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Personnel Security Specialist (Adjudications) - Full Performance

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 31 Mar 2026

💰 $158,322/yr($102,415/yr – $158,322/yr)

About the role

WE ARE THE NRO
For sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America’s advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.
Learn more at NRO.gov.

Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NRO

You must be a U.S. Citizen
You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

Where You Will Work

The primary duties of this position are: to evaluate, interpret, and apply adjudicative guidelines; perform analytical functions; determine the suitability and security eligibility of individuals requiring access to classified information in support of the NRO Enterprise (approval or denial). This position will also evaluate an individual’s eligibility to maintain access to classified information (suspension or revocation). This position is in the Office of Security and Counterintelligence (OS&CI) Personnel Security Division (PSD). The Personnel Security Specialist Adjudicator will apply expertise and technical knowledge in support of the security program, including evaluations of potential threat concerns to ensure compliance with current regulations and policies.

The Personnel Security Specialist Adjudicator position is one of many NRO Security positions. Other Security positions include polygraph examiners, program security officers, counterintelligence officers, insider threat specialists, classification management officers, cyber security specialists, and physical security officers. The NRO and the Security Career Field encourages individuals to rotate to other positions to gain a breadth of experiences, knowledge and skills. As such, skills and knowledge relevant to these other positions may be considered in the hiring process.

The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for full performance level (GG 12-13), Personnel Security Specialist (Adjudication), occupational series 0080. For more information on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) occupational series, click here.

Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.

These are full-time positions that will be opened until filled.

Who May Apply

This position is open to the public.
Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position, Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.
Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoD 1400.25 Volume 2006.
The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply internally.

What You Will Be Doing

Provide an analytical decision point regarding requesting individuals' access and prepares detailed narratives and/or briefings to include professional recommendations and risk identification based on information gathered from personnel security files, security logs, and data supporting the Office of Security and Counterintelligence (OS&CI). The NRO makes security clearance SCI eligibility determinations using the Security Executive Agent Directive 4 (SEAD 4) guidelines.
Implement extensive investigative and interviewing techniques and expertise in adjudication procedures to effectively conduct complex CI and Security inquiries, analyze complex records, security files, datasets, reports and investigations to determine way forward; while conducting vetting, make sound and professional referrals to management for internal coordination. Writes concise and cohesive reports and continuously reviews referrals and dispositions made within the organization. Responsible for analyzing investigative results, providing f