Personnel Security Officer; PSO

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Personnel Security Officer (PSO) to support our customer's Office of Security. This individual will be required to perform Employability/Quality Audit Report Tracker. This position is located in Springfield, VA.

This position can quickly adjudicate a polygraph for qualified candidates with an active TS/SCI. This opportunity requires an active TS/SCI in order to be considered for this position.

• Provide support and maintenance to established PERSEC programs.
• Support the execution of the day-to-day customer PERSEC.
• Prepare, support and administer PERSEC program briefings, as needed.
• Prepare, write, and present reports/whitepapers, various forms of correspondence, as required.
• Brief customer leadership and other customer KC's regarding the program requirements and regulations.
• Appropriately and accurately maintain and update databases and files (e.g., People Soft security system of records, SharePoint Page, internal file folders, etc.) 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.
• Provide review of background investigations to make employability recommendations for customer applicants.
• Complete all actions within the mandated timelines.
  Prepare accurate and quality employability assessments/reports for decision in accordance with the established procedure and 5
  
  CFR Section 302.
• Deliver suitability/employability assessments within 2 business days of receipt of each checkpoint.
• Document, file, and maintain all employability actions in the security system of record.
• Coordinate with internal and external customers to resolve missing or discrepant information.
• Review the specified percentage of investigation reports for compliance with Federal Investigative Standards and applicable implementation plans within five business days of date assignment by GPOC.
• Coordinate any issues identified in record audit with GPOC.
• Accurately detail information and document status of all issues, to include resolution, in the Quality Audit Report Tracker system.
• Create/Prepare metrics reports for Investigative Service Providers (ISP) on a monthly basis, as requested by the GPOC.

• Active TS/SCI is required
• Ability to obtain a polygraph
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a related field to personnel security
• Significant experience in personnel security (7-10 years) in the DOD/IC
• Suitability/Employability experience: 3 years of experience with assessing suitability/employability, requirements to OPM specified standards
• QART Experience required: 3 years of auditing experience assessing background investigation quality
• Familiarity with reviewing Investigative Service Provider (ISP) Reports of Investigation (ROI), to determine if there is disqualifying information that poses a risk to national security that prevents federal employment with the customer
• Clear and concise writing and communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills to ensure required timelines, FIS, and five CFR Section 302 quality standards are met
• Demonstrate experience with reviewing Standard Form-85/86 and understand scoping requirements
• Demonstrate experience with SEAD 3 Reporting Requirements and SEAD 4 Adjudication guidelines

• Experience making unfavorable recommendations to leadership regarding the suitability of applicants
• Familiarity with reviewing CI and full scope polygraphs for admissions that are disqualifying in nature for federal employment