Program Security Representative III (PSR III) (TS, w/ SCI Eligibility)
Lorton, VAJob$183–198K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Program Security Representative III provides multidisciplinary security support for one or more customer Special Access Programs. The role supports day-to-day Collateral, SCI, and SAP activities, including safeguarding information, assessing procedures, identifying risks, conducting facility compliance reviews, and investigating potential compromises. It also includes briefing personnel, supporting security education, coordinating corrective actions, and providing leadership and mentoring to team members.
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SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: TS, WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY
POSITION REQUIRES US CITIZENSHIP
Position Title: Program Security Representative III (PSR III)
Location: Lorton, VA
The anticipated salary range for this position is $183,000 - $198,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience, geographic location, contractual requirements, and other relevant business considerations. The final salary may fall outside the stated range.
The Program Security Representative’s primary function is to provide multi-discipline security support for
one or more of the customer’s Special Access Programs (SAPs). The position will provide “day-to-day”
multi-discipline analysis for Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access
Program (SAP) activities.
Performance shall include:
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Ensure strict adherence to the provisions of the NISPOM, its Supplement, the DoD Overprint, DCID, ICD, and SAP policy
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Assist in developing and executing approved policies and procedures for safeguarding Special Access Program (SAP), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and collateral data in support of US military operations
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Provide day-to-day security support that includes continuous assessment of procedures to identify shortfalls and provide appropriate recommendations for revising and improving security policies, procedures, and systems
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Identify vulnerabilities, threats, and risks to test, training, and operational activities
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Assist in developing, implementing, and training the Operations Security program
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Assist in providing contractor and subordinate facility assistance and oversight
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Brief all levels of personnel, both in the government and senior civilian services, on a variety of security related topics
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Conduct and document SAP facility compliance reviews, follow-on facility reviews, and facility close-outs
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Monitor, report and track all corrective actions resulting from compliance reviews
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Ensure timely notification of pertinent security matters to program technical and management staff
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Conduct exploration of any loss, compromise, or suspected compromise of classified and/or sensitive information, including conducting preliminary inquiries and generating damage assessments resulting from the loss of classified information
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Coordinate with SAP security personnel to ensure lessons learned are incorporated into the curriculum for the SAP security education & awareness program
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Provide leadership, mentoring, and oversight of team members
Experience:
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10 - 12 years related experience
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Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) counts towards 3 years of experience
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Special Program Security Certification (SPSC) counts towards 5 years of experience
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Maximum equivalent experience for SPED Certifications is no more than 5 years
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related area or equivalent experience (4 years)
Security Clearance:
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Current clearance as defined in the Task Order
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Eligibility for access to Special Access Program Information
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Willingness to submit to a Counterintelligence polygraph
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How this job compares
Set against the 553 open Security Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$183–198K/yr
- Virginia median$94–125K/yr42 salary ranges
- US median$85–121K/yr323 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $191K, is 71% above the Virginia median midpoint ($111K) — in the top quarter of Security Specialist salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Security Specialist jobs in Virginia and 553 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Security Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 372 postings).
- Education
- 104 of the 553 open Security Specialist jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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