Security and Vetting SME with Security Clearance

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Job description

Azimuth Corporation is seeking a talented Security and Vetting SME to join our Arlington, VA (Pentagon) team in support of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S Counterintelligence, Law Enforcement and Security Directorate. The ideal candidate will develop, revise, interpret, and coordinate policies about personnel security to include, but not limited to, tiered background investigations, adjudications, and continuous evaluation of DoD personnel. Responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to, the following: Coordinate national security positions, positions requiring access to classified national security information, sensitive and non-sensitive positions, and personnel that require physical access to DoD installations and facilities, and/or logical access to DoD information systems. Provide support for the development of strategies and initiatives to improve personnel security and adjudication processes to include, but not limited to, implementation of an electronic fingerprint capture, store, and forward capability, Joint Personnel Adjudications System (JPAS) policy maintenance and sustainment, transition from JPAS to the Joint Verification System - Defense Information Systems for Security, adjudicator certification, oversight of investigative service provider billing and product quality, oversight of Central Adjudication Facility policies, procedures, 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act compliance, continuous evaluation to defend against insider threats, establishment and implementation of performance metrics and monitoring. Provide Performance Metrics, Assessments, and Programmatic support. Developing staff packages (Action and Info Memos) in conformance with OSD, OUSD(I&S), and local office requirements. Minimum Qualifications Must have active TS/SCI Clearance. Minimum of 5 years of security policy or operational experience as a staff action officer on an OSD, JCS, or Military Department headquarters staff. Minimum of 5 years of experience working with DoD, Intelligence Community, and national-level personnel security policies and procedures. Knowledge of the DoD's personnel security functions to include personnel security manager responsibilities, investigations, and adjudication policies. Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated expert proficiency in policy development; drafting, formatting, tracking, staffing, reviewing and reconciling inputs to DoD Directive(s), Instruction(s), Manual(s) and other publications; as well as conducting critical review of other entities' policy documents to ensure personnel security equities are accurately reflected. Minimum of 1 year of experience developing, updating, and coordinating personnel security policy and providing policy interpretations and policy guidance. Minimum of 1 year of experience coordinating effectively with the DoD services, Agencies, and Field Activities to resolve complex personnel security policy issues. Minimum of 1 year of demonstrated experience with developing performance metrics and assessments. Demonstrated excellent professional writing and project management skills. Desired Qualifications Bachelor's degree Physical Requirements / Travel Must be able to work in an office environment at a desk and computer. May travel 10% to conferences, program reviews, industry meetings, or other collaborative events. Most or all travel would be CONUS. Company Overview Azimuth is an award-winning Woman Owned Small Business specializing in providing research and development and professional services support to the federal government. Azimuth's agility, customer driven approach and our commitment to our employees allows us to meet and exceed our client goals. Excellence, Integrity, Accountability, Community and Humility are the core values of Azimuth as we continue to strive as a recognized leader in the management consulting community that both federal agencies and industry partners value doing business with. We are an organization that offers both our employees and clients an exceptional experience; our culture will be contagious, while always maintaining a genuine reputation. Disclaimer The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Azimuth Corporation does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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