Security Specialist

Job Description

SAIC is seeking a Security Specialist to provide programmatic support to a program within the Program Executive Office’s Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power portfolio at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
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Fun stuff you will do on the job:

• Perform day‑to‑day facility management tasks (escort, maintenance of facility access control entry systems, etc.).
• Develop and administer a document accountability system (processing inbound/outbound classified mail, receipt records, data transfers, classification reviews, destruction of classified materials, processing magnetic media for accountability, etc.).
• Support personnel security processes (processing visit notices, maintaining personnel security files, processing Program Access Requests and Program Security Questionnaires, performing indoctrinations, etc.).
• Support the development and execution of facility Standard Operating Procedures.
• Support security compliance inspections and personnel data checks in the Joint Access Database Environment system.
• Must have an in‑scope security background investigation (T5), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and rolled in the Continuous Vetting program (if applicable).

This is you:

• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years or more of relevant experience (additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of education).
• Complete DoD SAPCO approved SAPNP training within six months of starting on contract (if performing SAP personnel security functions); JPAS training within six months (if performing SCI personnel security functions); and Joint Access Database Environment (JADE) training within six months (if performing SAP personnel security functions).
• Knowledge of the National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM) / Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs) with focus on ICD 705 series, DoD 5205.07 series, Executive Orders, etc.
• Must have an in‑scope security background investigation (T5), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and rolled in the Continuous Vetting program (if applicable).
• Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Programs and consent to a polygraph examination (as required).

• Familiar with related security policy/manuals and the appropriate JAFANs/DOD Manuals and other guiding policy documents.
• Worked in government and/or cleared defense contractor office environment.

Target salary range: $120,001 – $160,000 (estimate based on experience and other factors).

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high‑end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services.

We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission‑critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please apply through the internal career site here.