Access Control Officer - TS/SCI (TDY)

Description

Job Summary
The Access Control Officer supports secure facility operations by controlling access to restricted areas, verifying credentials and clearances, screening personnel for prohibited items, and assisting with incident response. This role helps protect sensitive facilities, assets, and information while maintaining strict confidentiality and professional standards. The ideal candidate is dependable, detail-oriented, and comfortable enforcing security procedures in a high-discipline environment. This requisition may support multiple Top Secret cleared sites across CenCore operations, with final assignment based on contract and site needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Control access to designated facilities, sensitive areas, and classified information in accordance with established security protocols and clearance requirements.
• Verify personnel identification, credentials, and clearances to ensure only authorized individuals are granted entry.
• Operate access control systems, biometric devices, handheld screening devices, and other security technologies.
• Monitor cameras, alarms, and surveillance equipment to detect and report unauthorized activity or potential security concerns.
• Conduct screening of client and vendor personnel at designated checkpoints to prevent prohibited items from entering the workplace.
• Escort visitors and uncleared personnel in sensitive areas during construction, maintenance, and other controlled activities.
• Conduct periodic foot patrols, including stairwells and interior/exterior areas, to verify physical security barriers and access control compliance.
• Assist with evacuation procedures during drills and actual emergencies, including high-stress security incidents.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance required; SCI eligibility or access may be required based on contract needs.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in access control, physical security, security operations, or a closely related role.
• Ability to work assigned shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays, and potential holdover periods to maintain minimum staffing levels.
• Ability to enforce standard operating procedures professionally, including decisions to deny entry when prohibited items or materials are identified.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling classified, sensitive, or controlled information.
• Ability to complete patrols, screening duties, emergency response support, and documentation requirements in a secure environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as an Access Control Officer, Security Officer, Security Monitor, Security Escort, or related cleared security professional.
• Knowledge of access control systems, biometric devices, surveillance systems, handheld detection equipment, and physical security protocols.
• Relevant security training, certifications, or experience supporting cleared federal, defense, intelligence, or secure construction environments.

Skills / Competencies

• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow precise security procedures.
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills with personnel, visitors, clients, vendors, and government stakeholders.
• Sound judgment and decision-making under pressure.
• Ability to remain calm and professional in high-stress or disputed screening situations.
• Commitment to ethics, integrity, confidentiality, and mission-focused security standards.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with security teams and management.
• Reliable documentation, reporting, and log-keeping skills.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

This role is performed in a secure facility environment and may require work across interior and exterior areas in varying weather conditions. The position may require 8- to 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, and shift holdovers to maintain critical staffing levels. Duties may include extended standing, use of handheld screening devices, routine foot patrols, emergency evacuation support, and professional interaction with clients, vendors, visitors, and site personnel.

• Ability to walk 3-5 miles during a shift.
• Ability to stand for extended periods, including up to 60 minutes at a time and up to 12 hours with breaks.
• Ability to conduct patrols that may take up to 2 hours during an 8- to 12-hour shift.
• Ability to frequently climb stairs and/or ramps and occasionally climb ladders.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and push or pull 50-75 pounds with an assistive device.
• Normal visual acuity, including near, far, and peripheral vision with correction, as applicable.
• Normal color vision where required for assigned duties.