National Industrial Security Program Security Specialist (Defense)

Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States. Full-time onsite role with less than 5% travel. U.S. citizenship and active TS/SCI eligibility, with the ability to maintain eligibility, are required.

Salary: $78,000–$100,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides the opportunity to support National Industrial Security Program operations and compliance.

What you will do

• Support implementation of 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM, DCSA guidance, contract security requirements, and company security procedures.
• Support clearance processing, onboarding and offboarding, access eligibility verification, personnel-security records, and classified visits.
• Manage the protection, handling, storage, transmission, reproduction, and destruction of classified information.
• Conduct or coordinate security briefings, refresher training, debriefings, insider-threat awareness, and required reporting training.
• Receive and escalate security incidents, including potential violations, suspicious contacts, foreign contacts or travel, and loss or compromise events.
• Support physical-security controls, self-inspections, corrective actions, security records, and DCSA reviews while providing delegated FSO coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 2–4 years of experience.
• Knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM, applicable DCSA requirements, and U.S. Government client support.
• Experience maintaining the Government System of Record database and using security business integrated management systems.
• U.S. citizenship and active TS/SCI eligibility, with the ability to maintain eligibility.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, discretion, attention to detail, and records-management skills.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with DISS, NBIS, NISS, and related personnel and industrial security systems.
• Experience with classified-information safeguarding, vulnerability assessment, and remediation.
• Defense, aerospace, or government-contracting security experience.
• ISP certification or relevant CDSE training and certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Less than 5% travel.
• Opportunity to support security-program compliance and continuity for a government-contractor location.