(644) Information Security SME

Position Overview

Arlo is in search of an Information Security Subject Matter Expert to support the Office of the Under Secretary for War (Intelligence & Security) (OUSW(I&S)) security and counterintelligence programs. The Information Security Subject Matter Expert shall provide services for specialized administrative, specialist and subject matter expertise in support of DoW and interagency counterintelligence, identity intelligence, law enforcement, and security policies, procedures, and programs. This resource will provide subject matter expert-level Information Security support to the Critical Technology Protection Directorate.

Work Location:  Pentagon - Arlington, VA

Clearance:  Active TS/SCI

Job Responsibilities and/or Success Factors

• Support policy development, sufficiency reviews, interpretations, training development and delivery, and all administrative matters for DoW policies governing Classified National Security Information, including classification, declassification, special access program security and administration, Intelligence Community Sensitive Compartmented Information, downgrade, foreign disclosure, and public release. Participates in Staff Assistance visits to audit policy compliance, approximately twice per year.
• Support the development and continued implementation of national and DoW policy, Executive Agent guidance, regulatory requirements, and training for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). This includes administration and oversight of DoW’s CUI Registry, coordination with DoW CUI Program Managers, policy writing and interpretation, and preparation for OUSW(I&S) personnel attending Executive Agent CUI governance bodies. Participates in Staff Assistance Visits to audit policy compliance, approximately twice per year.
• Support the development and implementation of national and DoW policy, guidance, and training on Critical Program Information (CPI) identification and Program Protection Planning.
• Support the development and implementation of national and DoW policy, guidance, and training on Classification Management and Security Classification Guidance (SCG). Provides thorough and complete feedback on draft SCGs, ensures draft SCGs adhere to policy standards, and identifies current SCGs that may require updates, consolidation, or cancellation, approximately five times per month.
• Executes Critical Technology Protection (CTP) file plan and records management requirements, including timely destruction of non-records, approximately once per week.

Education and Minimum Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum ten (10) years of demonstrated knowledge of national, DoW and information security policies and procedures.
• Five (5) years of experience supporting DoW security functions to include operations security, critical program information/technology protection, declassification, and SCI and SAP security policies.
• Five (5) years of experience conducting security reviews, constructing or reviewing security classification guidance (SCG), and interpreting DoW policy governing disclosure of classified information.
• Three (3) years of experience recommending security policy positions and once approved, representing those positions to a broad constituency at various forums and facilitate or chair forums to draft policy and/or achieve policy issue resolution.
• Four (4) years of security policy or operational experience.
• Five (5) years of experience as a staff action officer on an Office of Secretary of War (OSW), Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), or Military Department headquarters staff.