Security Adminstrator

Clearance: Active Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance (current within the last five years)

Location: Arlington, VA (Onsite)

Schedule: Full-Time | Monday–Friday

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship Required

Position Summary

Pendleton Solutions is seeking an experienced Security Administrator to support a Department of Defense program in Arlington, Virginia. The Security Administrator will provide administrative and operational security support across multiple security functions, including access control, personnel security, document and media control, security education, records management, and the handling of classified and unclassified materials. The successful candidate will maintain security databases and accountability records, coordinate security-related activities, support senior-level offices, and ensure sensitive information is protected in accordance with applicable requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage access control, visit processing, personnel entries and exits, escort requirements, new-employee security processing, and end-of-day security checks.
• Support collateral, Special Access Program, and Sensitive Compartmented Information personnel security programs, including indoctrinations and debriefings.
• Maintain accurate security records, files, databases, suspense items, and accountability documentation.
• Support security reviews, self-inspections, inquiries, investigations, and incident reporting.
• Assist with implementing security regulations, directives, guides, procedures, and controls.
• Develop and deliver security education, training, awareness materials, plans, and communications.
• Receive, inspect, track, store, distribute, transmit, archive, and destroy classified and unclassified materials through approved channels.
• Manage Document Control Center procedures, secure electronic data transfers, accountable mail, and document and media accountability.
• Conduct inventories, audits, and reconciliations of documents, electronic media, and other controlled materials.
• Review documents for accuracy, completeness, classification markings, handling requirements, and overall quality.
• Prepare correspondence, reports, spreadsheets, presentations, and other administrative products while tracking deadlines and action items.
• Coordinate meetings, conferences, briefings, and special taskings and prepare supporting materials for senior-level officials.
• Coordinate the review and staffing of executive correspondence and other products.
• Establish and maintain administrative procedures and workflow processes.
• Recommend security and administrative process improvements.
• Support additional security and administrative activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance current within the last five years.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Three or more years of relevant experience in security administration, personnel security, access control, document control, classified-material accountability, or a related security field.
• Knowledge of Special Access Program security requirements and practices.
• Experience handling and protecting classified, controlled, private, or otherwise sensitive information.
• Experience performing one or more of the following functions:

• • Access control and visit processing

  • Personnel security administration

  • Classified document or media control

  • Security records and database management

  • Classified-material accountability

• Strong written communication, documentation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, databases, spreadsheets, and security-tracking systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-service skills.
• Ability to address difficult or demanding situations professionally and work toward effective resolution.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate records, and meet established deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with limited supervision and collaborate with customers and stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Ability to work onsite in Arlington, Virginia.
• Willingness to undergo a counterintelligence-scope polygraph if required as a condition of access eligibility.
• Must meet customer suitability requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting collateral, Special Access Program, or Sensitive Compartmented Information security programs.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense security policies, procedures, and guidance.
• Experience supporting a classified federal, defense, research, or acquisition environment.
• Experience with Document Control Center operations and secure electronic data transfers.
• Experience conducting security indoctrinations, debriefings, self-inspections, inventories, or incident inquiries.
• Experience preparing security directives, guides, procedures, training materials, or awareness communications.
• Experience supporting senior government officials or executive-level offices.

Why Join Pendleton Solutions?

Pendleton Solutions provides security, intelligence, technology, and professional services in support of critical government missions. Guided by our core values of Care, Excellence, Innovation, and Integrity, we deliver integrated program-protection solutions that help our customers safeguard critical technologies, reduce mission risk, and stay ahead of evolving threats.

Our security professionals serve as trusted advisors, collaborating across disciplines to solve complex challenges in support of national defense and emerging technologies. If you are ready to make a measurable impact while working alongside experienced professionals in a mission-focused culture, Pendleton Solutions is the place to grow your career.

Additional Information

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time based on business or customer requirements.

In compliance with federal law, all new hires must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States by completing the required employment eligibility verification process upon hire.

Pendleton Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Notice to Third-Party Agencies

Pendleton Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Pendleton Solutions will not be responsible for payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Pendleton Solutions, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, become the property of Pendleton Solutions.