Physical Security Specialist Security Clearance

Position: Physical Security Specialist with Security Clearance
Location: washington dc
Come make your mark with Watermark! 🎖 FOUNDED BY USAF VETERANS in 2007, we are proud to be a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. 🌎 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS specializing in security and risk management. We're intimately familiar with DOD security programs and mission requirements. OUR CORE VALUES drive every action we take as a company. We strive to exhibit PERSPECTIVE, PASSION, COMMUNICATION, INTEGRITY AND ETHICS, and BALANCE in all we do.

💲 COMPETITIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE to address our employees' physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. This includes 100% employer- paid medical insurance, ample paid leave, a free employee assistance program, and a competitive 401k savings plan. At Watermark, our people come first! Physical Security Specialist In this role you will...
* Provide technical support for USAOs on security systems and other physical security issues. Diagnose issues and coordinate with the appropriate staffs (such as Information Technology (IT), Personnel Security, HSPD-12 and USAO staff) to resolve and confirm completion. Create scopes of work (SOWs) for projects and service tickets to have security vendor correct issues and restore complete operation of the security systems.

* Monitor Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) communications network status. Coordinate with the IT staff and monitoring company to resolve communication errors and issues as they occur.
* Complete security design packages including SOWs and drawings. Work with security installer on planning software and hardware upgrades, new installation projects and other security equipment projects.
* Coordinate and cooperate with various IT staffs on security system shared interests, to include Personnel Access Control System (PACS) certificate validation, IP CCTV, new equipment/systems testing in lab environment, etc.
* Participate in physical security surveys and inspections, as requested, throughout 94 Districts comprising approximately 300 USAO facilities to determine if designated areas meet accepted standards for the safeguarding of life, property, assets and classified information. Assist in drafting results of surveys and inspections to include detailed evaluations and recommendations for review and revision. This includes generation of cost estimates and/or Statements of Work.

* Apply appropriate security standards during building design, upgrade and/or renovation phases prior to occupying new, upgraded, or renovated USAO space. Integrate all physical, technical and system security requirements into the overall security design, using AutoCAD, Visio and Microsoft Project.
* Provide assistance to USAO field offices on physical security standards, especially during project development.
* Assists in review of alteration, expansion, and new construction documentation to identify security related items that require revision or further clarification to meet applicable standards.
* Participate in project meetings with Facilities Management, field offices, GSA and their selected building contractors.
* Provide technical assistance on physical security systems troubles and issues to the USAOs. Assistance can be in the form of telephone/email support, remote-in capability, or on-site visits.
* Take part in special projects and studies affecting the overall security of USAO facilities and property.
* 3 and 4 CON Facility Security Support
* Provide technical support on facility security systems, to include PACS, IDS, IPCTV, intercoms, portals, barriers, duress alarms, x-ray machines, walk-thru metal detectors and emergency call stations.
* Provide daily inspections of all perimeter portals and garage entry systems to ensure proper working order.
* Inform and advise management of issues and resolutions regarding the building's security systems.
* Create and manage service request for both in-warranty and out-of-warranty service on all security related systems.
* Test and verify systems proper working order after repairs or reported incidents.
* Serve as the POC and primary escort for security vendors providing maintenance and service on security systems. Manage and track service history…