UNCLASSIFIED
Senior Security Specialist/Area Security Officer
NONIC-25-0005UNONIC
GG/GS-14
DC-WASHINGTON
1/13/2025
The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is vast, enhancing and protecting the health of Americans and driving advances in medicine, public health, and social services. HHS is responsible for almost a quarter of all federal outlays (nearly $2 trillion annually) and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. HHS includes 13 operating agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response (ASPR), the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as well as the U.S. Public Health Service.
The Office of National Security (ONS) serves as the Federal Intelligence Coordination Office for HHS, leading and coordinating intelligence, counterintelligence, insider threat, cyber threat intelligence, information security, personnel security, and classified intelligence programs for the Department. It is the largest non-Title 50 intelligence organization and resides within the Immediate Office of the Secretary of HHS.
HHS/ONS seeks an experienced Security Specialist to serve as the Senior Special Security Officer (SSO) to lead a full range of intelligence-related multi-discipline security programs. The incumbent will serve as the resident expert on Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) programs and principal advisor to the Assistant Director for Personnel Security and the Assistant Deputy Secretary for National Security on the management of classified materials.
The Security Specialist will provide all aspects of leadership, training, and guidance to personnel assigned to SSO offices in HHS and will:
- Review and refine HHS policies and procedures to reflect security best practices in collaboration with Intelligence Community and partner agencies.
- Maintain and lead an active working group of SSO personnel within HHS and provide persistent support, guidance, and assistance to HHS Operational Division stakeholders on security and SSO needs.
- Conduct SCI security indoctrinations, briefings, and debriefings; execute and maintain SCI non-disclosure statements and non-disclosure agreements.
- Manage the control, transmittal, transportation, packaging, safeguarding, and destruction of SCI material in accordance with regulations.
- Prepare and review construction security plans to include required accreditation documentation in accordance with ICD 705.
- Manage ONS engagements with IT service providers including HHS/Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Effectively resolve issues on-site to maintain ONS operational capabilities.
The duty station for this position is the HHS headquarters building in Washington, DC. However, telework, alternate work locations, and flexible work hours are available.
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- Extensive knowledge of the operations of the Intelligence Community and its relationship with the SCI programs within non-Title 50 agencies.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise regarding SCI operations.
- Experience and mastery of SCI security procedures, requirements, policies, guidelines, and directives related to the management and security of these programs allowing the incumbent to serve as the technical authority for HHS.
- Exceptional communication and customer service skills and demonstrated experience successfully resolving short-suspense security issues.
- Experience as an SSO or ASO in a TS/SCI environment.
- Have an established network of security colleagues across the national security community.
- Mission-focused professional with a service-first mentality to support teammates and stakeholders.
- Creative thinker; drives solutions and capability improvements.
The Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital approved this position as Joint Duty qualifying on October 21, 2024.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
1. IC employees must apply by the vacancy close date. The IC employee application should include the following ...
a. A brief (two-page limit) candidate resume or biographical summary.
b. A short narrative describing the applicant's qualifications (general and specific) for the joint duty rotational assignment.
2. IC employees must be nominated by their employing (home) element within 10 calendar days of the vacancy close date in order to be considered by the gaining element. Please contact your employing element's Joint Duty Program Office for nomination procedures as some agencies may require written supervisory endorsement at the time of application. IC Element Joint Duty Program Office contact info can be found at: https://ichas.dni.ic.gov/JDAT/Contacts.aspx. Any application sent directly by an IC employee to the gaining element will not be considered.
The Office of National Security (ONS) serves as the Federal Intelligence Coordination Office for HHS, leading and coordinating intelligence, counterintelligence, insider threat, cyber threat intelligence, information security, personnel security, and classified intelligence programs for the Department. It is the largest non-Title 50 intelligence organization and resides within the Immediate Office of the Secretary of HHS.
HHS/ONS seeks an experienced Security Specialist to serve as the Senior Special Security Officer (SSO) to lead a full range of intelligence-related multi-discipline security programs. The incumbent will serve as the resident expert on Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) programs and principal advisor to the Assistant Director for Personnel Security and the Assistant Deputy Secretary for National Security on the management of classified materials.
The Security Specialist will provide all aspects of leadership, training, and guidance to personnel assigned to SSO offices in HHS and will:
- Review and refine HHS policies and procedures to reflect security best practices in collaboration with Intelligence Community and partner agencies.
- Maintain and lead an active working group of SSO personnel within HHS and provide persistent support, guidance, and assistance to HHS Operational Division stakeholders on security and SSO needs.
- Conduct SCI security indoctrinations, briefings, and debriefings; execute and maintain SCI non-disclosure statements and non-disclosure agreements.
- Manage the control, transmittal, transportation, packaging, safeguarding, and destruction of SCI material in accordance with regulations.
- Prepare and review construction security plans to include required accreditation documentation in accordance with ICD 705.
- Manage ONS engagements with IT service providers including HHS/Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Effectively resolve issues on-site to maintain ONS operational capabilities.
The duty station for this position is the HHS headquarters building in Washington, DC. However, telework, alternate work locations, and flexible work hours are available.
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- Extensive knowledge of the operations of the Intelligence Community and its relationship with the SCI programs within non-Title 50 agencies.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise regarding SCI operations.
- Experience and mastery of SCI security procedures, requirements, policies, guidelines, and directives related to the management and security of these programs allowing the incumbent to serve as the technical authority for HHS.
- Exceptional communication and customer service skills and demonstrated experience successfully resolving short-suspense security issues.
- Experience as an SSO or ASO in a TS/SCI environment.
- Have an established network of security colleagues across the national security community.
- Mission-focused professional with a service-first mentality to support teammates and stakeholders.
- Creative thinker; drives solutions and capability improvements.
The Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital approved this position as Joint Duty qualifying on October 21, 2024.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
1. IC employees must apply by the vacancy close date. The IC employee application should include the following ...
a. A brief (two-page limit) candidate resume or biographical summary.
b. A short narrative describing the applicant's qualifications (general and specific) for the joint duty rotational assignment.
2. IC employees must be nominated by their employing (home) element within 10 calendar days of the vacancy close date in order to be considered by the gaining element. Please contact your employing element's Joint Duty Program Office for nomination procedures as some agencies may require written supervisory endorsement at the time of application. IC Element Joint Duty Program Office contact info can be found at: https://ichas.dni.ic.gov/JDAT/Contacts.aspx. Any application sent directly by an IC employee to the gaining element will not be considered.
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10/28/2024
12/6/2024
202-260-7508
Tim.Latta@hhs.gov
202-205-4349
Alisa.Hudgens@hhs.gov
Enterprise Management & Support
FullPerformance
Senior
Expert
GG/GS-14
GG/GS-13
HHS HQs, Washington, DC
0-25%
24
REIMBURSABLE
TOP SECRET//SCI
NO POLYGRAPH
10/28/2024
12/6/2024
202-260-7508
Tim.Latta@hhs.gov
202-205-4349
Alisa.Hudgens@hhs.gov
Enterprise Management & Support
FullPerformance
Senior
Expert
GG/GS-14
GG/GS-13
HHS HQs, Washington, DC
0-25%
24
REIMBURSABLE
TOP SECRET//SCI
NO POLYGRAPH
UNCLASSIFIED