Personnel Security Specialist

Overview

" The First Line of Defense Begins with Trust. Protect the mission, validate the force, and manage security clearance operations at Keesler AFB."

This position is located at Keesler Medical Center, Biloxi, MS.

Personnel Security Specialist

Salary- Up to $97,087

Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, is one of the largest and most comprehensive medical facilities in the U.S. Air Force. Operated by the 359th Medical Group, it delivers direct healthcare to tens of thousands of beneficiaries, active-duty members, and military retirees.

Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities involve analyzing and resolving a variety of security issues related topersonnel security, information security, operational security, and Privacy Act programs within the Military Treatment Facility (MTF); adjudicating security clearance requests involving mixtures of such things as derogatoryinformation, applicants or employees with hard to find skills, and management’s willingness to accepta nominal risk; and assisting in the formulation, implementation, and management of policy pertainingto guidance of the Personnel, Information, and Operational security programs throughout the MTF,and its subordinate elements. Incumbent must frequently use judgment and discretion in handlingsensitive security and background information. Clearances require incumbent to elicit, review andmake determinations concerning personal information provided and information gained fromnumerous security, law enforcement and credit bureaus.

Personnel Security (PERSEC) :

• Validate & Execute Clearances: Process, verify, and monitor security clearances for military, civilian, and contract personnel.• Investigative Screening: Initiate, review, and evaluate background investigations (SSBIs, NACLCs); conduct personal screening and due process interviews.• Interim Authority: Grant interim clearances and manage the administrative flagging of personnel with derogatory information.

Security Administration:

• Data & Systems Management: Manage security databases, track compliance rosters, and generate analytical reports for leadership.• Liaison & Coordination: Coordinate with OPM, the DoD Central Clearance Facility (CAF), and law enforcement to verify background data.• Records Management: Maintain, transfer, and securely destroy sensitive files and investigative records.

Operations Security (OPSEC):

• Program Management: Develop, implement, and maintain the MTF OPSEC program and continuity binders.• Audits & Reviews: Conduct annual self-inspections (NLT 31 Jul), annual webpage reviews, and quarterly compliance audits.• Critical Information: Compile, distribute, and annually update the Critical Information Indicators List (CIL).

Information Security (INFOSEC):

• Information Safeguarding: Ensure proper classification, receipt, storage, transmission, and destruction of classified/sensitive material.• Security Training: Conduct annual security briefings, initial onboarding orientations, and specialized training (SAEDA, SCI).

Position Sensitivity:

• Sensitivity Designation: Continually assess mission requirements to define and update position sensitivity levels and reinvestigation timelines

Qualifications

US Citizen required