Program Security Officer (Full-time position)

• Administer personnel clearance processing, verify eligibility, coordinate classified access authorizations, support continuous vetting, and manage employee security reporting.
• Perform authorized transactions in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) and maintain accurate personnel security records.
• Maintain facility clearance information and key management personnel records in the National Industrial Security System (NISS) and complete required submissions.
• Serve as the principal point of contact for DCSA assessments, inquiries, and industrial security matters. Coordinate government security assessments and brief management on findings.
• Interpret DD Forms 254 and coordinate security requirements with contracts, program management, engineering, human resources, and subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain industrial security policies, procedures, and controls appropriate to the company’s facility clearance and classified contracts.
• Coordinate classified visits, verify clearance eligibility, and maintain visit and access records.
• Develop and deliver initial security briefings, annual refresher training, and debriefings. Maintain training and briefing records.
• Where authorized, oversee the receipt, marking, accountability, storage, transmission, reproduction, and destruction of classified information and material.
• Establish and administer controls for information and material subject to special access requirements.
• Conduct required self-inspections, document findings, brief senior management, and track corrective actions through completion.
• Identify, document, and report security incidents, suspected compromises, suspicious contacts, and other reportable information within required timelines. Coordinate preliminary inquiries and corrective actions.
• Support the Insider Threat Program Senior Official in implementing the company’s insider threat program.
• Coordinate with the Information System Security Manager on requirements affecting classified information systems.
• Coordinate with export compliance personnel on international visits, foreign disclosures, and related security requirements.
• Advise senior management on security risks, resource needs, compliance deficiencies, and changes affecting the facility clearance.
• Direct and train the Assistant Facility Security Officer (AFSO) and other assigned security personnel.
• Review surveillance video as needed.

Authority and Accountability

The FSO has direct access to the designated Senior Management Official and authority to implement approved security procedures, enforce access controls, and promptly elevate security concerns. The FSO may suspend access or activities that present an immediate risk to classified information, consistent with company policy and government requirements.

The Senior Management Official retains executive accountability for the company’s security program and for providing the resources needed to operate it.

Working Conditions

Regular on-site presence is required. Occasional travel and availability outside normal business hours may be necessary for security incidents, government assessments, or program requirements.