
Special Access Program Security Manager
San Diego, CAFull-time$69–158K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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The Special Access Program Security Manager supports government clients by protecting sensitive and classified information and managing program security compliance. The role administers SCIF and SAPF security requirements, handles personnel security and access validation, and coordinates security documentation and client-facing support. It also interfaces with client and program leadership, develops solutions to complex problems, and mentors or supervises team members.
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Special Access Program Security ManagerThe Opportunity: Performs a wide range of functions to ensure the protection of company and government sensitive and classified information. Applies advanced advisory skills or extensive technical expertise to provide personnel and physical security services for local and remote clients. Works without considerable direction and mentors and may supervise team members.
Serve as Special Access Program Security Manager (SAPSM) for the client. Provide subject matter expertise and assist government clients in a fast-paced, demanding environment. Administrate and enforce Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and SAP Facility (SAPF) security requirements. Perform personnel security, suitability, and credentialing utilizing the Defense Information System for Security (DISS). Validate and verify personnel accesses to SAPs using the Joint Access Database Environment (JADE). Provide client-facing customer interface responsible for program security compliance and support to program briefs, and the coordination and compilation of program security documentation. Interface with client and program management office leadership to manage program security. Apply advanced advisory skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge. Develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Work without considerable direction, and mentor and supervise team members.
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You Have:
- 3+ years of experience in the DoD or intelligence community
- Experience working with Special Access Program (SAP) information and JADE account look ups and creations
- Experience conducting indoctrinations, briefs, or debriefs, writing Standards of Procedures (SOPs), reviewing program security plans and SOPs for programs, and implementing security procedures in compliance with Intelligence Community directives and government policies
- Knowledge of submitting the accesses for SAPs and maintaining SAP training and records
- Knowledge of industry and government requirements, standards, policies, and directives supporting security programs under the DoD Manual 5205.07
- TS/SCI clearance
- HS diploma or GED
Nice If You Have:
- 7+ years of experience in distinct functional or cross-functional security areas, including personnel, physical, industrial security, computer investigations, classification management, operational security, or security education
- Experience with DoD security systems or databases, including DISS and NISS
- Knowledge of industry and government requirements, standards, policies, and directives supporting security programs involving various classified environments, such as 32 CFR Part 117 and ICD 705
- Bachelor’s degree
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,300.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 515 open Security Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$69–158K/yr
- California median$106–232K/yr60 salary ranges
- US median$99–207K/yr384 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $114K, is 34% below the California median midpoint ($172K) — in the lowest quarter of Security Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 68 open Security Manager jobs in California and 515 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Accenture11 open
- Allied Universal5 open
- PwC5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Security Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (450 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 195 of the 515 open Security Manager jobs (38%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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