Security Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• A Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of Personnel Security experience.
• Extensive knowledge on SEADs mandates.
• Strong ability to produce clear, concise, and well‑structured written documentation.
• Demonstrate general knowledge of and hands-on experience in personnel security within the DoD and Intelligence Community environments.
• Effective and professional communication skills with the ability to engage positively with stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills to consistently meet established timelines and comply with Federal Investigative Standards and quality requirements.
• Significant proficiency and working experience using Microsoft Excel for data tracking, analysis, and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum one year of demonstrated experience in conducting background investigations in accordance with applicable standards and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Monitor all case progress to ensure investigation cases are completed within Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0, FIS, and SEADs mandates.
• Ensure no errors are detected and that all case data entry is current and accurate.
• Monitor and assign priorities to cases as specified by the Government.
• Provide written weekly status reports on background investigations to the government leadership.
• Assist in preparing the PERSEC monthly metrics slides with all required information related to background investigations for delivery to Government Point of Contact (GPOC) within required timeline each month as set by GPOC.
• Elevate to the government leadership issues and proposed solutions to bottlenecks precluding achievement of investigation metrics.
• Maintain all tracking reports and status reports in PERSEC Drive shared files, with the latest revision in the external folder, and historical records maintained in an archive folder.
• Inspect, document, and validate that all folders are clearly labeled and easily searchable in accordance with the document mapping criteria established by the Government.
• High attention to detail in the application of personnel security case management methodologies.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• paid time off
• 401(k)
• life insurance
• flexible work schedules
• holidays