Security Analyst (Mid-Level) - w/active Top Secret clearance

LMI Consulting, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking a mission-driven Security Analyst to support our Lead FSO across a large, multisite federal program in Washington, DC. This midlevel role focuses on daily security operations, personnel security, and compliance with DoD/IC requirements, including SAP eligibility and TS/SCI clearance.

You will collaborate with recruiters, onboarding teams, and government security representatives to maintain a proactive security posture across sites and ensure timely processing of clearance actions.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have 2–5 years of personnel security or classified program support.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required; SAP eligibility preferred.
• Experience with JPAS/DISS, eQIP, and visit requests.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Validate candidate clearance levels and eligibility.
• Support daily security operations and compliance across program sites.
• Coordinate onboarding access requirements and badge requests.
• Prepare candidate security packages and maintain documentation.
• Assist Lead FSO with multi-site security operations.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Security operations

Policy compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Documentation

Tools

JPAS/DISS

eQIP

Access rosters

Job description

Overview

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, homeland, healthcare, and intelligence sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Responsibilities

LMI is seeking a missiondriven, detailoriented Security Analyst to support our Lead Facility Security Officer (FSO) across a large, multisite, clearanceintensive federal program. This midlevel role is ideal for an earlycareer security professional with strong judgment, excellent communication skills, and experience working in classified environments, who is ready to take ownership of daily security operations while supporting complex personnel, physical, and industrial security requirements.

This position plays a critical part in maintaining compliance, accelerating clearance workflows, and ensuring a smooth and coordinated security posture across all program locations.

The Security Analyst serves as an essential extension of the Lead FSO, supporting the daytoday administration of personnel security, access management, clearance verification, and facility compliance. This individual ensures candidates and employees move efficiently through LMI’s internal screening process before being submitted to customer review, and helps maintain security readiness across multiple sites with varied classification and SAP requirements.

The Security Analyst collaborates closely with recruiters, hiring managers, onboarding teams, subcontractor partners, and government security representatives to reinforce consistency, accuracy, and proactive issue identification across the program.

Key Responsibilities

Personnel Security & Clearance Management

• Validate candidate clearance levels and eligibility as part of LMI's internal prescreening workflow before any candidate is submitted to the customer.
• Conduct initial clearance checks, reinvestigation status reviews, crossover feasibility assessments, and SAP eligibility evaluations.
• Manage and track security documentation including eQIP initiation, SF86 updates, visit requests, and access rosters.
• Support continuous monitoring of personnel security status, including periodic reinvestigations and onboarding compliance.
• Prepare candidate security packages in alignment with program requirements and customer standards.

Program Screening & Candidate Workflow Support

• Work closely with recruiters to review incoming candidate profiles for clearance accuracy and suitability.
• Use LMI's automated tracking tools to log, validate, and process new candidate submissions as part of the internal security review workflow.
• Ensure candidate screening steps are completed rapidly and thoroughly, preventing delays in customer submission and nomination.
• Flag discrepancies, risks, or incomplete information early and coordinate resolution with recruiters and hiring managers.

Support to Lead FSO & MultiSite Operations

• Assist the Lead FSO with daytoday administration of personnel security and classified facility operations.
• Coordinate onboardingrelated access requirements, badging requests, clearance verification, and sitespecific access protocols with internal and government POCs.
• Help maintain compliance with NISPOM, ICD 705, DoD/IC security requirements, and programspecific customer guidance.
• Support security reviews, audits, selfinspections, and documentation updates across multiple program locations.
• Provide ongoing support during facility visits, classified meetings, and highvolume hiring periods.

Issue Identification & Operational Escalation

• Monitor clearance processing timelines, candidate status changes, and workflow bottlenecks.
• Identify emerging staffing or clearance challenges early and escalated to the Lead FSO and Recruiting Manager.
• Communicate securityrelated risks, delays, market constraints, or clearance hurdles that may impact hiring timelines.
• Support the Recruiting Manager in providing marketdriven insights to leadership, helping refine expectations, role requirements, and staffing approaches.
• Contribute to cross-functional standups and alignment sessions to ensure realtime visibility of security operations.

Qualifications

Required:

• 2-5 years of experience in personnel security, industrial security, or classified program support.
• Familiarity with TS/SCI clearance processes, adjudication workflows, reinvestigation requirements, and SAP eligibility fundamentals.
• Experience with JPAS/DISS, eQIP, visit authorization requests, access rosters, and clearance documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage sensitive information with discretion.
• Proven ability to work in fastmoving environments with high-volume candidate flow and rapidly evolving security requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively with recruiters, hiring managers, subcontractor teammates, and government stakeholders.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required; SAP eligibility strongly preferred.

TS/SCI clearance with SAP eligibility is required for this position. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. LMI will only consider applicants with current security clearances. Please note that only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Target salary range: $50,000 - $100,000

Disclaimer:

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

Job Locations

US-DC-Washington, DC

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