Senior Industrial Security Representative

Leidos is seeking a proven, experienced security professional to manage a program supporting our Intelligence Community (IC) customer. This is an incredible opportunity to apply your security experience and provide direction and oversight to SCI programs in support of impactful business operations. Position SummaryThe position requires a strong background in counterintelligence awareness and briefings, personnel security clearance processing and experience managing the physical security requirements of SCIFs for a customer within the intelligence community.The selected candidate will need to be well versed in NISPOM, Intelligence Community Directives and SEADs, a self-starter who can prioritize security actions, provide excellent communication to employees, management and government customer, and a result driven professional to handle security issues.Primary Responsibilities•Maintain and manage program security requirements to include all customer compliance requirements •Provide security clearance processing •Provide technical security expertise in the following security disciplines: personnel, physical/industrial, computer investigations, and operations.•Prepare and disseminate security requirements, guidance, and procedures.•Provide Clearance and SCI briefing/debriefing to employees.•Ensure personnel are aware of the reporting responsibilities such as Foreign Contact, Foreign Travel and Outside Activities.•Track Government contractor badge renewal submission.•Receive, control and safeguard SCI and collateral information.•Collaborate with members of the DoW, the IC and other officials as required to maintain knowledge and understanding of current security regulations.•Monitor, update, and maintain appropriate records (e.g. database and hardcopy) of security actions.•Coordinate information with internal and external security offices and divisions.•Interpret security policy on matters pertaining to processing, dissemination, and controlling of classified materials.•Monitor and manage security operations and provide status reports and recommendations.•Create, manage, and execute Security Awareness and CI training programs.•Collaborate with internal and external managers to ensure understanding of program operations.•Draft or create security volumes for Request for Information or Proposals.•Work closely with program manage team and government customer.•Conduct foreign travel pre-post foreign travel briefings.•Author CI briefings and provide counterintelligence updates.•Conduct initial inquiries and write final reports related to security incidents and violations.•Respond to after hour intrusion detection systems (during the week and on weekends).•Maintain program security requirements to include; updating SOPs, maintaining personnel records via SIMs, updating and maintaining security education and awareness programs.Basic Qualifications• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience. The successful candidate must have experience in supporting security concepts, principles, and practices to analyze and resolve difficult and complex security issues. Additional years’ experience may be used in lieu of a degree. • Experience delivering full range of security services including, but not limited to: All aspects of pre-screening hiring and onboarding new contractors, administering briefings/debriefings, security incident management, mentoring and instructing employees to ensure program and employee compliance with sponsor CI/Security regulations.• Experience interpreting customer security policies and CI risk mitigation.• Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience and ability to maintain program required Security documentation and to collaborate, coordinate, deconflict, and engage with various customer groups and a multi-cultural diverse workforce. •Experience managing and having oversight of large programs.•Experience briefing multi-level audiences is a must.•Advanced interpersonal and customer service skills as well as the ability to provide concise and compelling briefings to audiences of varied experience levels.•Ability to make sound decisions and advise PMO and customer leadership on sensitive personnel and security related matters.•Self-starter who has experience integrating with a customer security team and can independently perform program security duties with little supervision.•Experience providing extended, direct and substantive guidance to employees working in high threat, austere, denied area and warzone environments.•Working knowledge of operational security and CI issues.•Diligent in obtaining, training, implementing, and documenting new and relevant CI and security information to support evolving customer needs.•Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities. •Candidate must be well organized with a proven ability to prioritize, complete, and update customer and program leadership on all security concerns and coordinate resolutions.•Manage SCIF Physical security requirements to include alarm response test, entry/exit bag checks, UL Certification Test, facility annual inspection and self-inspections.•Familiarity with CT mission and overseas deployments.•Demonstrated ability to work independently and with little supervision.•Strong background utilizing Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.•Evaluate and interpret clearance decisions made by the government customer.•Knowledge of multiple Security functional areas; physical, COMSEC, personnel and information security.•An understanding of security principles and government special security regulations (i.e. ICDs, NISPOM and SEADs).•Clearance requirement is Top Secret//SCI with Polygraph. Applicant selected must have and maintain government security clearance at the TS//SCI level with polygraph.Preferred Qualifications: •Experience with leading or managing a team.•Experience modifying or building SCIFs to ICD 705 technical specification requirements.•FSO, CSO, ISP, SFPC or CSSO Security training/certificate(s).•Demonstrated experience working with SIMS•Demonstrated experience working with Scattered Castles.•Demonstrated experience working with communications security.If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.Original Posting:August 3, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.SummaryLocation: Chantilly, VAType: Full time