Personnel (PERSEC) Security Representative

Personnel Security Representative

Are you a Program Security specialist with a keen interest in providing top notch security support in a dynamic and rich R&D environment? Are you highly motivated, mature, collaborative, independent, and forward thinking? If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team! We are seeking a Personnel Security Representative to help us provide APL and its customers with the best special and compartmented program security support. Personnel Security professionals are key partners in the execution of security relative duties supporting multiple programs and customers as part of a dynamic team. Personnel Security support will focus on a mixture of Collateral, SAP, and SCI classified programs.

PERSEC professionals will bring personnel security (PERSEC) subject matter expertise in support of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's (APL) Program Security Representatives (PSR) and Special Security Representatives (SSR). PERSEC contributions will ensure PSR/SSR leadership of a multi-faceted security portfolio.

As a Personnel Security Representative, you will...

• Provide PERSEC expertise and support for PSRs and SSRs within the Program Security Group (ZPP)
• Analyze and validate program nomination / access documentation for timely submission to government agencies
• Develop and manage electronic PERSEC portfolios
• Liaise with all levels of personnel (Senior Management, Program/Project Managers, cleared and non-cleared staff, etc.)
• Manage the Annual Security Refresher (ASR) Training for cleared staff, including the creation, revision, dissemination, and tracking of critical security-related information
• Create and disseminate security incident reports to applicable security staff
• Develop and maintain tracking mechanism for cleared staff Continuous Evaluation status
• Provide PERSEC oversight during various sponsor compliance inspections
• Develop and maintain cleared staff PERSEC records via multiple electronic repositories (i.e. Service Now, SIMS, AIVI-Self Reporting Tool, Foreign Travel Tool, DISS, Learning Management System, SharePoint, Scattered Castles, JADE, etc.)
• Exercise analytical skills, organization management, and relationship oversight competencies (team building)
• Perform PERSEC actions within unclassified, SAP, and SCI facilities
• Process on and off-boarding of security classification special access statuses
• Exhibit high standards of professionalism, as well as the ability to operate under minimal supervision in a high paced transactional environment

You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you...

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree in any Security, Information Technology, Business Administration, or other relevant field. Any equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Have exposure to Special Access Program Security including guidance relevant to DoD Manuals (5200.01 vol. 1-4, 5205.07 vol. 1-4 5205.11), Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), NISPOM, NISPOM Supplement regulatory information.
• Possess excellent customer service, speaking, and writing skills
• Can demonstrate experience working in teams and matrix environments.
• Have the ability to collaborate with peers on matters pertaining to security policy and procedures
• Have strong working knowledge of DISS/NBIS databases
• Are results oriented and able to work independently with minimal direction; must be a self-starter, as well as a solid group contributor
• Hold a Top Secret level security clearance and are able to ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you:

• Have a Master's Degree in Industrial Security, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field
• Possess direct experience working with compartmented and/or special program security officer(s)
• Have a thorough understanding of Department of Defense (DoD) organizational structures
• Are experienced working in an organization with reporting responsibilities to multiple sponsors/authorities
• Possess some Information systems skills

Minimum Rate: $62,900 Annually

Maximum Rate: $180,300 Annually