Personnel Security Specialist

Advantage SCI, LLC; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage SCI, LLC seeks a Personnel Security Specialist to support its Personnel Security Division for DIA and DoD-affiliated personnel. The role involves case management, adjudication, and ensuring timely trustworthiness assessments for SCI access, including CES screening.

The position requires supporting continuous evaluation and coordinating with multiple offices, while maintaining strict compliance with timelines and privacy controls. Fort Meade, MD onsite.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with ICD704 and EO 12968; and SEAD 3, 6 and 7.
• Knowledge of DNI and IRPTA timelines; prioritizing tasks while maintaining accuracy.
• Familiarity with security systems: eQIP, JPAS, JVS, DCII, CVS, DPRIS.

Responsibilities

• Assess, validate, and certify trustworthiness of DIA and DoD-affiliated personnel for SCI access.
• Conduct case management through adjudication with due process.
• Support Continuous Evaluation System (CES) as a CES Screener.
• Craft analyses of collected data and prepare written reports.

Skills

Case management

Security adjudication

Written communication

Collaborative work

Tools

Scattered Castles

eQIP

JPAS

JVS

DCII

CVS

DPRIS

Job description

Position

Personnel Security Specialist

Reports To

The Customer and Project Manager

Clearance Type

Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

Work Location

Ft. Meade, Maryland

Advantage SCI is seeking a Personnel Security Specialist to be considered for employment. This individual shall support the Personnel Security Division in assessing, validating, and certifying the trustworthiness of DIA and designated DoD-affiliated personnel for clearance access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) through case management, adjudication, to include due process in an accurate and timely manner. Additionally, this support requires experienced and professional Personnel Security Specialists to support the Continuous Evaluation System (CES) as CES Screeners.

Keyword: Personnel Security SpecialistRequired Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant experience


• Experience with application of ICD704 and EO 12968; and SEAD 3, 6 and 7 which addresses reporting requirements, continuous vetting/evaluation, and reciprocity.


• Knowledge of and ability to meet DNI and IRPTA timelines and skilled in prioritizing competing tasks while maintaining accuracy and timeliness.


• Familiarity and experience utilizing Scattered Castles, eQIP, JPAS, JVS, DCII, and CVS; initiating and scoping, T5R background investigations; use of DPRIS, OPM Portal; performing National Agency Checks and Credit Checks.


• Knowledge and experience determining when a security case is complete and prepared for adjudication to include coordinating with other officers and determining the need for additional investigative information.


• Use judgment and experience to conduct and/or collect national agency checks to complete an investigation for adjudicative review.


• National agency checks may consist of, but not limited to investigations, incident reports, continuous evaluation, continuous vetting, and T5R background investigations.


• Strong writing skills to include experience and acumen in crafting analysis of data collected


• Experience understanding exceptions codes, such as waivers, conditions, and deviations.


• Understand difference between suitability determinations and security clearance determinations.


• Experience creating, managing, and closing cases in appropriate security systems of record.


• Excellent written and oral reporting skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and customers across geographically dispersed sites.


• Possess a TS/SCI and successfully pass CI Poly.


• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel.


• Excellent written and oral reporting skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and customers across geographically dispersed sites.


• Experience working in DIA a plus.


• Must have a valid certification of completion in PII and Cyber Awareness Challenge from Information Assurance Support Environment (Only valid within 30 days of hire).

To obtain the certification, visit .

Working Conditions

• Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time


• Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist, and reach daily


• Able to lift up to 35 pounds occasionally


• Noise level: Low to moderate

From: Advantage SCI