Lead Personnel Security Specialist

Mayvin, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayvin, Inc. seeks a Lead Personnel Security Specialist to manage personnel security programs for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. The role involves supporting 13,000 personnel with security clearance processes, managing databases, and ensuring the secure handling of data.

Responsibilities

• Provide Personnel Security support to EOUSA and 94 USAO offices for 13,000 personnel.
• Assist with security clearance requests and background investigations.
• Ensure secure handling of sensitive investigative data.

Job description

Mayvin is currently seeking a Lead Personnel Security Specialist to join the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Security and Emergency Management Staff (SEMS) in Washington, DC. As the lead, you will play a crucial role in managing and overseeing personnel security programs.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Clearance Required: Public Trust (Tier 4)

Responsibilities

• Provide Personnel Security support to the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) and to 94 United States Attorney’s Offices (USAO) that encompass an estimated 13,000 employees, students, and contractors. Support includes but is not limited to the following:
• Receive, review, and assemble detailed security package for federal personnel security specialist to determine suitability and fitness for employment.
• Assist with security clearance requests, contractor waivers, initiating and resolving eAPP issues and/or questions, reviewing eAPP packages, and other related pre-employment or re-investigative documents.
• Provide administrative support to Personnel Security Specialists in completing actions in support of the Personnel Security mission.
• Understand and interpret data retrieved from PIPS/CVS, NCIC, or file share software, and other personnel security-related databases.
• Receive, log, and/or review requests for initial or updated personnel security documents to ensure proper procedural requirements have been satisfied prior to initiating background investigations of individuals who would occupy positions where a determination of suitability and fitness for employment is required.
• Ensure that sensitive investigative data is handled and controlled in a secure fashion to protect and safeguard the rights of the individual Per DoD Manual 5200.02.
• Provide a written report of data received from personnel security reports, records and investigative materials for review by federal personnel security specialist.
• Assist federal personnel security specialist in the adjudication of background investigations for suitability and fitness for employment with the government.
• Assist with the process of monitoring, tracking, reviewing, analyzing, adjudication, and compiling results of completed Background Investigations of government personnel and contract employees conducted by OPM, FBI, and other Federal investigative agencies and provide a recommendation for approval, disapproval, or referral for further investigation.
• Assist with the evaluation of favorable and derogatory information.
• Assist with the preparation of Letters of Interrogatory to resolve outstanding issues. Prepare a written report of findings and recommend the appropriate suitability/security determination.
• Draft correspondence in the form of Letters of Interrogatory, Adjudicative Worksheets, Notice of Proposed Actions, and Summary Worksheets for second level review by federal personnel security specialists.
• Assist in management of personnel security database; to include task such as create new cases for employment in JSTARS or personnel security related database in a timely manner with accuracy (not have more than three errors per month not to exceed three consecutive months).
• Assist in updating JSTARS or personnel security related database by removal of personnel that are no longer working for the EOUSA or USAO, adding new contractor personnel, adding clearance information, etc.
• Demonstrate oral and written communications skills to discuss analysis and prepare written communications setting forth analyses and recommendations. I. Maintains various files and records to prepare routine and special reports and analysis of personnel security activities as requested by the EOUSA or USAO.
• Assist in any other personnel security duties, special projects, as requested.