Personnel Security Specialist

Personnel Security Specialist

Requirements

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED Top Secret with SCI (TS/SCI) Federal or DoD security clearance; must UPGRADE and MAINTAIN a Top Secret with SCI (TS/SCI) and Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph Federal or DoD security clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree
• THREE (3) years of experience in the personnel security investigative or investigative analyst field
• Experience conducting and interpreting database checks and credit reports.

Responsibilities

• Independently develop various types of manuals, forms, instructions, and the like, to facilitate operation of the Security Program.
• Participate in special projects such as planning the implementation of new or revised programs.
• Conduct exhaustive and extensive checks in accordance with the FISs, Federal guidelines, policies, and procedures. Demonstrate innovative and imaginative approaches to problem solving that adds to the quality and quantity of relevant data recovered in assigned cases.
• Request, receive, scrutinizes, and analyze the clients’ Investigative files and related material to determine, isolate, develop, and extract all possible identifying or linking information, matching records, questionable / overlapping elements, and viable avenues of investigative pursuit which could have a bearing on individual’s ability to hold a security clearance. Analyze material to develop and detect misrepresentations of facts, any criminal, immoral, or suspicious conduct, any signs of mentally disabling illness, indications of any type of association with hostile intelligence individuals, organizations, or persons of known or suspected questionable character, or fragments of information which furnish reason to sustain suspicion that the subject could be a security risk and / or significant target for coercion.
• Conduct critical analysis of incoming material / correspondence outlining possible serious and / or very sensitive security concerns relating to the most complex security assessment issues for the purpose of determining merit for granting, continuing, and / or revoking security clearances and access authorizations.
• Prepare in – depth summaries of data obtained and determined to be pertinent or relevant to a case at hand and compose necessary correspondence to appropriate FO(s) for initiation of an investigation. Provide detailed outlines of background of individual case and information developed from extensive initial research and of the subsequent analysis of same. Define security vulnerabilities, set forth specific recommendations for the initiation of investigations, recommend leads which are to be addressed and followed, and advise of any restricting regulations, instructions, or information which may hamper the investigation.
• Provide an in – depth, high – risk analysis of high risk (potentially serious or high impact) investigations so that the Government lead can make a security and suitability determination.
• Evaluate reports of investigations, personnel files, and other records to recommend suitability / security determinations.
• Provide a recommendation regarding the adequacy and completeness of the investigation and of other means by which data were collected, and evaluate the authenticity, veracity, and pertinence of the data to the case, and request additional information as required.
• Recommend whether a security clearance should be granted, denied, revoked, or suspended, as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with various Federal LE and IC IT systems for conducting automated record checks.
• Knowledge of and experience with use of applicable commercial and Federal Government database systems.
• Experience performing database searches for information related to personnel security matters.
• Distribution and update of personnel security documentation files.
• Responsibility for security of program data and materials.
• Processing security clearance and BI documentation in preparation for adjudication.
• Prepared documentation for Government agencies and customers.
• Experience performing multiple administrative tasks dealing with databases queries, filing, processing mail, and performing audits.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience to conduct established Federal Government standards for investigations, BIs, and security investigations relating to suitability and security standards.
• Demonstrated understanding of the following security – related / investigative guidelines: Federal Investigative Standards (FISs), Security Executive Agent Directives (SEADs), Executive Orders (EOs), U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (US CFR), Trusted Workforce and Continuous Vetting (CV) Programs.