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Part-Time Safety and Security Specialist

Part-time

Penn State University

State College, PAPart-timePosted 3mo agoStill listed today

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Compensation
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Location
State College, PA
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance, required

Job overview

Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory is seeking a strategic, detail-oriented specialist for its Security Services Office. The role supports document control and customer service, tracks and safeguards controlled material, and helps ensure compliance with government regulations. The position is fully on-site in State College, Pennsylvania. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Classified Material Handling, requiredControlled Information Safeguarding, requiredCommunication, requiredOrganizational Skills, requiredRegulatory Compliance, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredDatabases, requiredWeb Applications, requiredAutonomous Work, requiredLibrary Sciences, nice to haveSupply Chain Management, nice to haveSecurity and Risk Analysis, nice to haveSecurity Information Management System, nice to haveNISPOM, nice to haveIndustrial Security, nice to haveDigital Archiving, nice to haveRecords Management, nice to have

Qualifications

Top Secret Security Clearance, requiredSecret-Level Access Eligibility, nice to haveU.S. Citizenship, required

Full job description

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

  • CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

  • CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

  • If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS We are searching for a strategic, detail-oriented individual to join our Security Services Office at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University. ARL Security Services mission is to ensure the security of ARL personnel, facilities, material, and information as an agile, efficient, and service-driven team.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

You will:

  • Provide agile and efficient document control support and customer service to all organizational groups and personnel in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment

  • Assist with projects involving the tracking and accountability of controlled material

  • Assist with periodic inventories and inspections

  • Review controlled items for proper inventory numbers and other required markings

  • Prepare a wide variety of controlled material such as documents, hard drives, circuit boards, microchips, and other hardware to be sent to approved destruction facilities

  • Conduct records searches which include verification, scanning, and/or filing of physical and electronic records

  • Identify, improve, and implement processes to better safeguard and account for controlled material to ensure compliance with government regulations

Required skills and experience include:

  • Demonstrated understanding of how to correctly identify, mark, and store classified documents and hardware

  • Handling and safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information

  • Success in an office environment, where various forms of communication and organizational skills are crucial to be effective

  • Ability to consistently comply with rules and regulations

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance

  • High attention to detail

  • Microsoft Office software, databases, and web applications

  • Past success working autonomously and effectively in fast-paced environment

Preferred skills and experience include:

  • Library Sciences, Supply Chain Management, and Security and Risk Analysis

  • Security Information Management System (SIMS)

  • Current eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret level or higher and may be subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required

  • National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), specifically safeguarding classified information

  • DoD or USG-based industrial security

  • Digital archiving and records management

Your working location will be fully on-site, located in State College, PA. Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our web site at www.arl.psu.edu.

BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.

Notice regarding employment at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL): Employees must be eligible to obtain a government security clearance, participate in the ARL drug testing program, and comply with electronic and physical monitoring requirements applicable to federal contractors. ARL operates in a secure information environment involving Unclassified, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and Classified information. Personal electronic devices brought onsite must be registered and may be restricted from certain areas. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.

EEO IS THE LAW Penn State is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact 814-865-1473.

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How this job compares

Set against the 605 open Security Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$87–126K/yr346 salary ranges
  • US median$21–27/hr57 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 11 open Security Specialist jobs in Pennsylvania and 605 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 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 8 years (434 postings).
Education
135 of the 605 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 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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