Personnel Security Specialist

Personnel Security Specialist, GS-0080-7/9As a Personnel Security Specialist, GS-0080-7/9, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision:Serves as the operational expert to ensure Executive Office of the President (EOP) candidates and current EOP employees meet national standards for security, suitability, and credentialing for employment, retention of employment, and/or eligibility for physical and logical access to facilities and systems and classified national security information.Makes initial determination as to scope of investigation required, considering such factors as sensitivity level of position, background information on individual, criteria for governing various classes of security clearances, etc.Performs a preliminary investigation by making a local check of military and civilian records and makes an initial determination recommendation of individual's suitability, trustworthiness or reliability, to include analysis of credible derogatory information.Processes of initiating, reviewing, and approving background cases for release to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in compliance with policies relating to completion of suitability investigations for Federal employees and others requiring background investigations.Coordinates with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies, to obtain completed investigations. In cases of compelling need, prepares package and makes an interim security clearance based on the review and analysis resulting from checks of available records after ensuring that an appropriate investigation packet has been initiated.