Personnel Security PERSEC Specialist

Job ID 2613424

Location Springfield, VA, US

Date Posted 2026-06-05

Category Security

Subcategory Security

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel No

Minimum Clearance Required TS.SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Personnel Security Specialist to support NGA’s Office of Security. This individual will be required to operate in a diverse security environment.

This program can quickly adjudicate a polygraph for selected candidates with an active TS/SCI. An active TS/SCI is required in order to be considered for this role.

This position will be responsible for the following

• Provide support and maintenance to established PERSEC programs.
• Support the execution of the day-to-day PERSEC & Case Initiation Team program.
• Prepare, support, and administer PERSEC program briefings, as needed.
• Prepare, write, and present reports/whitepapers, various forms of correspondence, as required.
• Appropriately and accurately maintain and update databases and files with data entry in a timely manner/real time.
• Respond in a timely manner to all telephone and/or email actions, questions, or status inquires to include checks of internal and external personnel security databases.
• Assist in maintaining distribution lists for customers to contact PERSEC, as needed/required.
• Bring case security issues to the attention of the government Team Leads.
• Assist the government PERSEC team to help in developing recommendations for improvement.
• Provide service excellence in guidance and resolution to internal and external customers’ questions and inquiries in a timely manner for support to their programs.
• Utilizes a variety of security concepts, principles and practices to analyze and recommend solutions for difficult and complex security issues.
• Document and provide Weekly Activity Report (WAR) actions in the designated template and timeline to the Government Team Lead.
• Collect, investigate; research, document, and forward to adjudications, all reportable information from employees and contractors within the mandated timelines (e.g., IRTPA, DNI, etc).
• Prepare accurate and quality reports of investigation.
• Process applicants within 14 calendar days.
• Process employee periodic re-investigation initiations within 15 calendar days.
• Process Phased Eligibility cases within seven calendar days of completion of polygraph (e.g., FLEX processing), as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI required.
• Ability to obtain a polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field to personnel security.
• General knowledge of/experience in personnel security (3-6 years) in the DOD/IC.
• A minimum of 1 year of previous Background Investigator, Personnel Security Specialist, or TS/SCI adjudicative experience.
• Familiarity with reviewing Standard Form-85/86 and understand scoping requirements.
• Understand and be able to analyze the security repositories (e.g., DISS, Scattered Castles, DCSA’s NP2 Portal, eQIP, PIPS/CVS).
  
  

Desired

• Knowledge of SEADS 4, and 6 and a deep understanding of SEADS 3 and 7 and understand how to apply the regulation appropriately to each case.
• Understand the Continuous Evaluation (CE) implementation under ODNI for IC agencies.
• Understand the application of reciprocity to applicant cases enrolled in DOD CE with a deferred investigation.