Senior Security Specialist - SCI/SAP
AMERICAN SYSTEMS · Arlington, VA
$115,000–$125,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A security administration role supporting a Navy executive office at the Pentagon within classified SAP and SCI environments. Day-to-day work centers on access and visitor control, personnel clearance verification, classified material handling, and maintaining physical security standards for secure facilities. Suited to candidates with hands-on experience in collateral, SAP, and SCI security operations, ideally in support of a CSSO or similar program security function.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is primarily physical/personnel security operations in a DoD SAP/SCI environment — not a traditional IT/cybersecurity analyst role. It maps most closely to 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) given the security administration focus, but the day-to-day work is facility and personnel security rather than information systems security; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up.
The degree requirement states a Bachelor's is required but explicitly allows substitution with 'directly relevant specialized and/or military experience' — treated as no hard degree gate.
The advertised title is 'Senior' but the stated experience requirement of 3–5 years supports a Mid-level classification on the standard career ladder.
The role is on-site at the Pentagon; remote work is not possible given the classified facility operations nature of the position.
CSSO/CPSO experience is listed as 'preferably in direct support of' — treated as preferred rather than a hard gate.
Special Access Program (SAP) eligibility beyond the TS/SCI is noted as a requirement the Government may impose; the posting gates on active TS/SCI with SCI eligibility as the baseline clearance.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): SAP security administration, SCI security administration.
Requires a TS/SCI 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.
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