Facility Security Officer

Job summary

Responsibilities

This is a rare opportunity to build a security program from the ground up. As Cognition's founding Facility Security Officer, you will stand up, own, and run the industrial security program that enables our rapidly growing federal business — supporting customers across the U.S.

• Serve as the appointed FSO under 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), owning the establishment, maintenance, and administration of Cognition's facility clearance in partnership with DCSA.
• Administer the personnel security clearance lifecycle end-to-end: initiate, track, and maintain investigations and adjudications in DISS/NBIS, manage periodic reinvestigations…
• Establish and run the insider threat program as the Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO), including required training, monitoring processes, and reporting.
• Prepare for and lead DCSA security vulnerability assessments and annual self-inspections; drive remediation of findings and maintain a posture of continuous review readiness.
• Develop and deliver required security education: initial briefings, annual refresher training, foreign travel pre-briefs and debriefs, and derivative classification training…

What they're looking for

• Active U.S. Government security clearance at TS/SCI.
• 5+ years of industrial security experience under the NISP, including 2+ years as an appointed FSO (or Assistant FSO) at a cleared defense contractor or technology company.
• FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities certification (or Non-Possessing with willingness to complete Possessing curriculum), plus current ITPSO training.
• Demonstrated hands-on proficiency with DISS, NISS, NBIS/eQIP, and SF-86 processing.
• Working knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), the personnel security adjudicative guidelines (SEAD 4), continuous vetting (SEAD 3 reporting), and DD Form 254 administration.