Personnel Security Specialist - Mid

About the role

Amentum is hiring a mid-level Personnel Security Specialist to support security assessment investigations, including background investigations, periodic reinvestigations and security clearances. The role also covers employment suitability determinations and the continuous evaluation of employees' eligibility for employment. It is a traditional office position.

Key responsibilities

• Review and analyze requests for investigations on security clearances, reciprocity, requirements, violations and assessments, covering employees, contract and access applicants and others needing clearances or access to FBI facilities
• Analyze FBI investigative files to find identifying information, questionable or overlapping elements, and deliberate misrepresentations, criminal or immoral conduct, mental health concerns and associations with hostile intelligence groups
• Conduct personnel security interviews (PSIs) and background investigations (BIs) and prepare detailed analysis, recommendations and reports, including summary sheets and evaluations of adverse information
• Assist in recommending adjudication of background investigations and issuing security clearances
• Review personnel security questionnaires (SF-86 and SF-85P), verify application information, retrieve data from credit bureaus and local agency checks, and input data from MAC applications
• Conduct security briefings on security awareness and hostile threats, and distribute and update personnel security documentation
• Prioritize assignments, schedule work to meet deadlines, and perform peer reviews as required

Required profile

• Top-Secret US Government clearance (US citizenship required)
• Bachelor's degree with seven years of experience, or associate's degree with nine years, in personnel security investigation or investigative analysis
• Experience interpreting government and commercial database checks, analyzing investigative reports and proposing recommendations on access eligibility
• Experience with database searches, document distribution, filing, mail processing and audits
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Required skills

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Internet research and open-source checks
• Federal LE and IC IT systems for automated record checks
• Commercial and federal government database systems
• Desired: knowledge of DOJ and FBI regulations, FIS, SEADs, executive orders and US CFR

Salary range: $80,000 to $85,000.