Industrial Security Specialist

About the Role

Quindar is standing up an Industrial Security Program to support mission partners across the U.S. Government. We are seeking an Industrial Security Specialist I/II/III who thrives in a hands-on environment and is excited to help build, scale, and mature a compliant, high-impact security program supporting DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) customers.

In this role, you will work closely with the Facility Security Officer (FSO) and play a critical role in day-to-day security operations, compliance, and process development. You will be a key contributor to developing Quindar’s Industrial Security Program and implementing industrial security standards across new and existing secure spaces, directly enabling classified mission execution.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support the development and delivery of security training, education, and awareness programs

• Manage the full personnel clearance lifecycle, including initial submissions, upgrades, and reinvestigations

• Support classified onboarding and offboarding briefings for employees

• Provide local visitor control and classified meeting support

• Review SF-86s for adequacy and completeness

• Process incoming and outgoing Visit Access Requests (VARs)

• Assist with DCSA self-inspections, assessments, and audits

• Support the maintenance and continued build out of security compliance software

• Help develop, revise, and maintain security policies, SPPs, and internal processes

• Support physical security operations, including badging, visitor access, and secure storage

• Assist with security briefings and presentations

• Support ad hoc projects as the security program continues to grow and evolve

• Creating and implementing new security processes for newly established secure facilities and environments

• Direct support to government programs implementing industrial security requirements from SCI Nominations to building and reviewing DD-254s.

This Role Is a Great Fit If You

• Enjoy building structure where minimal processes currently exist

• Are comfortable wearing multiple hats in a fast-paced environment

• Take pride in precision, compliance, and enabling mission success

• Are confident in your industrial security knowledge and when you don’t know something, your response is, “I’ll find out.”

Qualifications

Required:

• U.S. Citizen

• Active Top Secret clearance

• High school diploma or higher

• 2–4 years of DoD/DCSA security experience supporting an FSO or CSSO

• Hands-on experience with DISS, NISS, SWFT, and NBIS

• Working knowledge of the NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117 and DoD 5200 series manuals

• Experience managing the full clearance lifecycle (initials, upgrades, reinvestigations)

• Experience with the life cycle of employee security reporting

• Experience with document control and the secure handling and transmittal of classified materials and data, including inventory management, secure shipping, and couriering of classified documents and physical media

• Experience in DCSA incident reporting process

• Experience working directly and professionally with program managers, customers, government partners, and vendors.

• Strong attention to detail with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

• Experience building or scaling security processes in a growing organization

• Experience completing a DCSA self-inspection

• Experience in reviewing DD-254s to establish program security requirements

• Complete the CDSE DCSA FSO Possessing Facilities Certification within six months of hire

Preferred:

• CDSE DCSA FSO Possessing Facilities Certification

• Active Top Secret clearance with CI Poly

• Experience supporting DCSA Open Storage accreditations and annual inspections

• Prior involvement in day-to-day SCIF operations

• Experience working in a startup or small company environment during periods of rapid growth or major contract wins

• Experience with SCI nominations and associated reporting requirements

• Experience building sub-contractor DD-254s and flowing to customer

• Experience implementing or scaling security software systems to support an Industrial Security Program

• Experience transitioning security requirements to a new facility.

What Success Looks Like

• Successfully transition Industrial Security processes and day-to-day security operations to Quindar’s new facility.

• Support the stand-up and operational readiness of new classified spaces

• Take ownership of assigned Industrial Security functions while maintaining the ability to provide cross-functional support across the team.

• Help build, document, and improve scalable security processes as Quindar’s classified programs and workforce grow.

• Become a trusted security resource for employees, program teams, and internal stakeholders.

• Proactively identify gaps, track actions through completion, and help keep security requirements from becoming program or operational blockers.

• Develop strong working relationships with DCSA, government customers, and other external security stakeholders as applicable.

• Successfully operate in a growing environment, balancing new program/facility development with day-to-day Industrial Security operations