Personnel Security (PERSEC) Analyst

**Come make your mark with Watermark!** **🎖️** **FOUNDED BY USAF VETERANS** in 2007, we are proud to be a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. **🌎** **SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS** specializing in security and risk management. We’re intimately familiar with DOD security programs and mission requirements. **⭐** **OUR CORE VALUES** drive every action we take as a company. We strive to exhibit PERSPECTIVE, PASSION, COMMUNICATION, INTEGRITY AND ETHICS, and BALANCE in all we do. **💲** **COMPETITIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE** to address our employees’ physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. This includes 100% employer- paid medical insurance, ample paid leave, a free employee assistance program, and a competitive 401k savings plan. At Watermark, our people come first! **Personnel Vetting (PV) Specialist** In this role you will be part of a federal agency team that provides personnel security program support for the vetting, investigation, and adjudication of individuals seeking access to federal employment, national security information, or sensitive positions. **In this role you will…** - Process personnel vetting documents in support of investigations, adjudications, and continuous vetting (CV) alerts in accordance with federal guidelines and agency policy. - Weigh an individual's whole character and history to determine whether that person represents a risk to the federal service and national security, applying adjudicative guidelines across all relevant domains. - Prepare comprehensive written reports on all pertinent issues, recommending and providing supporting rationale for granting, denying, or revoking eligibility in the appropriate domain (e.g., security, suitability, fitness, credentialing). - Conduct in-depth analysis and evaluation of security files and source documents; evaluate information for authenticity and pertinence; identify potential risks arising from complex, incomplete, or ambiguous application data. - Utilize personnel vetting systems including e-QIP/NBIS, DCSA CVS/PIPS, DISS, DHS ISMS, or similar agency platforms to process, track, and manage PV casework. - Develop and maintain PV materials such as briefing slides, process guides, reports, and manuals using Microsoft Office applications, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and audience-appropriate presentation. - Communicate regularly with individuals and organizations internally and externally, providing positive customer service while effectively articulating sensitive issues regarding applicants and subjects of investigation. - Refer appropriate cases to government sponsors for final action and coordinate follow-up as required to support timely mission execution. **Experience Requirements:** - A minimum of three (3) years of experience providing personnel vetting support to a federal government department or agency, to include one or more of the following: - Processing PV documents for investigations, adjudications, or CV alerts - Providing adjudication support across national security, suitability, fitness, or credentialing domains - Contractor adjudicators must provide a certificate of adjudication training issued by a government department or agency. Accepted certifications include: - OPM Fundamentals for Suitability and Fitness Adjudicators - DoD Adjudicator Professional Certification - U.S. Coast Guard Security Center Fundamentals of National Security Adjudication - Comparable government-issued adjudication training certificates - Demonstrated proficiency with personnel vetting systems (e-QIP/NBIS, CVS/PIPS, DISS, ISMS, or equivalent). - Intermediate or higher proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and DOD365. - Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and written communication skills with the ability to handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion. - Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical skills, including the ability to review complex or ambiguous data and prod…