Brandon Edwards
Lexington Park
Summary
Knowledgeable specialist with a solid background in personnel and physical security. Proven ability to manage security clearances and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Demonstrated expertise in risk assessment and security policy implementation. Ready to help the team achieve company goals. Dedicated professional with over 15 years of outstanding performance in the U.S. Navy, earning five promotions, five achievement medals, and has excelled as a leader.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Personnel Security Specialist
Executive Office Of The President
09.2024 - Current
- Serves as the operational expert to ensure Executive Office of the President (EOP) candidates and current EOP employees meet national standards for security, suitability, and credentialing for employment, retention of employment, and/or eligibility for physical and logical access to facilities and systems, and classified national security information.
- Conducted background investigations and security checks for employees and contractors.
- Evaluate background investigations to determine suitability and national security eligibility.
- Review and analyze information for accuracy and completeness.
- Develop and enforce security policies and procedures.
- Reviews systems, databases, responses to security questionnaires, reports of investigation (ROI), law enforcement documents, incident reports, and other sources of security information that contain candidate personal history and related information to make security, suitability/fitness, and credentialing eligibility adjudication recommendations or determinations.
E6, Aviation Ordnanceman
US NAVY
08.2009 - Current
- Leading Petty Officer
- Leads 12 sailors in Intermediate Level maintenance for Aircraft Armament Systems in support of 12 tenant commands and 54 Type, Model, and Series aircrafts for NAS Patuxent River
- Quality Assurance Safety Observer
- Led 20 sailors in scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on MH-60S and MQ-8B UAV aircraft for HSC-22 Expeditionary Squadron
- Maintained operations for aviation ordnance shops, armories and storage facilities
- Inspected, assembled and tested aviation ammunition
Physical Security Officer
FRCMA Detachment PAX RIVER
01.2022 - 09.2024
- Identified new and innovative approaches to physical security training and executed 25 trainings to direct and guide physical security staff
- Established emergency response to manage and respond to physical security needs of 216 employees, buildings, technology and materials
- Conducted training sessions for new security personnel to facilitate compliance with security protocols
- Prevented unauthorized entry into restricted areas by creating and maintaining access lists for specific work spaces.
Assistant Security Manager
FRCMA Detachment PAX RIVER
12.2021 - 09.2024
- Initiate security investigations in Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (eQip) in accordance with current Navy security policies and monitor periodic reinvestigation's for the agency's personnel
- Review submissions for security clearances and reinvestigation's to ensure requirements have been met
- Review SF-86s; assisting, and interviewing personnel for proper completion of required documents
- Conducts personnel security interviews, as required, to clarify allegations of a questionable nature with regard to security clearance eligibility
- Ensure that personnel security investigations, clearances, and access are properly recorded in Defense Information Systems for Security (DISS)
- Informs the chain of command of any personnel security discrepancies that may require suspension of access/clearance per SECNAVINST 5510.30A
- Responsible for the FRCMA Det Pax Continuous Evaluation Program (CEP), review all CEP enrollment rejections
- Monitor and provide guidance for adjudicating, at command level, personnel derogatory incident reports requiring further evaluation for all FRC
- Provide guidance to employees on policies, regulatory requirements, procedures and administrative practices relating to the personnel security program
- Assisted in preparation for annual security inspections
- Interact and collaborate with other departmental program offices as well as other agencies regarding security matters
Education
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Coastline College
08.2016
Skills
- Time Management
- Policy Enforcement
- Access Control Systems
- Identity Verification
- Sensitive information handling
- Employee file management
- Security policy development
- Documentation skills
Training
- Naval Security Manager Course, 05/2022
- Introduction to Information Security, 04/2022
- Derivative Classification, 04/2022
- Classified Storage Requirements, 04/2022
- Introduction to National Security Adjudication, 04/2022
- Introduction to Suitability Adjudication for the DOD, 10/2024
Timeline
Personnel Security Specialist
Executive Office Of The President
09.2024 - Current
Physical Security Officer
FRCMA Detachment PAX RIVER
01.2022 - 09.2024
Assistant Security Manager
FRCMA Detachment PAX RIVER
12.2021 - 09.2024
E6, Aviation Ordnanceman
US NAVY
08.2009 - Current
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Coastline College
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