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Personnel Security Specialist

Washington, DC (DC-01)Full-time$86k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10
On-siteSecurity clearance required

Core

Manage personnel security clearances, background investigations, and secure facility access for defense employees.

Role type

Personnel Security Specialist (Administrative/Compliance)

Builds

Security clearance status and access control for cleared personnel

Domain

Defense / National Security

Required skills

DoD security policy knowledge, background investigation processing, database management, briefing/debriefing, citizenship verification, security form processing

Preferred skills

DISS system proficiency, SIMS familiarity, DoD manual experience

Technologies

DISS, NBIS, eAPP, SF86, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Process security clearance background investigations and visit access requests (VARs), provide personnel security guidance on adjudicative guidelines, coordinate classified meetings, manage internal security databases, perform citizenship verification and fingerprinting, enforce security policies

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC