[Hiring] Secure Facilities Technical Design @AECOM

Role Description

AECOM is seeking an experienced Secure Facilities Technical Design - Mission Critical & Secure Facilities to support our national Mission Critical and Secure Facilities practice, providing technical leadership for the design and execution of secure and classified facilities for U.S. federal, Department of War, and Intelligence Community clients.

This role is focused on the technical implementation of ICD 705, SCIF, SAPF, Open Storage Secret (OSS), TEMPEST, and related security requirements, translating security criteria into coordinated, constructible architectural and engineering solutions, construction documents, specifications, and technical details.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical liaison between government security stakeholders and multidisciplinary project teams and possess a strong understanding of how physical and technical security requirements integrate with architectural, engineering, telecommunications, audiovisual, electronic security, and other building systems. The position will support projects throughout both CONUS and OCONUS locations.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: 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.
• Ability to pass drug and background checks to work on Federal grounds, military installations, and school grounds.
• This position requires U.S. citizenship due to federal contract/security requirements.

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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits
• Paid time off, leaves of absences
• Voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options
• Well-being resources, employee assistance program
• Business travel insurance, service recognition awards
• Retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase plan