Senior Security Specialist

At Areté, we are on the forefront of utilizing innovative solutions, with great minds from all backgrounds, to help solve the nation’s most complex security challenges. We strive for an inclusive, collaborative team environment that approaches differences as opportunities for innovation and excellence. As an employee-owned company, we foster an atmosphere that propels diverse career opportunities and professional growth. Discover your future with us. The Senior Security Specialist will implement the industrial security program and ensure security requirements are met for the Areté Northridge Facility. Coordinate and monitor highly sensitive aspects of DoD or other industrial security programs and other security activities while ensuring compliance with government and company security policies and procedures. Support clearance processing, visit certifications, document control, and physical security, to include alarm response for controlled area program, as well as additional security related taking. Thorough understanding of security databases such as DISS, eQIP, and NISS. This role is responsible for implementing and providing guidance to customers and management on security issues such as security education, classified document control, security investigations, classification control and personnel clearances. The Senior Security Specialist will apply knowledge of, and experience with, strong understanding of Physical Security requirements to include collateral Closed Areas; along with a working knowledge of SF-86, SF-312, DD-254, SF700, SF702, Operations Security (OPSEC) to develop, implement, and maintain the OPSEC Program to protect sensitive unclassified information, activities, equipment, and materials. Alongside the Corporate Facility Security Officer the Senior Security Specialist will develop, participate in, and /or provide training and awareness. This is a non-exempt, non-supervisory, full-time position based in our Northridge, CA office. Primary Responsibilities: The Senior Security Specialist is responsible for implementing the industrial security program and customer security requirements are met. The successful candidate will interface with all levels of Arete personnel and government management personnel to ensure contract security compliance with National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM) 32 CFR Part 117 , DoD Manual 5205.07, Contract Security Classification Specification (DD254) and Program Classification Guides. Work as a team player, exhibit flexibility, and excellent organizational skills. Analyze moderate problems and provide focused solutions with the ability to effectively communicate information to various audiences. Bring security risks to the attention of the Corporate Facility Security Officer , senior management and PM’s as identified. The candidate will be required to conduct security self-inspections alongside the Corporate Facility Security Officer, apply risk mitigation…