Operations Security (OPSEC) SME II

ASRC Federal Professional Services is seeking a dynamic self-starter with experience in instructing Operations Security (OPSEC) course material assesses, analyzes, and implement information assurance and security engineering systems to support our contract in Norfolk, VA. 

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist the Naval OPSEC support Team (NOST)in providing OPSEC support throughout the services per Department of Defense Directive and department of the Navy Policy
• Maintain and instruct the Navy OPSEC Officer certification course (CIN: J2G0966).
• Update curriculum as required in order to provide fleet OPSEC Officers with the most relevant and up to date curriculum based on ongoing trends and technology.
• Deliver the OPSEC course to assigned OPSEC Officer, and predeployment, all hands, command and family readiness group briefs as part of certification and awareness training.
• Develop and deliver OPSEC awareness briefs supporting predeployment, all hands, command and family readiness groups.
• Respond to all fleet requests for information (RFI) and inquiries using the NOST Microsoft outlook collective email accounts on both unclassified and classified networks.
• Maintain knowledge of NAVIFOR’s mission, functions, and task (MF&T), procedures and regulations pertaining to safeguarding and storing sensitive materials.
• Conduct afloat and ashore OPSEC internal and external assessments and command assist visits throughout the Navy.
• Provide guidance to OPSEC planners, Officers, Public Affairs Officers, and Webmasters as required in order to enact measures to protect command critical information as identified during the assessment process.
• Conduct Inspector General (IG) inspections in support of Fleet Cyber Command (FFC) and NAVIFOR operational readiness command inspections.

Must have expertise in the following:

• Information Warfare subject areas such as Intelligence Collection Methods Instructor/Facilitator and Subject Matter Expertise Assessor/Inspector.
• Defining requirements for business continuity, operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, internal counter-espionage (insider threat detection and mitigation), physical security analysis (including facilities analysis, and security management) to best protect company assets.
• Assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle. 
• Validating system security requirements definition and analysis.
• Implementing and validating security designs in hardware, software, data, and procedures. 
• Verifying security requirements.
• Performing system certification and accreditation planning and testing and liaison activities. 

Education and Experience Required: 

• Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of relevant experience or 16+ years of relevant experience without a degree.

• Minimum of Seven (7) years of experience with OPSEC program management or OPSEC/Information operations planning; Threat assessment analysis; OPSEC or other security or mission assurance Assessment/Inspection Methodologies; Instructor/Facilitator; Course management. 

• Two tours of duty teaching OPSEC.

Security Clearance Required: 

• Active DOD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) clearance.