Facility Security Officer

Facility Security Officer (FSO)

Our client is a leading provider of blockchain intelligence solutions that deliver technology, training, and services to law enforcement, defense, intelligence, and regulatory agencies across the U.S. Government. We're looking for a Facility Security Officer (FSO) who can both arbitrate policy and processes around personnel and clearances, and partner with our business leaders to plan for the future in support of our National Security and Department of Defense (DoD) missions. As a Facility Security Officer, you'll maintain principal responsibility over Facility Clearance operations. You'll provide first-class knowledge and customer service to staff, and will be responsible for the day-to-day industrial security operations across the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This will entail managing our personnel clearance program and our secure facilities and systems. You'll work with the Global Security Team to ensure compliance with security policies, regulations and processes, while also enabling us to get people and resources where they're needed most. You'll provide expert advice and direction as it relates to complex Industrial Security matters, and will interpret emerging Industrial Security related policies to ensure a compliant program. This role requires close collaboration with Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency (DCSA) Industrial Security Representatives and similar cognizant security offices for U.S. National Security agencies to address issues, brief upcoming business needs and to ensure consistent interpretation of NISPOM requirements. You'll be responsible to ensure successful government audits of our Industrial Security program. This will require collaboration with Program Managers, and other stakeholders to ensure business expectations are met and proper resources are allocated to meet current and future security program needs. The ideal candidate is resourceful and will challenge conventional approaches to find better ways to navigate intricate bureaucracies. They'll execute important processes, reimagining and optimizing along the way to ensure faster outcomes that align with our customers' compliance requirements.

Responsibilities :

• Daily execution of compliance across personnel and physical security programs within a given USG accredited facility.
• Responsible for mandatory USG reporting as it relates to our personnel, facility, and insider threat programs.
• Arbitrating policy and processes around personnel, clearances, and our facilities.
• Operate and optimize complex collateral, SCI, and SAP clearance application and collateral reinvestigation pipelines in order to grow and maintain a cleared workforce at pace with our USG business.
• Maintain strict confidentiality as related to all security matters
• Build and maintain an Insider Threat Program
• Perform a wide variety of administrative duties in support of security procedures and requirements
• Review and amend as needed security policies and procedures
• Personnel Security - Assisting employees with initiating, maintaining and terminating personnel clearance actions
• Conducting security clearance indoctrination briefings and debriefings. Ultimate responsibility for all cleared personnel as it pertains to getting and keeping clearances.

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