Personnel Security Specialist, Assistant Special

**Type**: Full Time

**Location**: Qatar

**Overtime Exempt**: Yes

**Reports To**: ARMADA HQ

**Security Clearance Required**: Active TS/SCI

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Provide Personnel Security and Assistant Special Advisor support to the United States Air Force Central Command (USAFCENT) in the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM). USCENTCOM is a joint Department of Defense combatant command, responsible for U.S. security interests in 27 nations that stretch from the Horn of Africa through the Persian Gulf region, into Central Asia. This position supports USAFCENT Intelligence Directorate (A2). Support activities in any of the four security disciplines as outlined below:

- Maintain applicable SCI directives, regulations, manuals, and guidelines to adequately discharge SSO duties and responsibilities.
- Ensure SCI is properly accounted for, controlled, transmitted, transported, packaged, and safeguarded.
- Ensure SCI is destroyed by authorized means.
- Ensure SCI is disseminated only to persons authorized access to the material and having an established need-to-know.
- Investigate SCI security infractions, making recommendations to the Chief SSO on site and preparing required reports.
- Maintain continuing liaison, with collateral security officials to ensure both security levels are mission accomplished.
- Conduct SCI personnel, information, physical and technical security (TEMPEST/Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) actions.
- Provide all security awareness trainings as required by regulations and requested by the COR.
- Perform all aspects of the SCI Personnel Security Program to include, for example, nomination interviews, validation of SCI access requirements, submission of investigative requests, conduct SCI security briefings; obtain signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and Non-Disclosure Statement (NDS); and perform other related personnel security actions.
- Provide a briefing on local SCI security procedures to newly arrived personnel and those receiving initial SCI indoctrination.
- Emphasize unauthorized disclosure awareness, management, and reporting during indoctrination and termination briefings and day-to-day security program execution
- Serve as the official channel for certifying and receiving SCI visitor clearances/accesses.
- Maintain the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) and Defense Information System for Security (DISS) to accurately reflect all personnel under their security cognizance.
- Provide guidance and assistance for processing SCI position and eligibility requests.
- Process all derogatory information concerning SCI indoctrinated individuals under their security cognizance and assist commanders and directors with establishment of Security Information Files.

**Provide Physical Security support**:

- Assist in providing overall physical security and will ensure that all current and future SCI Facilities (SCIFs) comply with the physical security standards outlined in ICD 705 all other applicable directives and established policies.
- Prepare and revise, as needed, all physical accreditation paperwork, to include the fixed facility checklists.
- Ensure appropriate accreditation documentation is available for each SCIF and under the organization's security cognizance.
- Ensure that each SCIF under their security cognizance conducts annual self-inspections of the security program.
- Assist Government person in the creation and development of SSO documents, PowerPoint presentations, formal messages, background papers, items of interest, and staff summary packages for USAFCENT Senior Management review within specified timelines.
- Support 30+ SCIFs and Temporary SCIFs within the AOR through physical presence and telephonic support. Occasional TDY support within AOR will be at the request of the CO or COR, and mission requirements.
- Access JWICS by maintaining SCI eligibility.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)**:

- Ability to multi-task, pay close attention to detail, stay alert and focused, and coordinate and manage electronic security equipment.
- Ability to interpret Director of National Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency and DoD directives and provide technical advice and guidance on SCI personnel, physical and information security standards.
- Ability to gather facts and use effective analytical and evaluative methods to assess information, plan the sequence of actions necessary, make sound decisions and solve a variety of security problems.
- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in an operational environment.
- Ability to professionally interact with customers, colleagues, and command members at all levels; and to foster positive business relationships.
- Ability to pass all US Central Command medical and dental evaluation
- Full range knowledge of security principles, concepts, practices, products, and services; methods for evaluating risk and vulnerability;