Security Specialist

Overview

i3 is searching for a Security Specialist to join our team.

The candidate will provide advisory, technical, and administrative security support to the PM UAS Government Security Team Lead. All tasks will be executed in a supporting capacity, with final approval authority remaining solely with the government.

Responsibilities

• Security Program Administration-Draft, update, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Operations Security (OPSEC) plans for Government Team Lead review and final signature.
• Coordinate security administration across project sites.
• Perform preliminary OPSEC reviews of documents staffed for public release and provide recommendations to government.
• Create, update and maintain personnel databases.
• Classification Management-Review technical data and provide recommendations to the Government Team Lead regarding Security Classification Guides (SCGs).
• Help identify and catalog Critical Program Information (CPI).
• Personnel Security- Track status of security clearance and reinvestigations.
• Administer program access requests Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and security briefings/debriefings.
• Maintain records and verify data inside government security databases such as the Defense Information System for Security (DISS).
• Coordinate reporting of security infractions, monitor insider threat indicators, and handle clearance suspensions or terminations. Partner with Human Resources, IT, and facility security officers (FSOs) during employee onboarding and offboarding.
• Inquiry & Reporting Support-Conduct preliminary administrative reviews of potential security infractions.
• Draft findings, reports, and recommended corrective actions for government resolution and decision.
• Security Education & Training-Develop, update, and deliver security training materials, briefings, and administrative onboarding support to PMO personnel under the direction of the government lead.
• Foreign Disclosure Liaison-Review foreign visit requests and international data transfer packages for compliance with established disclosure policies.
• Formulate administrative recommendations for the Foreign Disclosure Officer (FDO).
• Compliance & Inspections-Assist in conducting security self-inspections. Document discrepancies and track corrective actions to completion under government oversight.
• Program Protection & Technology Security.
• Support the identification of CPI by analyzing the various UAS system architecture, technical baselines, and engineering designs to recommend elements meeting CPI criteria.
• Assist with CPI Assessments, vulnerability analyses, and threat assessments to support the development of the Program Protection Plan (PPP).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 to 15 years of experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted for degree.
• An active Secret clearance is required; TS clearance preferred

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of program and product integration principles, including the relationships among cost, schedule, technical performance, and operational requirements.
• Ability to maintain a program-level perspective while understanding and coordinating detailed technical activities and dependencies.
• Sound judgment and the ability to analyze complex technical and programmatic information to develop practical recommendations.
• Strong initiative, attention to detail, organization, and accountability for assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently, anticipate customer needs, and translate general guidance into actionable tasks and coordinated execution plans.
• Effective leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills when working across government and contractor organizations.
• Ability to facilitate discussions, resolve competing priorities, and coordinate stakeholders toward common program objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to track multiple concurrent activities, manage deadlines, and respond effectively to changing program priorities.
• Commitment to teamwork, responsive customer support, continuous improvement, and successful delivery of mission capabilities.

Physical Demands and Work Schedule

The physical demands described below are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear and frequently required to stand, walk, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must be able to lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regular i3 hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Additional hours may occasionally be required. Regular and punctual attendance is required.

About i3

Founded in 2007, Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3) is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with additional offices in Orlando, FL, and the National Capital Region. We are a 100% team member-owned mid-tier integrator with over 800 employee-owners, and our culture speaks for itself: we've earned ten Best Places to Work® awards, driven by strong employee engagement, transparent leadership, and a genuine commitment to communication.

i3 team members operate at the leading edge of national defense across a broad range of technical disciplines, from systems and software engineering to modeling, simulation, and training solutions to cybersecurity, digital engineering, and enterprise IT. We also take products from prototype through production, bringing that same engineering rigor to manufacturing and delivering hardware at scale. For candidates, that means a rare opportunity: the innovation and mission focus of an engineering services company paired with the hands-on impact of building and delivering real solutions that benefit the Warfighter, all inside an employee-owned company where your contributions directly shape both the mission and your ownership stake in the business.