Position Title: Security Specialist (Adjudication Support)

Reports To: Project Manager

Work Location: Chesapeake, VA

Clearance Type: Must have a current Secret clearance or favorably adjudicated Tier 3 investigation (equivalent or higher).

Advantage SCI, LLC has a great opportunity for a dedicated and experienced Security Specialist with PERSEC experience in the adjudication process. Advantage SCI is Securing tomorrow today® through counterintelligence, intelligence, and security support services to the U.S. Government. Our global network of professionals provides our customers with tactical and strategic advantages for decisive action.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Perform preliminary adjudicative reviews of National Security, Fitness, or Suitability cases to present for final adjudicative decision.
• Work closely and communicate with other security branches and customers.
• Review internal record checks determine if there are any open internal cases which may have a bearing on the employee's background investigation and include the information in the adjudicator's worksheet.
• Review, analyze, and evaluate results of investigations to recommend employment, suitability, fitness, credentialing, and/or security clearance eligibility to a government adjudicator.
• Summarize investigative issues on the adjudicator worksheet, recommend approval /disapproval, and annotate pertinent suitability factors and security guidelines, as applicable.
• Corroborate or mitigate serious derogatory information. Determine if additional inquiries are necessary to resolve discrepant, negative, or contradictory information.
• Request additional inquiries in accordance with organization policies and procedures,
• Analyze responses from subjects and make final recommendations based on suitability and security criteria.
• Formulate recommended courses of action consistent with national security adjudicative guidelines or suitability/fitness factors.
• Record all adjudicative activities within the organization’s system of record, ISMS (or designated system).
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the adjudicative function.
• Draft standard correspondence based on templates and standards.
• Able to effectively use systems that include but are not limited to the DCSA NP2 Portal, e-QIP (or successor system), PIPS/CVS, CGBI, iSMS or successor system, and NBIS.
• Update the case tracking system with the status of assigned cases.
• Appropriate control of PII through handling, storing, and transmission of documents and data, including physical or digital media.
• If required, may support the Adjudicative Training Lead in the instruction of suitability/fitness or national security determinations.

• Must have proven ability and experience to efficiently perform the duties listed above.
• Must have a current Secret clearance or favorably adjudicated Tier 3 investigation (equivalent or higher).
• Must have 3 years relevant experience performing National Security, Suitability/Fitness, and/or Credentialing adjudication experience.
• Must have previous or current Adjudicator Professional Certification (APC)
• Excellent writing and verbal communications skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and multiple PERSEC used databases.
• Previous PERSEC experience with USCG highly preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills, documentation skills, research skills, resolution skills, and data analysis skills

Working Conditions:

Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time.

Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach on a daily basis.

Able to walk stairs regularly and distances between facilities.

Able to lift up to 15 pounds occasionally.

Noise level: Low to moderate
From: Advantage SCI