Personnel Security Specialist Grade 3

Join Our Team as a FBI - Personnel Security Specialist III!

Protection Strategies, Inc.

• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine
• Financial Support:401(K) Retirement Plan, Tuition Assistance, Disability Products
• Wellness Programs:
  Employee Assistance, Good Rx, Commuter Benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts: HSA + HRA

The Person nel Security Specialist reviews investigation request documentation for accuracy and completeness and processes e-QIP packets for federal and contractor employees. They initiate the paperwork for background investigations, review the information submitted by the applicants, correspond with the applicants for clarifying information, are responsible for data entry requirements associated with each record, make case files, forward cases for processing, and submit the e-QIP packet to be reviewed and forwarded to OPM.

• With minimum direction, provide supporting research and analysis into complex problems and processes.
• Serve as expert on project teams.
• Provide critical thinking and analysis utilized for completion of written documentation and oral presentations.
• Apply extensive experience and full knowledge of security disciplines.
• Review and analyze requests for investigations concerning security clearances, reciprocity, requirements, violations, and assessments. Subjects of the investigations range from on-board employees, contract / access applicants and other personnel requiring security clearances or access to FBI facilities.
• Review and analyze various FBI investigative files and related material to determine and extract all possible identifying information, matching records, questionable or overlapping elements and other areas of investigative consideration, which could have a bearing on an individual's reliability, trustworthiness, and loyalty.
• Examine and analyze material to determine any deliberate misrepresentation of facts, criminal or immoral conduct, any signs of mentally disabling illness, sympathetic association with hostile intelligence individuals / organizations and facts or fragments of information which furnish reason to sustain suspicion that the subject may be a possible security risk.
• Conduct Personnel Security Interviews (PSIs) as determined during the course of the security investigation, in conjunction with information developed or per the request of FBI HQ.
• Prepare a detailed analysis of all information developed, supporting analysis and recommendations to initiate further investigation, and any additional security concerns and recommendations based on this information, which would include remedial or precautionary action to meet minimum security standards. Ensure that all relevant information and justification is developed and properly considered in accordance with security policies and FBI regulations.
• Conduct security briefings which include Security Awareness and Hostile Threat. Revise security briefings based on the specific issues developed and security requirements.
• Assist in conducting preliminary and final reviews of statements of personal history and related data prior to the initiation of background investigation procedures.
• Conduct BIs of individuals who would occupy positions where a determination of suitability for employment or access to classified information is required.
• Prepare reports on investigations resulting from interviews conducted during BIs.
• Draft summary sheets on the results of investigations for all assigned cases. In case of derogatory information, draft a detailed evaluation of the adverse information.
• When information is insufficient to make a recommendation regarding the disposition of the case, draft a list of recommended questions for lines of inquiry for follow‑on investigations.
• Assist in making recommendations for adjudication of personal background investigations for employment with the FBI and/or issuance of a security clearance.
• Review Personnel Security Questionnaires (SF‑86 and SF‑85P)
• Verify information submitted on applications
• Contact subjects via approved methods to complete information on background investigation forms
• Input data from MAC applications
• Retrieve…