Counter-Insider Threat & Security Program Specialist (Secret)

Xcelerate-Solutions-5; Fort Lee (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcelerate Solutions in Fort Lee, VA is seeking a Technical Security Program Support Specialist focused on Counter-Insider Threat to join the DCMA security staff. You will conduct proactive risk assessments, maintain security records, and prepare packages for Government Security Specialist decisions.

The role requires a DoD Secret clearance, a related bachelor's degree, and 4+ years of experience in personnel security or counterintelligence, along with strong analytical writing and Microsoft

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, security management, intelligence studies, cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field.
• Required: 4+ years’experience supporting Personnel Security, Counter-Insider Threat, counterintelligence, or related DoD/federal security program.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Strong analytical writing skills; ability to develop and deliverclear, well-documentedwritten and oral reports and briefings to government personnel and leadership audiences.
• Ability to analyze large volumes of personnel, security, and user activity data to identify trends, anomalies, and risk indicators.
• Demonstrated ability to review government policies, manuals, Code of Federal Regulations entries, statutes, and other foundational documents and synthesize them into working familiarity with security-related policy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct well-documented, proactive risk assessments to identify potential and/or actual insider threats, delivered daily to the Insider Threat Program Manager (InTPM) and DeputyInTPM.
• Synthesize data from approved DCMA sources, including IT Cybersecurity, Security, Counterintelligence, General Counsel, Inspector General, and Human Resources, into a coherent risk picture.
• Develop actionable technical and administrative mitigation strategies to harden defenses against insider and counterintelligence threats.
• Document all daily triage operations in the designated systems, ensuring all reports and actions are appropriately safeguarded and formatted to protect privacy and civil liberties.
• Provide surge support for User Activity Monitoring (UAM) and telemetry analysis as required, including documenting all daily UAM triage operations in UAM Anomaly Triage & Resolution Logs.
• Delivering technical evaluation reports detailing administrative actions taken, preliminary analysis steps, and final alert disposition (false positive, administrative error, or escalated threat)
• Proactively aligning monitoring with newly identified insider threat TTPs
• Update the Defense InformationSystem for Security(DISS) and Electronic Security Personnel File (EPSF).
• Support recordkeeping and database updates for Personnel Security and Counter-Insider Threat purposes using internal databases and DISS.
• Prepare documents, packages, and database entries for Government Security Specialist decisionbeforefinal submittal.
• Submit Personnel Accountability Assessment System remedy tickets to address system functionality or data accuracy issues.
• Under direction of the Program Manager, update and revise C-InT, Information Security, Operations Security, and other security policies, manuals, and SOPs and submit to the Government for review.
• Schedule and provide Foreign Travel Briefings, coordinate Isolated Personnel Reports (ISOPREP), confirm DTS travel for OCONUS visits, and assist customers with the DoD Foreign Clearance Guide and APACS, including researching country- and location-specific threats and requirements.
• Support the formal Security Assessment program with database updates, technical editing of assessments, and scheduling of customer feedback sessions.
• Support Learning Management System training operations, including managing curriculum, coordinating Security instructors, scheduling courses, responding to course questions, and administrative duties.
• Provide security project support, including market research, compiling GPC packets for Program Manager review, and tracking project status through completion.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, security management, intelligence studies, cybersecurity, information systems,or a related field.
• Required: 4+ years’experience supporting Personnel Security, Counter-Insider Threat, counterintelligence, or related DoD/federal security program.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Ability to analyze large volumes of personnel, security, and user activity data to identify trends, anomalies, and risk indicators.
• Demonstrated ability to review government policies, manuals, Code of Federal Regulations entries, statutes, and other foundational documents and synthesize them into working familiarity with security-related policy.
• Strong analytical writing skills; ability todevelop and deliverclear, well-documentedwritten and oral reports and briefings to government personnel and leadership audiences.
• Ability to handle sensitive personnel information with discretion and in strict accordance with privacy and civil liberties requirements.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and communicate effectively with government leadership.

Skills

Analytical writing

Independent work

Effective communication

Policy analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, security management, intelligence studies, cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field

Tools

DISS

EPSF

ALEC

Microsoft Office

Job description

Xcelerate Solutions in Fort Lee, VA is seeking a Technical Security Program Support Specialist focused on Counter-Insider Threat to join the DCMA security staff. You will conduct proactive risk assessments, maintain security records, and prepare packages for Government Security Specialist decisions.

The role requires a DoD Secret clearance, a related bachelor's degree, and 4+ years of experience in personnel security or counterintelligence, along with strong analytical writing and Microsoft