct CMPC reviews and assessments of site projects and programs to include writing reports and capturing Findings and OFIs.
• Participate in the development, review, and updates of all Security and CMPC related briefings and training courses.
• Present the Initial New Hire briefing as needed.
• Assist with preparing CMPC articles, website content, and other materials for publication.
• Provide support as needed to Operations Security (OPSEC).
• Collaborate with other outside Security interests such as Counterintelligence, other DOE sites, and…