Directorate Security Officer

We have an opening for a Directorate Security Officer (DSO) to provide technical subject matter expertise on security matters supporting the Operations and Business Principal Associate Directorate (O&B PAD) and Laboratory Director’s Office. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse work environment and be responsible for advising directorate personnel and management to ensure implementation of DOE/NNSA and institutional security policies and procedures. This position is in the Security Organization (SO) within the O&B PAD and reports to the Security Risk Manager.

You will

• Provide independent oversight of directorate organizations, activities, and facilities to ensure conditions and operations are consistent with Safeguards and Security requirements; serve as the directorate point-of-contact for employees on all security policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with all levels of management and personnel as appropriate to fill information requirements in support of the Principal Associate Director’s decision-making process and response to security concerns.
• Implement security risk mitigation controls and consequence management initiatives identified through the security risk management process.
• Plan and lead security assessments, inspections, audits, and verifications of activities and facilities in coordination with the SO Assurance Management Office; this may require interaction with internal/external sponsors and senior management.
• Conduct causal analyses and drive issues and corrective action management for incidents of security concern and other security related issues within the O&B PAD.
• Partner with topical area managers within the Safeguards and Security functional area to develop and systematically deploy technically sound security compliance solutions.  
• Sponsor organizational activities and programmatic operations through the Safeguards and Security Protection Strategy Review Board and participate in the security risk analysis and planning process as applicable.
• Serve as the O&B PAD Technical Surveillance Countermeasure (TSCM) Coordinator.
• Serve as the O&B PAD representative to the Operation Security (OPSEC) Committee.
• Maintain the DSO training curriculum, ensuring newly appointed institutional DSOs are trained.
• Perform other duties as assigned.