PRINCIPAL ADVISOR, SPECIAL SECURITY

You will serve as the Principal Advisor, Special Security to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (DUSN) Intelligence and Security (I&S) and the Senior Director of Security. In this role, you will provide executive-level counsel on all matters pertaining to the security and protection of classified national security information across the enterprise.

You will provide strategic consultation, executive leadership, and comprehensive evaluation for agency-wide special security programs.

You will serve as the principal expert to senior executives, such as the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Intelligence and Security).

You will advise on implementation and administration of comprehensive special security programs, ensuring strict compliance with national security policies, intelligence community directives, and federal regulations across the organization.

You will serve as the technical authority responsible for protecting Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and national security information, ensuring integrity, confidentiality and availability of the agency’s sensitive intelligence assets.

You will direct and advise on the management of personnel security clearance programs, oversee investigative guidelines, adjudicative processes, and insider threat mitigation to ensure rigorous compliance with federal security clearance procedures.

You will establish, recommend, and track robust internal controls, risk management frameworks, and performance metrics, providing actionable intelligence and periodic oversight reporting to senior leadership to drive continuous program improvement.