Personnel Security Specialist, Team Lead
Resume:
Ronda A. Smith
*************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experience Personnel Security Specialist
• Excellent at multi-tasking and completing projects within time and budget constraints.
• Problem-solving and project management skills.
• Excellent telephone, customer service, and computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
SSBI Top Secrets Clearance- 11/2015
EXPERIENCE
GRS, Global Resources Solutions, Inc. 11/2015 to Present
Personnel Security Specialist III, Team Lead, Arlington VA
Conducting preliminary and final reviews of statements of personal history and related data prior to initiation of background investigation procedures.
Reviewing Personnel Security Questionnaires, verifying information submitted on applications, contacting subjects to complete information on background investigation forms, retrieving data from credit bureaus, requesting Local Agency Checks, reviewing reports to determine criminal record, traffic violations, etc.
Reviewing background investigations records and any other records to determine if persons employed or employed meet security/suitability standards.
Manage a substantial caseload of pre-clearance and investigative requests and new companies
Reviewing, evaluating, and making security determinations involving minor derogatory information developed during reinvestigation
Compile data into reports for FDIC security program. Effectively communicate with applicant’s administrative officers, oversight managers and FDIC division chiefs at all times.
Using various databases E-QIP, PIPS, LEXIS-NEXIS, EQUIFAX, TLO Report & EXPERIA.
Review, assigned and assist with cases
Train and orient employees in security policies and procedures to ensure compliances with government and customer regulations.
Train new and junior level employees
KeyPoint Government Solutions 07/2015 to 11/2015
Investigator, Washington, DC
Conducting background investigations for the purpose of determining employment suitability of persons who require access to sensitive or classified U.S. Government information.
Focusing on casework for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Develops an investigative plan and timeline for each case, and evaluate completed Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) to determine the need for additional investigative data
Conduct face-to-face interview with the subject and his/her neighbors, employers, friends, and family.
Perform record searches at police agencies, courthouses, educational institutions, financial institutions, and medical/mental health facilities.
Prepare reports on investigations resulting from interviews conducted during background investigations and submit them to their employing agency for adjudication
Report all obtained information in a clear and concise report on a government computer system (provided).
PIPS, E-QIP, Review credit report
GRS, Global Resources Solutions, Inc. 03/2011 to 06/2015
Personnel Security Specialist II, Arlington VA
Administrative tasks including record keeping, report production, and updates databases.
Establishes spreadsheets, databases and reports on case history, providing data entry.
Provide personnel security support including: makes recommendations for suitability of individuals for entry and retention in sensitive and non-sensitive positions and make security clearance recommendations for access to information, resources, materials and work sites
Conducting pre-screening activities and initiating background investigations in accordance with OPM’s methodology.
Reviewing and evaluating cases involving potential suitability disqualification based on fraud
Manage a substantial caseload of pre-clearance and investigative requests
E-QIP, CVS, Equifax, Transunion and CAS.
Train and develop junior Security Specialists
Specialized Training
Personnel Security Course, 06/2011
OPM Position Designation Course, 06/2012
OPM E-QIP Course, 8 hours 06/2014
OPM Background Investigation Course, 240 hours 08/2015
Suitability Adjudication, 1.8 CEU Graduate School USA 10/2017
Education
B.S Sociology/ Criminal Justice, Norfolk State University 8/2003-5/2007
M.A Counseling, Trinity University 08/2008
Award
Employee of the 4th Quarter, 12/2016
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