National Security Specialist - Technical Security and Mission Integration

At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget.

Our Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Integrated Discovery Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus.

The National Security Directorate (NSD) drives science-based, mission-focused solutions to take on complex,real-world threats to our nation and the world.

The Physical Detection Systems and Deployment Division, part of NSD, delivers policy-informed technology solutions by removing barriers to real-world implementation. We strive to understand end-user environments to transition technology from the developmental stage to deployment. Our diverse expertise in operational systems provides tools, technologies, and approaches for combating a range of threats, both at home and in more than 100 countries around the globe.

The Technology Integration (TI) Group within NSD is seeking an experienced National Security Specialist to support complex national security programs and technical projects. Our teams integrate science, technology, systems engineering, security expertise, and operational experience to develop and deploy practical solutions that address real-world mission needs. Our group brings together technical expertise, systems integration, project execution, and operational experience to develop and deploy solutions that address real-world national security challenges.

We collaborate across PNNL to provide impactful solutions that achieve real-world mission objectives in the field.

The successful candidate will provide technical and programmatic expertise across a variety of mission areas, which may include physical security, critical infrastructure protection, insider threat mitigation, counterintelligence, security systems integration, communications infrastructure, threat reduction, and other emerging national security technologies.

In this role, the candidate will be expected to:

• Provide technical expertise in the design, integration, evaluation, deployment, operation, and sustainment of physical and integrated security systems supporting national security missions.
• Conduct and support security assessments, vulnerability analyses, compliance reviews, performance evaluations, and operational assessments to identify risks, capability gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate complex federal security policies, technical requirements, and sponsor objectives into practical implementation strategies, technical solutions, procedures, and operational requirements.
• Support the planning and execution of complex technical projects, including requirements development, scope definition, schedule and budget considerations, risk management, contractor coordination, field implementation, and project closeout.
• Apply technical and operational expertise to security systems that may include access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, communications infrastructure, networked security systems, delay/denial technologies, and other protective-system components.
• Provide technical expertise in areas such as physical security, insider threat, counterintelligence, operational security, critical infrastructure protection, and emerging security technologies.
• Develop and deliver technical training, workshops, exercises, procedures, security plans, concepts of operation, and other materials supporting mission execution and partner capacity building.
• Identify emerging threats,…