Security Clearance Processing Administrator, US ADC Security

Amazon.com Services LLC; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Clearance Processing Administrator to build and sustain a cleared workforce for a U.S. Government program standing up a classified AI Factory.

You will own end-to-end clearance processing for 120+ staff, submitting and tracking packets, verifying eligibility, and coordinating with the sponsoring security office. The role requires a TS/SCI with polygraph, US citizenship, and high‑volume, high‑stakes work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of security-related experience.
• Knowledge of ICD 704, NISPOM, and government directives.
• Experience with clearance systems (e.g., DISS, Scattered Castles).
• Current, active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Responsibilities

• Submit and track clearance packets and SCI access requests.
• Verify eligibility, citizenship, and currency prior to access.
• Coordinate with sponsoring security office on adjudications and access determinations.
• Maintain the personnel-security database and records.

Skills

Security processing

High-volume handling

Adjudications coordination

Documentation management

Tools

DISS

Scattered Castles

Job description

Amazon's Security team is looking for a Clearance Processing Administrator to build and sustain the cleared workforce for a U.S. Government program standing up a classified AI Factory. We are obsessed with getting the right people cleared, badged, and mission-effective as fast as the rules allow, because clearance throughput is the single biggest driver of whether this program starts on time. In this role you own personnel clearance processing end to end: submitting and tracking crossover packets and SCI access requests, verifying eligibility, citizenship, and investigation currency, and coordinating adjudications and access determinations with our sponsoring security office. You will work in the trenches with personnel security, program security officers, and hiring managers to turn a 120-plus person staffing plan into people who can actually walk into the SCIF and work. If you thrive on high-volume, high-stakes personnel security, this role is for you.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Key job responsibilities

• Submit and track clearance crossover packets and SCI access requests (e.g., via the Government clearance-submission system).
• Verify eligibility, citizenship, SSBI/CIP currency, and need-to-know prior to access.
• Coordinate with the sponsoring security office on adjudications and access determinations.
• Maintain the personnel-security database and access records, and remove access when no longer required.

A day in the life

Each day starts with the clearance queue. You triage incoming crossover packets and SCI access requests, verify eligibility, citizenship, and investigation currency, and push the cleanest cases forward first to keep throughput high. You coordinate with the sponsoring security office on adjudications and pending access determinations, chase down the one missing document holding up a start date, and update the personnel-security database so records stay audit-ready. Between submissions you partner with program security officers and hiring managers to sequence the staffing plan, flagging risks before they stall a start. By day's end, more people can walk into the SCIF.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of security-related professional experience
• Working knowledge of ICD 704, the NISPOM, and national industrial security program requirements and government directives.
• Experience with clearance systems (e.g., DISS, Scattered Castles, or agency equivalents).
• Experience leveraging existing mechanisms (e.g., templates, runbooks, evidence/records repositories) to deliver security compliance requirements across teams.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing or executing security compliance programs in line with national industrial security program requirements (e.g., for Amazon Dedicated Clouds or similar government programs).
• Familiarity with the applicable Government Personnel Security Instruction.
• High-volume crossover/onboarding experience.
• Experience optimizing cross-functional/cross-team processes to improve delivery of security compliance work.