Personnel Security Specialist

Highlights

• Own daily clearance and access operations for classified government work.
• Help build a modern personnel security function for national security programs.
• Guide employees through sensitive security requirements with care.

What they offer

• Equity
• Relocation assistance

Ideal candidate

Hands-on personnel security professional who thrives in high-volume, detail-driven operations. Highly organized, discreet and empathetic, you enjoy guiding people through complex processes and improving them.

Requirements

• Have hands-on personnel security experience supporting a cleared defense contractor, Intelligence Community organization, federal customer, or comparable classified environment
• Have directly managed clearance verification, access processing, indoctrinations, debriefings, visit requests, security briefings, and onboarding or offboarding for cleared personnel
• Have working experience with DISS and NBIS/eApp; familiarity with NISS, SWFT, Scattered Castles, or customer-specific security systems is a plus
• Understand the NISPOM, applicable Security Executive Agent Directives, and government or customer personnel security requirements
• Are highly organized and can manage competing priorities, sensitive records, recurring deadlines, and a high-volume case queue without losing accuracy
• Communicate clearly and respectfully, particularly when explaining complex requirements or supporting employees through sensitive processes
• Demonstrate discretion with personal information and sound judgment about when to involve security leadership, Legal, People, or government officials
• Look for practical ways to improve operational reliability through documentation, metrics, templates, and approved AI tools and automations
• Have experience supporting SCI or SAP access, customer-specific nominations, visit authorization requests, or related access packages
• Hold active Top Secret eligibility and current SCI access, and can obtain and maintain customer-required polygraph or additional approvals