Personnel Security Specialist - Ft Meade MD

MSCCN; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage SCI seeks a Personnel Security Specialist to support the Personnel Security Division in assessing, validating, and certifying trustworthiness for SCI access. Responsibilities include case management, adjudication, and CES screening to maintain timely, accurate security readiness.

Candidate will use multiple security systems, conduct background checks, and coordinate with officers to obtain required information; strong writing and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience applying ICD704 and EO 12968; SEAD 3, 6, 7.
• Know DNI and IRPTA timelines; prioritize tasks accurately.
• Familiarity with Scattered Castles, eQIP, JPAS, JVS, DCII, CVS.
• Craft analyses from collected data with strong writing.
• Understand waivers, conditions, and deviations.
• Differentiate suitability vs. security clearance determinations.
• Create, manage, and close cases in security systems of record.
• Excellent communication across dispersed sites.
• Must possess TS/SCI and CI Poly.
• PII and Cyber Awareness Challenge certs within 30 days.

Responsibilities

• Support Personnel Security Division in case management and adjudication.
• Assist Continuous Evaluation System (CES) screens as CES Screener.
• Coordinate with officers to obtain additional information as needed.
• Perform national agency checks as part of investigations.
• Prepare cases for adjudication and close out with proper documentation.

Skills

Background checks

Security clearances

TS/SCI CI Poly

Writing skills

MS Office

CES experience

Investigation coordination

Tools

Scattered Castles

eQIP

JPAS

JVS

DCII

CVS

OPM Portal

Job description

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.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Experience and Skills

• 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 http://iase.disa.mil/eta/.

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