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Senior Personnel Security (PERSEC) Analyst

  • Falls Church, VA
Position Title: Senior Personnel Security (PERSEC) Analyst
Position Type: Full-time, On-site
Location: Suffolk Building, Falls Church, VA
Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility
 
Position Summary
 
Waypoint’s client is seeking a Senior Personnel Security Analyst to provide personnel security administration and executive-level security support in a complex, fast-paced classified environment. The selected candidate will manage clearance, access, indoctrination, and personnel security processes in accordance with Department of Defense and Intelligence Community policies.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Process personnel security actions for civilian, military, contractor, IPA, and detailed personnel.
  • Verify clearance eligibility, access, and investigation status using DISS and other authorized security databases.
  • Process clearance passing, visit authorization requests, CAC applications, and building access requests.
  • Conduct security in-processing, out-processing, indoctrinations, debriefings, and SCI access support.
  • Provide guidance regarding clearance eligibility, reporting requirements, foreign travel, adverse information, and continuous vetting responsibilities.
  • Maintain accurate personnel security records, files, access rosters, and supporting documentation.
  • Coordinate with security managers, government leadership, human resources, contracting personnel, and external security offices.
  • Research and resolve complex clearance, access, and personnel security issues.
  • Prepare reports, correspondence, briefings, and status updates for executive-level stakeholders.
  • Ensure compliance with DoDI 5200.02, ICD 704, SEAD requirements, and applicable DoD and Intelligence Community policies.
Required Experience
  • Minimum of ten years of recent and relevant personnel security, security administration, or related DoD/IC security experience.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting executive-level principals in a high-tempo environment.
  • Hands-on experience using DISS and processing clearance, access, indoctrination, and personnel security actions.
  • Experience supporting SCI programs and classified personnel security operations.
  • Working knowledge of DoD and Intelligence Community personnel security regulations and adjudicative processes.
  • Strong written communication, organization, customer service, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to manage sensitive information and multiple competing priorities with limited supervision.
  • Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
 
Desired Skills
 
  • Experience supporting senior DoD, Intelligence Community, or executive-level organizations.
  • Familiarity with continuous vetting, Trusted Workforce requirements, and Security Executive Agent Directives.
  • Experience with SCI nominations, indoctrinations, access certifications, and clearance reciprocity.
  • Knowledge of CAC, visit authorization, foreign travel, incident reporting, and adverse information procedures.
  • Experience developing personnel security metrics, reports, standard operating procedures, and training materials.
  • Familiarity with industrial security, information security, or physical security processes.