IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (SYSADMIN/INFOSEC)
Defense Information Systems Agency
Posted: April 7, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Space Training and Readiness Command
Department of the Air Force
Location
Salary
$102,415 - $158,322
per year
Type
Closes
Entry salary: $74,441 | Full performance (GS-13): up to $115,079
Career ladder: Start at GS-12 and advance to GS-13 with experience.
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job is for a Security Manager in the U.S.
Space Force, where you'll oversee security programs, manage sensitive information access, and ensure everything follows rules to protect space training operations at a military base in Maryland.
It's ideal for someone organized and detail-oriented who enjoys working in a team focused on preparing military professionals for high-stakes environments.
A good fit would be a disciplined expert in security practices with experience handling classified materials and leading protective efforts.
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The United States Space Force (USSF) at Joint Base Andrews, MD is searching for a Security Manager to support Space Delta 13 (NH-0080-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).
Description: Be a part of Space Force Delta 13! Join a diverse team of professionals dedicated to designing, integrating and skillfully navigating space education for U.S. Space Force Guardians.
Producing Space War fighters with sound professional knowledge, integrity of character, wisdom fit for a warrior, a common sense of organizational and social responsibility and a passion for improving the Guardian way of life.
General Description: As the Security Specialist for Delta 13 you'll play a key role in preparing space professionals to make strategic decisions in challenging environments, fostering integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to enhancing the lives of Guardians.
Purpose: To recruit a skilled Security Specialist who will contribute to the mission of Delta 13 by serving as the authority on all substantive special security matters, ultimately supporting the development of U.S.
Space Force Guardians for success in complex operational environments. Security Specialist Duties: - Plans, organizes, and oversees the security activities of Delta 13.
Sets and adjusts short and/or long-term priorities. Establishes metric and analysis systems to assess efficiency and effectiveness.
Evaluates requirements for additional resources and balances organization needs with overall mission requirements and resource interests.
- Implements and administers the Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) personnel security programs.
Primary Delta 13 contact for creation and management of security information files (SIF) and processes including maintenance of files and records pertinent to personnel clearances.
- Plans, organizes, and directs a comprehensive program, ensuring that SCI management complies with legal and regulatory requirements, administration, deployment, enforcement, and meets customer needs.
- Develops and promotes a proactive "all-source" collection and analysis strategy focused on information disclosure threats.
- Serves as the Delta 13 authority on all substantive special security matters and the additional duty Foreign Disclosure Officer (FDO).
Ideal Candidate: Searching for a highly disciplined Security Manager capable of formulating security program goals, plans, policies, and procedures related to the development and operation of Delta-wide information protection functions and activities.
Plans, organizes, and directs a comprehensive program, ensuring that Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) management complies with legal and regulatory requirements, administration, deployment, enforcement, and meets customer needs.
The ideal candidate must have knowledge of security systems, procedures, theories, and devices sufficient to consider and apply several alternatives according to the security requirements for highly specific situations, availability of materials, relationships with other protective programs, and cost/benefit considerations.
Additional skills are needed to interpret a variety of security program laws, directives, regulations, and guidance to assist organization in establishing and operating internal security programs and ensure effective security controls.
Key Skills and Abilities: 1.
Extensive knowledge and expertise of a wide range of advanced concepts, principles, criteria, requirements, technology, communications, foreign disclosure, classified contracts, and practices involved in security and DoD SCI directives and regulations.
2. Expert knowledge of personnel security processes and regulations in collateral, SAP and SCI control systems to administer and/or lead a team of security professionals. 3.
Knowledge of security systems, procedures, theories, and devices sufficient to consider and apply several alternatives according to the security requirements for highly specific situations, availability of materials, relationships with other protective programs, and cost/benefit considerations.
4. Comprehensive knowledge of security program interrelationships to coordinate the objectives and plans of two or more specialized programs to support and promote information sharing and strategies.
5. Skill to interpret a variety of security program laws, directives, regulations, and guidance to assist organization in establishing and operating internal security programs.
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