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Security Analyst 3

ManTech

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Location
Chantilly, VA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

ManTech seeks a Security Analyst 3 to support personnel security clearance processing for NRO programs in the Chantilly, Virginia area. The role interfaces with government agencies and industrial organizations, maintains and audits clearance records, verifies personnel clearances, and uses security databases. Candidates need relevant security experience, an active TS/SCI with Polygraph, and the ability to learn databases and manage competing tasks.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Database LearningTask PrioritizationTime ManagementPersonnel Security ProcessingBackground InvestigationsSecurity Access DeterminationsAdjudicationsCustomer ServiceProblem SolvingInnovative SolutionsSecurity ApplicationsPresentation Delivery

Qualifications

Bachelor's+5, Associate's+6 or High School/GED+8 YearsActive TS/SCI With Polygraph

Full job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Security Analyst 3 to join our team in the Chantilly, VA area.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Interfacing between Government agencies and industrial organizations for obtaining, verifying, and granting access to NRO programs

  • Updating, maintaining, and auditing the security clearance database

  • Conducting personnel clearance verification

  • Keeping daily metrics of work completed

  • Using multiple NRO, DOD, and IC databases including, but not limited to SCT, DISS, Scattered Castles, etc.

  • Maintaining confidentiality of assets and information pertaining to personnel security

  • Supporting all security analysis tasks that contribute to the processing, issuance, or revocation of personnel security clearances, as well as additional tasks as required

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of relevant security experience, or Associate’s degree and 6 or more years of relevant security experience, or High School/GED and 8 or more years of relevant security experience

  • Ability to learn various databases to support security analysis tasks

  • Prioritize competing tasks and possess effective time management skills

  • Experience in personnel security processing related to background investigations and/or security access determinations in adjudications consistent with Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD 4) and EO 12968 guidelines

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Exceptional customer skills

  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve and develop and create innovative solutions

  • Demonstrated technical understanding to be able to teach how to use various security applications

  • Ability to complete customer requests on deadline with short suspense times and competing/shifting priorities

Security Requirements:

  • Must have a current/active TS/SCI w/Polygraph

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

  • Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

  • Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations

  • Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

MANTECH International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.

How this job compares

Set against the 898 open Security Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Virginia median$108–163K/yr58 salary ranges
  • US median$27–35/hr78 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 88 open Security Analyst jobs in Virginia and 898 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Security Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (686 postings).
Education
175 of the 898 open Security Analyst jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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