Program Security Officer

Job ID: 2508672

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2025-09-23

Category: Security

Subcategory: Security

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a Program Security Officer to provide support to our Customer's Program Office. This position is in Chantilly, VA.

Job Description:

• Provide tailored, embedded support to a customer's Program Office.
• Provide life-cycle protection and security risk management for assigned programs.
• Provide comprehensive security guidance and recommendations to the Program Office staff in support of program requirements, across traditional and non-traditional security disciplines to include, but not limited to: Program Protection, Operational Security (OPSEC), Communications Security (COMSEC), Information Systems Security (INFOSEC), physical/facility/technical security, personnel and industrial security.
• Assist in the development of comprehensive Program Protection architectures and will document implementation via Program Protection Plans, as well as evaluate the effectiveness of the Plans.
• Continually evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the plans and assist in the integration of any lessons learned into future planning.
• Develop briefings and classification guides for the program and/or related compartments, provide security education, work with various customer components to ensure timely approvals, accreditations, etc., evaluate industrial sites for compliance with security requirements and provide guidance and feedback on their security program.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience.
• Relevant years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
  
  

Required Experience:

• Experience as a Program Security Officer for traditional and/or non-traditional, national security, special programs-in one or more of the following security disciplines: Program Protection, Operational Security (OPSEC), Communications Security (COMSEC), Information Systems Security (INFOSEC), physical/facility/technical security, personnel and industrial security.
• Strong representational and communication (oral and writing) skills; must be able to convey comprehensive solutions to complex problems in writing and through detailed oral briefings.
• Demonstrated knowledge, experience and expertise in lifecycle acquisition security.
• Demonstrated knowledge, experience and expertise in applying security risk management processes and communicating risk and mitigation options to government stakeholders.
  
  

Clearance:

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .