Principal Safeguards & Security Specialist - Technical Security Analyst

Mission Support and Test Services is hiring a Principal Safeguards & Security Specialist (Technical Security Analyst) to support high-stakes security engineering and analysis for nuclear and critical infrastructure environments. This onsite role in North Las Vegas, NV provides technical leadership through complex security risk, blast, and vulnerability analysis, pairing quantitative methods with advanced simulation capabilities.

In this position, you will act as a senior technical authority and deliver rigorous analytical support for the Nevada Field Office (NFO) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), helping evaluate, design, and validate physical protection systems for complex assets and facilities.

Role focus

• Serve as a high-level technical authority for complex security risk, blast, and vulnerability analyses.
• Provide rigorous technical and quantitative analytical support to the Nevada Field Office (NFO) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
• Use advanced computational modeling, physics-based blast simulations, and probabilistic risk assessment methodologies to evaluate, design, and validate physical protection systems for complex nuclear, high-hazard, and critical infrastructure assets.

Key technologies

• Advanced computational modeling
• Physics-based blast simulations
• Probabilistic risk assessment methodologies

Location and compensation

• Location: North Las Vegas, NV (onsite)
• Salary: USD 101,982 - 155,521 per year

Reporting line

• Reports directly to the Technical Analysis Section Supervisor.