Personnel Security Specialist

Responsibilities

• Using judgement and experience to conduct and/or collect national agency checks to complete investigations for adjudicative review.
• National agency checks may consist of investigations, incident reports, continuous evaluation, continuous vetting, and T5R background investigations.
• Create, manage, and close cases in appropriate security systems of record.
• Utilize Scattered Castles, NBIS, CATS, NCIC, Sli, NP2 Portal, eQIP, JPAS, JVS, DCII, and CVS; initiate and scope.
• Determine security case completion and prepare for adjudication, including coordinating with other offices.
• Determine the need for additional investigative information.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance with a CI poly.
• Ace in Security Management, Personnel Security, or Business with an Associate's Degree.
• A combination of education and experience may be substituted for a degree.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in personnel security, including SF-86 initiation and review, background investigation initiation and review, security adjudications, understanding of reciprocity, and ability to complete reciprocity cases.
• Experience with suitability and/or fitness adjudications.
• An understanding of the difference between suitability determinations and security clearance determinations.
• Experience crafting analysis of data gathered.
• Administrative skills for professional writing, correspondence, and communication via email, phone, and in person.
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Plan
• Holiday Pay
• Paid Time Off

Pay

$72,000 to $87,000

Schedule

Full-time on-site position working Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 3 PM at Reston, Virginia.