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Sr Security Specialist

BAE Systems

Fort Wayne, INFull-time$68–115K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$68–115K/yr
Location
Fort Wayne, IN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance, required

Job overview

BAE Systems seeks an InfoSec Sr. Security Specialist to support its Fort Wayne facility’s industrial security program. The role works onsite with the Security team, leadership, and internal and external customers, assisting the Facility Security Officer with classification management, classified shipments, and access management under NISPOM. Duties include document control, security guidance, clearance-process fingerprinting, briefings, inventories, badge administration, inspections, investigations, and COMSEC support.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Discretion, requiredIndependent Judgment, requiredAdministrative Skills, requiredCustomer Service, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredWritten Communication, requiredVerbal Communication, requiredM365 Applications, requiredNISPOM Knowledge, requiredDISS, nice to haveNISS, nice to haveSIMS, nice to haveRecords Keeping, nice to haveDocument Control, nice to haveIntrusion Detection Systems, nice to haveAlarm Systems, nice to haveLifting 40 Pounds, required

Qualifications

Active Secret Clearance, requiredTop Secret Clearance Eligibility, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

See what you re missing. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

Join a dynamic and growing team implementing and providing Security guidance to our Ft. Wayne, IN facility. This is an opportunity to develop your career and grow your skills in a high intensity, team-based environment and become a part of the BAE Systems Security program.

As an InfoSec Sr. Security Specialist, you will work with the Security team, all levels of leadership, and both internal and external customers to support a variety of interesting and dynamic programs. This role provides onsite performing a wide variety of duties to assist the FSO in the implementation and maintenance of a complete industrial security program including, but not limited to classification management, classified shipments, and access management as required by the Department of War under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).

The candidate must exercise discretion and independent judgement in performing the following tasks:

  • Manage document control including, but not limited to classified transmittals, barcoding, proper markings, storage and destruction.

  • Provides security guidance to company personnel, contractors and visitors.

  • Fingerprint personnel as part of the security clearance process for employees on site.

  • Conduct security briefings and debriefings.

  • Conduct annual inventories of accountable materials, documents and media.

  • Create and modify badge accounts, issue and track employee badges.

  • Assist with Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency assessments/visits and formal self-inspections.

  • Assist with investigations and write detailed reports.

  • Assist with COMSEC material as an alternate COMSEC Manager.

  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full- time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • An active Secret Clearance is required

  • Must be able to obtain a Top Secret Clearance

  • Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of duties set forth in the primary duties and responsibilities section above.

  • Strong administrative, customer service, attention to detail, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

  • Demonstrate a basic level of proficiency with M365 applications.

  • Must be able to move or lift 40 pounds.

  • Knowledge of the National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Previous experience with DISS, NISS, and SIMS

  • Experience in records keeping and/or document control

  • Experience with Intrusion Detection Systems and Alarms

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $67728 - $115138

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

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How this job compares

Set against the 601 open Security Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$68–115K/yr
  • US median$87–128K/yr351 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $91K, is 13% below the US median midpoint ($105K) — in the middle half of Security Specialist salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 601 open Security Specialist jobs across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Security Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 8 years (433 postings).
Education
133 of the 601 open Security Specialist jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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