Contractor SAP Security Officer Journeyman

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Computer SAP Security Officer (CSSO) – Journeyman to join our team in Huntsville, AL.

The Computer SAP Security Officer (CSSO) – Journeyman will develop, implement, and maintain a multi-disciplined security program for complex, major acquisition Special Access Programs (SAPs), providing expert personnel security administration and comprehensive security oversight.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Quality-review, process, and track incoming Program Access Request (PAR) packages, Program Indoctrination Agreements (PIAs), and debriefs via the JADE database.
• Perform personnel security verifications and actions utilizing the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) and relevant PERSEC systems.
• Update and maintain the JADE database with Program Indoctrination Agreements (PIAs), Debriefing Statements, foreign travel records, and security violation reports.
• Conduct initial, annual, indoctrination, and debriefing security training sessions for program-briefed personnel regarding the protection of classified information.
• Review DD-254s to verify contractor access authorizations, draft Continued Access Eligibility (CAE) requests, and coordinate with external PERSEC offices.
• Provide senior-level advisory and liaison support between program leadership, engineering teams, and government security officials, ensuring strict compliance with DoDM 5205.07 series requirements.
• Enforce proper receipt, dispatch, handling, marking, and transmission of classified materials while supporting facility access control and security oversight inspections.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, formal training, and progressively responsible security experience.
• 3+ years of experience as a Program Security Officer (PSO), including at least 3 cumulative years supporting acquisition Special Access Programs (SAPs).
• Demonstrated experience preparing, issuing, tracking, and reviewing Pre-Screening Questionnaires (PSQs), PAR packages, PIAs, and DD-254 authorizations.
• Must have held a SAP-related security position within the past nine months.
• Demonstrated expertise in DoD personnel security policies, procedures, and DoDM 5205.07 series directives.
• Hands-on proficiency utilizing government security systems, specifically JADE and DISS.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SAPCO working groups or multi-directorate security policy coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and brief operational materials and security updates to senior leadership and corporate officials.
• Strong technical aptitude in coordinating multi-discipline security requirements across physical, industrial, IT/IA, and SCI disciplines.
• Formal training or certifications through the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (CDSE / DCSA).

Clearance Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI)

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, and secure facilities.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and government customers, and must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• May require occasional travel to support personnel security objectives and facility oversight.