Lead Security Specialist

• Hiring Agency: Washington Headquarters Services
• Department: Department of Defense
• Hiring Path: Fed Internal Search
• Number of Openings: 2
• Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

This position serves as a Lead Security Specialist responsible for providing technical leadership, operational direction, and expert security administration support in the delivery of onboarding services for new hires whose gaining organizations are supported by WHS.

Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:
Directs, mentors, and guides a team of Security Specialists; aligns daily work plans with broader agency strategic goals, balances and distributes caseloads based on individual expertise, conducts quality assurance audits on completed tasks, and manages short-term leave and performance recognition.

Serves as the division's senior technical authority on personnel security vetting; interrogates DISS and USA Staffing to verify clearance milestones, submits facility badges via the PFPA Automated Management Portal, and serves as the Site Security Manager (SSM) and Verifying Official (VO) for RAPIDS Common Access Card (CAC) issuance.

Establishes and governs the end-to-end customer onboarding framework; partners with PFPA, DMDC, DISA, and the DoW CIO to resolve cross-functional bottlenecks, analyze customer satisfaction trends, and modernize automated intake workflows using customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

Measures onboarding program health and cycle times against KPIs; synthesizes data into interactive dashboards utilizing enterprise tools, drafts executive-level talking papers, and assists in the preparation and monitoring of the security program budget.

Leads the planning, logistics, and execution of biweekly New Employee Orientation (NEO) sessions; compiles and delivers authoritative security training curricula on OPSEC, INFOSEC, Cyber Hygiene, and Insider Threat to incoming personnel, including senior executives and General Officers.

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

This position is with Washington Headquarters Services, Department of Defense.

The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.

This position is eligible for telework.

This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

Applications close on .

There are 2 openings for this position.

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

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