Senior PERSEC Lead: Security & Access Oversight

American Systems; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Security Specialist PERSEC Lead to administer personnel-security actions and manage access in classified environments. You'll coordinate with government security personnel, supervisors, employees, visitors, and contractor representatives to ensure indoctrination, debriefing, and need-to-know determinations are accurate.

The role requires advanced education and extensive experience in SAP/SCI environments, the ability to lead a team under fast-paced conditions, and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline with 10 years of directly relevant experience, or a bachelor’s + 14 years of related work.
• Specialized experience with flag-officer briefings and senior-level interface.
• Experience supporting Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments.
• Ability to coordinate across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; lead a team in fast-paced classified environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Process and track personnel-security actions involving eligibility, access, indoctrination, debriefing, and need-to-know determinations.
• Maintain accurate personnel-security records and update authorized Government systems with current status information.
• Review access and personnel packages for completeness, required approvals, supporting documentation, and procedural compliance.
• Coordinate with Government security personnel, supervisors, employees, and contractor representatives to resolve personnel-security issues.
• Monitor pending actions, expirations, changes in status, and other conditions that could affect authorized access.
• Prepare personnel-security reports, rosters, correspondence, briefings, and action documentation.
• Support audits, inspections, records reviews, and corrective actions involving personnel-security processes.
• Protect sensitive personnel information and apply approved handling, dissemination, and records-management procedures.

Skills

Flag-officer briefings

Senior-level interface

Cross-agency coordination

Education

Master’s degree in a relevant discipline

Bachelor’s degree + 14 years of related work experience

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Security Specialist PERSEC Lead to administer personnel-security actions and manage access in classified environments. You'll coordinate with government security personnel, supervisors, employees, visitors, and contractor representatives to ensure indoctrination, debriefing, and need-to-know determinations are accurate.

The role requires advanced education and extensive experience in SAP/SCI environments, the ability to lead a team under fast-paced conditions, and