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Job Description:

Be part of a great team and play a leadership role in our mission to protect our customers' facilities, personnel, and operations! Our leaders are driven by performance excellence, personal integrity, and a commitment to the security mission.

Vaxcom Services LLC (a Parsons company) is looking for a talented Security Training Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to lead all training efforts for an armed security officer contingent at four sensitive sites/facilities.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Oversee and coordinate security training programs across four 24/7 operational sites, supporting up to 100 contract security officers.
• Conduct onboarding, site familiarization, and required security training (e.g., lock combination protocols, Clean In/Clean Out, incident reporting, alarm response), and related other training required by the Sponsor and company.
• Monitor training compliance, track completions, and prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for the customer ensuring accurate and timely results to the Sponsor.
• Analyze training needs by conducting regular assessments, develop process improvements, and recommend updates to meet evolving program requirements. This will require regular monitoring and coordination of operations/metrics with Sponsor leadership.
• Support program management with data collection, trend analysis, and reporting to inform operational decisions. This will require regular interaction with company leadership to advise of issues and/or potential issues.
• Serve as a liaison between the Program Manager, senior officers, and Sponsor leadership to address issues, changes, and process enhancements.
• Maintain and update program tracking tools (e.g., Smartsheet, SharePoint) to ensure accurate and timely information sharing.
• Responsible for auditing by working with the Sponsor to ensure workplace safety, accurate and timely audit reporting, communication with the Sponsor regarding audit personnel/activities, and focus on not disrupting Sponsor operations.
• Responsible for developing or assisting in the development of computerized, on the job training, as well as standard training courses/programs. Will be required to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the training and make improvements as needed.
• Perform other ad hoc training related activities as needed by the Sponsor and/or the company.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelors degree and 2+ years of related Physical Security experience or High School diploma plus 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong analytical skills with experience tracking, interpreting, and reporting operational or training data/metrics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint) and experience with Smartsheet or similar tools.
• Proven ability to train, mentor, and guide personnel to meet performance and compliance standards. This will include providing corrective action by working closely with your team, Sponsor leadership, and company management.
• Demonstrated success working with customer leadership to identify issues, implement changes and address operational requirements in a changing environment.
• Familiarity with performing security related audits/testing and compliance processes, and interpreting the results in order to make process improvements or take corrective actions.
• Demonstrated experience providing tactful, constructive, and impactful feedback/insight to a variety of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience identifying issues, formulating a plan, and resolving those issues in a timely manner.
• Must possess excellent communication skills including verbal, written, and briefing.
• Current/active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Previous armed security officer experience.
• Previous experience working in a leadership capacity, preferably in a security field.
• Previous experience in preparing technical reports related to physical security processes and procedures, including drafting and modifying SOPs.
• Previous experience working at a secure or sensitive site/facility.
• Previous experience working with scheduling, compliance related reporting, and other 24/7 related processes/documentation.
• Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Armed Security Officer license
• Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Instructor Certification.

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

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