Senior Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Lead

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented  Senior Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Lead to join our team in  Springfield, VA.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Ensure TSCM Program Compliance and Modernization : Guarantee the TSCM team's adherence to all policies, regulations, and timelines in conducting TSCM activities, technical operations, reporting, and training, aligning with NGA's TSCM program, TSSC modernization goals, and the Office of Counterintelligence Technical CI Division.

Provide Operational TSCM Leadership and Support : Assist the TSCM Program Manager with personnel and operational oversight, ensuring all personnel are trained to national standards, and that operations meet customer needs, threat-based priorities, and established guidelines.

Manage TSCM Team Training and Development : Oversee the team's training curriculum, identify candidates for advanced training, coordinate annual courses, and supervise the apprentice program, while ensuring team compliance with DoD network access training requirements (DoDD 8140.01).

Advise on the development, maintenance, and implementation of SOPs for the TSCM team, ensuring knowledge of national, DoD, and agency regulations related to TSCM and CI.

Ensure timely and accurate updating of designated National and DoD CI databases with mission reporting and verify the completeness and accuracy of agency-level mission support databases.

Coordinate TSCM Cyber and IPMS missions for appropriate staffing, manage internal and external correspondence, allocate resources, control inventory, and oversee personnel management.

Provide Technical Guidance and Foster Partnerships : Offer technical recommendations and guidance to NGA security elements and facilities, identify potential partnership opportunities across the agency, and lead liaison efforts to determine best practices for customer technical security. Coordinate TEMPEST issues with the NGA CTTA.

Respond to Threats and Document Findings : Provide comprehensive documentation of procedures, identified vulnerabilities, and recommended mitigation techniques. Respond to hostile technical surveillance penetrations in accordance with national procedures, ensuring NGA's TSCM program effectiveness against national, DoD, and agency objectives.

Minimum Qualifications :

10+ years experience writing and editing of technical documents.

Must have Interagency Training Center (ITC) TSCM Certification.

Must complete at least 40 hours of discipline-specific development or refresher training every fiscal year. The NGA customer will sponsor Government-offered, discipline-specific development or refresher training IAW National and DoD standards.

Must meet minimum training requirements, within one calendar year of assignment, for access to DoD networks in accordance with DoDD 8140.01, by attaining and maintaining at least baseline certification for DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician Level II (IAT2) compliance.

Desired Qualifications :

Must be a credentialed graduate of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy.

Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.

Possess certification from TSCM for Information Systems.

Experience with telephone security (i.e. with Telephone Security Group (TSG) requirements).

Clearance Requirements :

Must have a TS / SCI with the ability to pass a CI Poly

Physical Requirements :

The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations.