Security Specialist - International Lead

Overview:

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Responsibilities:

As The International Security Team Lead, you will:

• Coordinate security requirements associated with foreign participation, international visits, partner engagement, and classified activities in multinational environments.
• Apply access, facility, information-protection, and compartmented-environment controls while enabling authorized collaboration with external partners.
• Work across Government, contractor, disclosure, export, visitor-control, and operational stakeholders to plan engagements, document requirements, resolve issues, and protect sensitive information throughout international interactions.
• By integrating international mission needs with disciplined security procedures, the Security Specialist International supports effective partner activity without weakening need-to-know, releasability, access, or secure-facility protections.
• Maintain records and guidance needed for consistent execution across recurring and high-visibility international events.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Coordinate security planning for foreign participation, international visits, meetings, technical exchanges, and partner-facing activities.
• Apply access, need-to-know, releasability, escort, and secure-environment requirements to international engagements.
• Integrate actions with foreign-disclosure, export-compliance, visitor-control, physical-security, and operational stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain international-security procedures, visit documentation, access records, coordination packages, and tracking tools.
• Assess security implications of proposed partner activities and recommend controls that enable authorized collaboration.
• Brief Government and contractor stakeholders on protection requirements, responsibilities, restrictions, and approved procedures.
• Monitor international-security actions and resolve coordination issues that could affect mission schedules or sensitive information.
• Support reviews and assessments of multinational activities to confirm consistent application of approved protections.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DoDM 5205.07 Volumes Demonstrated knowledge of Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705.
• Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government.
  

   

Pay Transparency Statement: AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $110,500.00/Yr. - USD $184,600.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement: EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status