Research Scientist SME - Technical Security And Signals Countermeasures Engineer

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Position

This position will provide mission support and guidance to the USG Technical and Signals Security Countermeasures (TSSC) community. This involves providing services in research and reviewing the design, development, and implementation of technical surveillance countermeasures for SCIFs and U.S. diplomatic buildings. This position involves working with teams of architects, intelligence analysts, and technical security engineers to evaluate designs for potential security vulnerabilities as well as formulate/research recommended countermeasures and policies. This includes, but not limited to, assessing leading-edge research in electrical power systems, energy storage technologies, building management systems, and architectural designs in the context of security vulnerabilities and practical countermeasures applications. Successful candidates in this position will have the ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization/project.

Responsibilities Include:

• Work with TSSC organizations, intelligence reporting, and external stakeholders to define technical requirements, needs, or problems.
• Analyze intelligence reporting for TSSC-related vulnerabilities and risks and develop relevant technical analysis products to address the threats and vulnerabilities.
• Provide technical oversight to security research activities in fields of electrical, acoustic, optical, and radio frequency countermeasures domains.
• Review construction blueprints and designs of IC, SCIFs, and U.S. diplomatic facilities for compliance with security requirements and provide recommended solutions.
• Respond to requests for information on potential technical security vulnerabilities.
• Leverage your engineering expertise to provide input to draft policies, best practices, and studies.
• Work collaboratively across multiple U.S. Government IC agencies and Department of State to successfully advocate practices, new concepts, and approaches.