Personnel Security Manager (SME)

The role

Tailored Solutions is hiring a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Personnel Security Manager to assess, modernize, and run the personnel security program supporting a C6ISR enterprise in the National Capital Region. The role is on-site in Washington, DC.

You will own the program that protects the information environment: clearance and access management across controlled access programs, indoctrination and debriefing, continuous vetting, insider threat coordination, and security compliance for a cleared workforce operating across multiple classification domains. You will assess existing procedures, establish modernized program goals and procedures, direct security operations for the contractor team, and interface directly with client security leadership.

What you will do

• Manage the security program for the contractor team, including personnel security, SCI and SAP access administration, security education, and compliance, in coordination with the federal program security officers.
• Process, track, and manage clearance actions, SCI nominations, SAP access requests, indoctrinations, debriefings, visit requests, and reinvestigations in DISS, NBIS, and successor systems; maintain accurate access rosters across all compartments and enclaves.
• Serve as the primary contractor security interface for DD Form 254 requirements, security classification guidance, and incident reporting; draft and maintain the program security SOP.
• Coordinate with the program lead on Special Access Program implementation support, ensuring SAP personnel security requirements under DoDM 5205.07 are met before and during execution.
• Execute continuous vetting and reporting obligations under Trusted Workforce 2.0, SEAD 3, and SEAD 4; manage self-reporting, foreign contact, and foreign travel processes for the workforce.
• Coordinate insider threat referrals and security incident inquiries with government counterparts; conduct preliminary inquiries and prepare reports for the official record.
• Deliver initial, annual, and event-driven security briefings; maintain training records and audit readiness.
• Advise Tailored Solutions program leadership and the FSO on clearance pipeline health, onboarding timelines, and staffing risk tied to access requirements; forecast access lead times for recruiting.
• Support physical and information security requirements for contractor-occupied spaces as directed, including SCIF access control coordination and courier procedures.
• Prepare for and support government security inspections, self-inspections, and audits.

What you will need

• Active TS/SCI clearance. Must successfully complete additional customer security eligibility and compatibility determinations.
• Bachelor's degree and 12 or more years of progressive DoD or IC security experience, including at least 5 years managing a personnel security program supporting SCI and SAP populations. Master's degree preferred.
• Demonstrated experience as an SSO, CSSO, CPSO, or program security manager for a DoD or IC program operating at TS/SCI with SAP involvement.
• Working expertise in 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), DoDM 5200.02, DoDM 5205.07 Volumes 1 through 4, ICD 704, SEAD 3 and SEAD 4, and Trusted Workforce 2.0 continuous vetting.
• Hands-on experience with DISS, NBIS, and NISS, and with DD Form 254 and security classification guide interpretation.
• SPēD Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) and one of: Security Program Integration Professional Certification (SPIPC) or Security Asset Protection Professional Certification (SAPPC). ASIS CPP or NCMS ISP accepted as equivalent.

Nice to have

• Ability to brief senior military and civilian leadership and to write inquiry reports and SOPs suitable for the official record.
• SPēD Special Program Security Certification (SPSC).
• SPēD Physical Security Certification (PSC) or Industrial Security Oversight Certification (ISOC).
• CDSE FSO Program Management or SAP Security Officer course completion.
• Experience running security for a program spanning multiple TS enclaves and cross-domain environments.
• Prior military or government service in a security, counterintelligence, or special security career field.

Details

• Location: Washington, DC (National Capital Region), on-site.
• Clearance: Active TS/SCI, with additional customer eligibility determinations.
• Compensation: $190,000 to $200,000 per year, matched to experience.
• Type: Full-time. Reference TS-2026-PSM.

Tailored Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.