Physical Security Analyst

Sancorp Consulting LLC is seeking a Physical Security Analyst to support security program activities for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Office of Security Policy and Management (CG-SPM). This role contributes to policy and guidance analysis, security planning and assessments, and technical writing and training support, operating in the National Capital Region with on-site expectations and occasional travel.

What you will do

• Provide analysis and program support services for the USCG Office of Security Policy and Management, including support across security disciplines such as Physical Security SME, Personnel Security Specialist, Force Protection Analyst, Industrial Security Specialist, Information Security Analyst, Law Enforcement Specialist, Security Analyst, and Security Administrator in support of DCMS-34.
• Analyze new and existing policy and guidance from Executive Orders, DHS, and DOD mandates, and recommend improvements to USCG policy aligned to security program needs.
• Prepare written correspondence and technical documents, including Coast Guard Instructions and memoranda, using tools such as MS Office, SharePoint, and Acrobat Adobe.
• Assist in developing training and awareness products using available technology applications (including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and Adobe).
• Support Staff Assistance visits to operational USCG locations to assess compliance with required program expectations and best practices.
• Help with security planning to ensure physical security levels are appropriate for USCG owned and leased facilities, building occupants, critical infrastructure, and mission essential functions.
• Support assessments aimed at identifying threats, security vulnerabilities, and hazards, determining risk levels, and recommending countermeasures to mitigate risk and support investment return.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and coordinate work across diverse demands, including managing multiple coordinated tasks.
• Analyze and evaluate information to produce comprehensive recommendations, reports, letters, and regulatory documents.
• Research issues and compile information with appropriate officials through established points of contact.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a security related discipline and minimum five (5) years of documented qualifying experience in relevant areas, or ten (10) years of documented experience.
• Knowledge and experience across staff/action officer functions supporting PHYSEC policy, planning, assessment, and administration at a military service headquarters, including physical access control, access control systems, identity and credential management, critical asset protection, security engineering design, and Interagency Security Committee (ISC) risk management process (RMP) and other risk methodologies.
• Intermediate or higher proficiency with Microsoft Office tools such as MS Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to obtain and maintain appropriate access to use government databases, including MPICAM, ISMS, MIST, ISC-CS, and HSIN.
• Ability to develop and refine complex, technical security materials for a range of audiences.
• Ability to produce clear and concise written documents aligned to USCG Correspondence guidance for directing action, instructing activities, and explaining policy or regulation purpose, goals, and objectives.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a multidisciplinary group of subject matter experts and facilitate organizational consensus.
• U.S. Citizenship required; Drug screening: Yes.
• Security Clearance: Secret (and position requires maintaining access as required).

Tools and technologies

• Microsoft Office (MS Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint)
• SharePoint
• Acrobat Adobe and Adobe
• DOD365
• MPICAM
• ISMS
• Modified Infrastructure Survey Tool (MIST)
• Interagency Security Committee - Compliance System (ISC-CS)
• Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)

Compensation and location

• Location: Washington, DC (National Capital Region) with on-site posture
• Salary: USD 70,000 - 118,000 per year (commensurate with experience)
• Travel: Occasional
• Deployment: No

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, life and Disability Insurance
• 401K
• Holidays
• Performance bonuses
• Sign-on incentives
• Comprehensive benefits
• Government clearance differential or specialized premium pay may be eligible for candidates possessing an active, verifiable security clearance (e.g., Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI)