Security Specialist

Overview

Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With more than 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI & data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver on a scale and with purpose.

We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for six consecutive years and named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming environment for those looking to grow and make a meaningful impact. We encourage employees to push boundaries and help solve critical, world-changing federal challenges.

Credence has an immediate need for a Security Specialist (Generalist) is a mission-essential position required to provide competing operational demands alongside increased day-to-day administrative and regulatory security requirements. This position is responsible for administering the core Personnel Security (PERSEC), Physical Security (PHYSEC), and Industrial Security (INDSEC) programs within the Security & Program Protection Directorate on behalf of the PM. This will enable the security team to be more responsive to PM Staff and Product Management Office requests for support, as well as allow the government personnel assigned to the Security & Program Protection Directorate to focus on the more substantive aspects of managing the PM PNT multidisciplinary security program.

Responsible but not limited to:

• Initiates, reviews, and processes security clearance actions using DISS. Process and manage incoming and outgoing visit requests through DISS, ensuring seamless clearance verification and physical access control.
•  Serves as the primary coordinator for day-to-day on-site physical security matters, managing facility access controls, alarm response coordination, and compliance with government physical security standards.
•  Conducts in- and out-processing for all arriving and departing personnel; administers initial, annual, and specialized security training, security-related indoctrinations, and official debriefings for all assigned program personnel.
• Provides security input and guidance into all phases of the contracting lifecycle (Pre-solicitation, Source Selection, Award, Execution, and Closeout).
• Drafts, reviews, updates, and certifies DD Form 254s (DoD Contract Security Classification Specification), tracking contractor compliance through the National Industrial Security System (NISS).
• Assist in the implementation of various plans to include OPSEC, Emergency Action, Antiterrorism (AT), and Security Policies and Procedures for safeguarding Classified information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any field with a minimum of 3 years' experience as a physical security specialist.  Requires security experience in a DoD environment. Additional experience may be substituted for degree.