(SkillBridge) Industrial Security Analyst - Level 3 or Level 4 at Northrop Grumman

This role is an Industrial Security / Program Security Officer (CPSO) position — its primary day-to-day work is physical, personnel, and program security compliance (SCIF/SAPF, PERSEC, OPSEC, COMSEC, IDS/ACS) rather than cyber/information security analysis. 15-1212 is the closest available SOC code, but non-technology (physical/industrial security) is a genuine runner-up given how little of the work is IT-centric.

The posting covers two levels: Level 3 (5 years with a Bachelor's, or 3 with a Master's, or 1 with a PhD) and Level 4 (8 years with a Bachelor's, or 6 with a Master's, or 4 with a PhD). The minimum total experience across both levels is 5 years; the overall years minimum reflects the Level 3 floor.

The salary range spans both levels: $94,200–$141,200 (Level 3 / Primary) and $117,500–$176,300 (Level 4 / Secondary). The offered comp fields reflect the full combined range ($94,200–$176,300).

A degree is listed as required but the JD explicitly accepts 'an additional four years of professional experience in lieu of a degree' at both levels, so the degree requirement is set to None.

The clearance gate is an active DoD Top Secret at time of application, with the ability to obtain SCI. An active TS/SCI with a current Polygraph is listed under Preferred Qualifications — that preferred level is captured as a preferred skill (SIMS/Government Security Databases section) rather than a hard gate.

This posting is framed as a DoD SkillBridge internship (unpaid, for transitioning service members in their last 180 days of active duty), with a potential conversion to full-time. Employment type is left as Unspecified because the SkillBridge engagement itself is neither a standard full-time hire nor a traditional internship in the commercial sense.

SIMS and Government Security Databases appear only under Preferred Qualifications.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): SCIF/SAPF administration.

Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.