What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Assistant position at MELE Associates, Inc.?
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Description
POSITION SUMMARY
MELE Associates, Inc. is seeking to add a Security Assistant to our national security and intelligence team, supporting a key customer within the Department of Energy (DOE). The Security Assistant will be responsible for a multitude of security related administrative and clerical duties such as operating in-house transcription software, analyzing security issues, as well as processing personnel security cases and visitor control.
Essential Functions
The security Assistant position will provide clerical and administrative assistance of the day-to-day personnel security operations at DOE such as screening and reviewing official personnel security documentation and files. Essential duties may include:
SALARY
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran and minority-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include National Security and Intelligence, CBRNE Defense and Security, Facility Management and Engineering, Law Enforcement and Emergency Response Training, Technical, Analytica, and Program Management Support, and IT/Cybersecurity.
MELE Associates, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
MELE Associates, Inc. is seeking to add a Security Assistant to our national security and intelligence team, supporting a key customer within the Department of Energy (DOE). The Security Assistant will be responsible for a multitude of security related administrative and clerical duties such as operating in-house transcription software, analyzing security issues, as well as processing personnel security cases and visitor control.
Essential Functions
The security Assistant position will provide clerical and administrative assistance of the day-to-day personnel security operations at DOE such as screening and reviewing official personnel security documentation and files. Essential duties may include:
- Provide analysis on well-defined security questions, issues, and conditions.
- Manage standardized applications as well as established variations in security procedures and regulations regarding processing personnel security cases.
- Maintain electronic data an utilize database, word processing, spreadsheets, and other common office software applications.
- Perform a range of standard/technical/clerical tasks including basic screening and analysis of security issues.
- Provide support, analysis, ad research into complex problems and processes relating to personnel security.
- Assist in maintaining information in the related databases for the personnel security program, including the Clearance Access Tracking System (CATS), and Central Personnel Clearance Inex (CPCI).
- Reviewing reciprocal information in Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) system such as PIPS/CVS and DISS.
- Support data collection, review, analysis, and tracking of personnel security clearance activities and shall process all documentation from origination of a case folder related to requests for initial investigations and re-investigations.
- Review incoming reports of investigations and other security information received from various investigative agencies and other sources.
- Provide timely notification of cancelled investigations to investigative agencies; clearance actions to requesting offices; and assisting in terminations of clearances.
- Process verbal and written requests for clearance verifications in Headquarters related cases.
- Work on complex problems and provide solutions.
- Advise supervisors of potential security related and controversial matters.
- Coordinate with other DOE personnel as required to surface, develop, and resolve various issues encountered.
- Review and analyst requests for matters involving security clearances.
- Maintain electronic and hardcopy logs, including the scanning and uploading of documentation.
- Update and audit electronic workflow tracking programs.
- Upload all official documents into the defined system of record, management, workflow, or tracking system.
- All other duties assigned.
- High School Diploma
- 1-3 years’ experience in a personnel security related program.
- An active DOE Q clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
- 5-7 years of experience in personnel security or related field
SALARY
- Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. The salary range for this position is 60-70k
- Hybrid remote/office work environment
- Employer Paid, High Quality Employee Medical, Dental & Vision Care
- Low-Cost Family Health Care offered
- 11 Federal Holidays and 3 weeks’ vacation
- 401k with Generous Employer Match
- Cross-training opportunities
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran and minority-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include National Security and Intelligence, CBRNE Defense and Security, Facility Management and Engineering, Law Enforcement and Emergency Response Training, Technical, Analytica, and Program Management Support, and IT/Cybersecurity.
MELE Associates, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.
