Personnel Security Specialist

Anduril • Columbia, WA

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Personnel Security Specialist serves on Anduril Industries’ Security Services Team, supporting employees throughout the United States. The role supports the Personnel Security Team in accordance with government policies and procedures, handling personnel clearances, background investigations, access and visit requests, reporting, database updates, and clearance-related employee inquiries. The specialist works collaboratively while taking independent action to analyze problems and provide focused solutions, communicating clearly with employees, clients, and government security officials.

The position also supports classified meetings, employee briefings and training, foreign travel and contact reporting, citizenship verification, fingerprinting, and the enforcement of Anduril security policies. It is an in-person office role that requires organizing multiple demands and prioritizing work according to urgency.

Requirements

• High school diploma and two years of related administrative and customer service experience.
• Current U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Experience with DoD 32 CFR Part 117 and the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).
• Experience with DoD Manual 5105.21, Volumes 1 and 3.
• Familiarity with DISS.
• Excellent organization and tracking skills, attention to detail, and comfort working in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience conducting briefings and debriefings and explaining security processes and procedures clearly.
• Proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to communicate and interact professionally and courteously, orally and in writing, with employees and guests at all levels.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to handle multiple demands and prioritize workload based on urgency.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with DoD clearance processes and systems such as DISS, NBIS, eAPP, and SF86 (PVQ).
• Familiarity with SIMS or other security software.

Responsibilities

• Manage and initiate personnel clearances and background investigations.
• Process visit access requests and mandatory SEAD 3 reporting through DISS.
• Process reciprocity requests from other agencies, including DOE, NSA, and CIA.
• Provide personnel security guidance consistent with the 13 adjudicative guidelines.
• Respond to in-person and virtual inquiries concerning Security Services Help Requests, security forms, visit requests, new-hire orientation briefings, cleared employee training, foreign national contacts, and foreign travel briefings.
• Process visitor requests and enter clearance information into visitor databases or research information in DISS and internal clearance databases.
• Coordinate classified meetings that require visit access requests and liaise with meeting hosts.
• Manage the internal security database, including clearance, access, visit, and adverse information.
• Perform citizenship verification and fingerprinting.
• Communicate with employees to obtain additional information.
• Enforce Anduril security policies and procedures.
• Update clearance and visitor-tracking databases and ensure Anduril information in DISS is accurate and timely.
• Assist the Security Services Team and perform other work-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED