Vulnerability Assessment Lead

What You'll Do

The VA Threat Policy Planning and Implementation Lead is responsible for a team of analysts who are tasked with providing the technical expertise to understand the approved vulnerability assessment report (VAR) and site security plan (SSP) for secure site operations and to evaluate the impact of proposed policy or operational changes on the physical security of the entire Y-12 site and all of its assets, including special nuclear material (SNM), hazardous materials, classified and controlled information, and critical infrastructure, among others.

Responsibilities:

• Solving problems that are highly complex, diverse, and impact the organization requiring the best solution from a range of possibilities, development of innovative solutions, integration or coordination of specialties and staff, and the application of significant judgment and knowledge.
• Using a broad range of complex tools to complete the security analysis including multiple software simulation tools for pathway analysis and combat simulations in order to leverage explosive analyses, design performance tests, develop physical and tactical upgrades for the site, and analyze threat capabilities to determine the most effective weapons set for Y-12 deployment.
• Communicating risk effectively with mid-level personnel and senior management of both contractor and
  Federal organizations and use a variety of security analysis tools to complete all work to standards.
• Interfacing with support organizations to understand planned operations, evaluate proposed modifications or changes, and ensure activities are in compliance with VAR and SSP.
• Performing troubleshooting activities for emerging issues within the security operations management scope of responsibility to resolve systems and maintenance issues and ensure minimal risk is incurred during outages, upgrades, or other planned and unplanned changes to the physical security system.
• Serving in a project management role as needed for coordination of large, cross-cutting activities within the security envelope that involve multiple interfaces that cross organizational lines.
• Presenting technical briefings or presentations, as required, that describe and explain proposed/approved security operations and compliance implementation methods.
• Reviewing and updating the Protection Elements List, Site Security Plan, Security Incident Response Plan, and Material Access Area Security Plans utilizing a determination process to ensure changes are within the security envelope appropriate for the facility/activity.
• Accountability for evaluation and oversight of site activities to ensure they are within the approved procedures and the security envelope of operations for the facility or activity being evaluated to ensure any security risk incurred is properly documented and communicated to federal stakeholders, for work conditions and implementation strategies to ensure safe, secure, compliant, and effective security operations, while maximizing capabilities and survivability, and for developing options to perform mission critical work in a secure and compliant manner, while utilizing government funds in the most effective and efficient manner possible.
• May represent S&S management in evaluation of proposed facility/site modifications or changes in planned activities affecting the VAR and SSP and in meetings to evaluate and identify implementation strategies for compliance requirements or changes to existing policy/directive requirements.

What You Can Expect

Minimum Job Requirements

Preferred Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related security, science, engineering, or mathematics discipline
• Broad knowledge of plant facilities and operations and a demonstrated understanding of security operations' principles and concepts
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interface effectively with various clients, customers, stakeholders, and organizations
• Strong mathematical, analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills are necessary
• Attention to detail and organizational skills are essential, with additional skills in effective integration, systems thinking, planning, writing, organization, communication, general and contract-specific compliance, personnel management, and budget management
• Demonstrated history of meeting deliverable schedule dates with high quality products, and the ability to perform independently and achieve desired results with little supervision
• Knowledge of the Y-12 plant systems and production material flows, products, and processes associated with the facilities (e.g. enriched uranium operations), as well as knowledge of CNS and NNSA/DOE security procedures and regulations is desired
• Knowledge of the primary components and objectives of the Design Basis Threat Policy is desired
• Candidates with site-specific Protective Force, Performance Testing, and Physical Security Systems experience are preferred
• Candidates with knowledge/experience in chemical processes, nuclear criticality safety, and/or hazardous material consequence analysis and blast effects are also highly desired
• Experience with statistical software and strong proficiency in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel
• Derivative Classifier and Reviewing Official qualifications or the ability to achieve these qualifications

Why Y-12?

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.