Personnel Security Specialist (Entry)

Dutch Ridge Consulting Group (DRCG), LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting group is seeking a Personnel Security Specialist in Washington, DC to support security assessment investigations and ensure employment suitability. Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience and possess a high-level security clearance. Join our team to play a vital role in maintaining security and operational integrity within federal operations.

Qualifications

• Two years' experience in personnel security investigative field required.
• Experience interpreting database checks and conducting security investigations.
• High-Tier Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility needed.

Responsibilities

• Support security assessment investigations and background checks.
• Conduct and analyze interviews and provide recommendations.
• Prepare detailed analyses of security concerns.

Skills

Analytical ability

Critical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Job description

Personnel Security Specialist (Entry)

Position is contingent upon award.

Company Overview

Dutch Ridge Consulting Group (DRCG) is a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). DRCG provides high-level delivery and expertise in DevSecOps, Strategic Planning, Project Administration, Information Technology Solutioning, Systems Integration, and Requirements Delivery in support of six Federal and State Agencies across ten U.S. locations. In support of our core customers, we provide Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations; Core Enterprise Systems O&M Support; Networking; Engineering; Security System and Network Administration Services; Configuration Management; Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (IA) Services; Service Desk Management; COMSEC and Cryptographic Management; Database Management; Insider Threat Prevention and Detection; Cyber Threat Intelligence; Risk Management; and Business Process Reengineering.

Description

Seeking a Personnel Security Specialist to provide support for security assessment investigations, including background investigations, periodic reinvestigations, security clearances. The Personnel Security Specialist will also support employment suitability determinations and continuous evaluation of employees to ensure eligibility for employment.

The Ideal Candidate Will

• Provide support and service to the administration of Security Programs by participating in the direction, from inception to completion of less complex security assessment investigations and rendering appropriate adjudication recommendations regarding the same.
• Conduct, review, and analyze a variety of interviews internal and external to the organization.
• Provide support, analysis, and research into complex problems and processes relating to Personal Security.
• Complete written reports and/or oral presentations utilizing critical thinking and analysis skills.
• Contribute to development of new principles and concepts.
• Work on complex problems and provide solutions.
• Advise supervisor of potentially controversial matters or those matters with far reaching implications.
• Perform extensive FBI indices checks, arrest record checks, and the like to obtain pertinent and identifying information for the cases assigned.
• Request, receive, review, and analyze various FBI Government files and related material for determination of an individual's potential security risk.
• Summarize data and compose necessary correspondence to appropriate FOs for initiation of investigation, outlining background of individual cases, advising of information obtained from research and analysis and define security concerns.
• Issue guidance for the initiation of investigation, setting forth leads which are to be addressed in compliance with existing Federal standards and FBI policy. Forwards correspondence to the Government lead for approval before transmission.
• Coordinate with FOs for the submission of investigation information.
• Examine and critically analyze investigative reports and correspondence from the FOs for conformance to administrative requirements as to format and content, and to ensure the investigation is adequate, denoted leads have been sufficiently covered, and procedures have been conducted in accordance with FBI regulations and policies. Notes inadequacies and transmits additional instructions to the field, recommending additional investigation and/or the elimination of unproductive procedures.
• Recommend the need for polygraph examinations and/or interviews based upon analysis of all data available. Compose appropriate communications to pertinent FBI HQ Divisions and FOs to initiate same, setting forth any specific guidance which should be followed in regard to same (i.e., particular areas in question which need to be resolved; special qualifications desired of interviewer; etc.). Determinations and resulting communications are subject to review and approval by the Government lead.
• Receive, review, and analyze the results of further investigations, along with the results of interviews and polygraph examinations to ensure that all issues have been resolved, that gaps in information have been adequately covered, and that areas in question have been sufficiently addressed to efficiently and effectively help determine individual's recommendation for security clearance approval.
• Summarize all data provided and developed in a formal written analysis of the security concerns and their resolutions, giving consideration to information developed.
• Establish and maintain liaison with other FBI HQ Divisions, DOJ and other agency officials including members of the IC to obtain, develop, and/or resolve queries as required.
• Coordinate or work in concert with other FBI components as required to surface, develop, and resolve various issues encountered.
• Recommend new methods and procedures for passing and affirming clearances including SCI/Regulations, FISs, and/or EO and DOJ Orders.
• Perform security assessment investigations and provides recommendations to the FBI HQ.
• Review and analyze request for investigations concerning security clearances.
• Prepare a detailed analysis of all information developed, to include potential remedial or precautionary actions to meet minimum security standards.
• Assist with briefings and debriefings of individual cases as necessary.
• Upload all official documents into the defined system of record, management, workflow, or tracking systems, files, and/or sub - files.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with two (2) years' experience or Associate's degree with four (4) years' experience
• Two (2) years of experience in the personnel security investigative or investigative analyst field.
• Experience conducting and interpreting database checks and credit reports.
• Experience performing routine office administrative support functions.
• Demonstrated analytical ability to critically review and analyze various types of incoming material and investigative reports to discern potential security vulnerabilities and to identify viable investigative leads.
• High-Tier Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (CI polygraph may also be issued after start).
  
  

Location

National Capital Region

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