Personnel Security Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at the 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing personnel security data; maintaining a security or incident report database; utilizing a variety of automated security systems.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Law Enforcement, Security, Emergency Management or Criminal Justice.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Implement Department of Defense Personnel and Information Security policies and procedures.
• Provide technical assistance on procedural requirements for processing security clearances.
• Execute security clearances for all civilian, military, and contract personnel assigned to the Military Treatment Facility.
• Coordinate with Office of Personnel Management (OPM), or supported military services, to obtain completed investigations.
• Ensure that annual security refresher training/briefings are conducted as required.
• Track and report Personnel Security data in compliance with overarching authorities that regulate and govern employee administration.
• Recommend courses of action to resolve complex security issues.
• Assist with planning, developing, and administering the Information Security Program in accordance with facility directives.