PERSEC Security Specialist
Company: STR
Location: Woburn
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionSTR is seeking a Personnel Security (PERSEC)
Specialist for our Woburn, MA office. As a PERSEC Specialist, you
will work the day-to-day PERSEC services for Special Access
Programs (SAP) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
activities. These activities include processing Program Access
Requests (PARs), managing program personnel databases, providing
guidance regarding the SAP nomination process, conducting briefings
and debriefings, and additional administrative tasks for multiple
government customers, including visit certifications, foreign
travel reports, and adverse information reports. The successful
candidate will develop a full understanding of 5220.22-M NISPOM,
5205.07 DoD Manuals Volumes 1-4, Intelligence Community Directives
(ICDs), and related Industrial Security Guidance Manuals or Special
Program Security directives, in support of USG compliance
inspections.Responsibilities
- Maintain various daily logs for a variety of administrative
functions associated with PERSEC
- Maintain an extensive customer database point of contact
listing
- Perform data entry to the Joint Access Database (JADE) and
maintain all customer sponsored billets and quota information
- Assist in maintaining personnel security files for all
personnel of the supported element
- Build and Maintain tracking spreadsheets/databases for customer
PERSEC activities
- Provide support for the security awareness and education
programs
- Review, track, and monitor security clearance processing
activities with appropriate government personnel to achieve
clearance actions
- Prepare, process, and/or review PARs for accuracy and access
eligibility
- Execute SAP nomination process questionnaires
- Conduct SAP nomination process (SAPNP) and Personnel Security
Questionnaire (PSQ) reviews of candidates being submitted for SAP
access
- Perform data entry and record checks in JADE and maintain all
customer sponsored personnel access information
- Receive and/or transmit classified visit requests as necessary
to meet customer needsRequirements
- Active Top-Secret Clearance
- Bachelors Degree or 2-4 years of equivalent work
experience
- Must be familiar with security policy/manuals and the
appropriate ICDs/DOD Manuals and other guiding policy
documents.
- Must have the ability to work in a dynamic environment and
effectively interact with numerous DOD, military/civilian
personnel, and industry partners
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and
Excel, etc.)
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Understanding of government guidance to include the NISPOM and
DoD
- Experience with SIMS, DISS, and JADE databasesSTR is a growing
technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA,
near Dayton, OH, Palm Bay, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in
advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and
national security, trying to understand how to protect our society:
from stopping malicious botnet attacks, to understanding cyber
vulnerabilities, providing next generation sensors, radar, sonar,
communications, and electronic warfare to developing artificial
intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the
complexity that is exploding around us.STR is committed to creating
a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical
understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of
all team members. Our work is challenging, but you go home at night
knowing that you pushed the forefront of technology and made the
world a little safer. We recognize that the world is changing, that
it is becoming more connected than ever before, making things
change faster than before, and reshaping society in the process. We
all want to understand this changing world and leave it better for
our work.STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and
attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and
perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't
do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one,
join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at
www.str.us for more info.STR is an equal opportunity employer. We
are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate
regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender
identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status,
national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic
information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state
or local laws.If you need a reasonable accommodation for any
portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and
provide your contact info.Pursuant to applicable federal law and
regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national
security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance
with export control and other applicable laws.
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