Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AECOM is seeking a technical design lead for its national Mission Critical and Secure Facilities practice. The role provides technical leadership for designing and executing secure and classified facilities, translating government security requirements into coordinated, constructible design solutions and supporting projects through construction and closeout.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical lead for secure facility design and execution, interpreting and applying ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST, and related physical and technical security criteria
- Translate security requirements into coordinated design criteria, construction documents, specifications, technical details, and constructible solutions
- Lead multidisciplinary coordination with architects, engineers, technology and security specialists, contractors, and government stakeholders, including SSMs, SSOs, CTTAs, and Accrediting Officials
- Develop and review technical solutions for secure perimeter construction, doors and openings, penetrations, acoustic protection, access control, intrusion detection, and other physical security requirements
- Coordinate TEMPEST and RF mitigation strategies, including RF shielding, non-conductive breaks, waveguide-below-cutoff penetrations, power and signal filtering, grounding/bonding, and related countermeasures
- Conduct existing-condition surveys, facility assessments, and feasibility studies for new construction, renovation, conversion, and upgrade of secure environments
- Perform technical design, interdisciplinary coordination, quality-control, and constructability reviews to ensure security requirements are appropriately incorporated into project documentation
- Provide technical support during construction, including review of submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, field conditions, inspections, testing, and resolution of security-related issues, and support accreditation/certification and project closeout as applicable
- Support development and implementation of secure facility standards, specifications, details, tools, and best practices, while maintaining awareness of evolving government security criteria
- Support proposal development, technical approaches, scopes of work, and strategic growth opportunities for the Mission Critical and Secure Facilities practice
Skills
- Demonstrated experience interpreting and implementing ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST, and related secure facility requirements
- Demonstrated ability to translate security requirements into construction drawings, specifications, technical details, and multidisciplinary design solutions
- Knowledge of secure perimeter construction and RF/TEMPEST mitigation techniques, including penetrations, shielding, non-conductive breaks, waveguide-below-cutoff protection, and power/signal filtering
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary building systems and their interaction with physical and technical security requirements
- Experience with secure facility assessments, technical design reviews, and construction-phase support
- Strong technical leadership, coordination, written communication, and presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture or a related building design or technical discipline and 10+ years including two years of leadership, of professional experience, including significant experience with federal secure, classified, or mission-critical facilities or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
- Professional registration appropriate to the candidate's discipline, such as Registered Architect (RA), or comparable professional credential
- This position requires U.S. citizenship due to federal contract/security requirements
- 15+ years of professional experience, including 5+ years focused on SCIF, SAPF, TEMPEST, OSS, or comparable secure/classified facilities
- Advanced experience with the design, documentation, construction, inspection, and accreditation/certification of secure facilities
- Completion of recognized training related to ICD 705, SCIF/SAPF design and construction, TEMPEST, RF shielding, or related secure facility criteria
- Experience working directly with SSMs, SSOs, CTTAs, Accrediting Officials, and other government security authorities
- Experience developing secure facility standards, specifications, standard details, design guides, or quality-control procedures
- Experience supporting secure facility projects in both CONUS and OCONUS locations
- Experience with Autodesk Revit and BIM-based multidisciplinary coordination
- Active U.S. Government security clearance, or demonstrated ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- Ability and willingness to travel periodically in support of CONUS and OCONUS projects
Benefits
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability benefits.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include paid time off and leaves of absences.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include voluntary benefits and perks.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include flexible work options.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include well-being resources and an employee assistance program.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include business travel insurance.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include service recognition awards.
- Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include a retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan.
- Remote work arrangement; all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
- Award-winning training and development programs designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills.
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