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Facility Security Officer

Cognition· Sales
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Washington DCFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Founding Facility Security Officer role to build and run Cognition's security program for federal engagements, including establishing facility clearance, managing personnel security, insider threat, ongoing audits, training, and coordination with government and internal teams.

Responsibilities

  • 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 and continuous vetting enrollment, and conduct indoctrinations and debriefings.
  • 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 where applicable.
  • Manage safeguarding of classified information and visits: visit authorization requests, classified meeting support, courier procedures, and (as the program grows) closed area accreditation.
  • Author and maintain security documentation: Standard Practice Procedures (SPP), technology control plans, DD Form 254 review and flow-down for classified contracts, and reporting of change conditions (SF-328, KMP changes) to DCSA.
  • Submit required reports — suspicious contacts, adverse information, security violations, and foreign travel — accurately and on time.
  • Partner with GTM, deployed engineering, and legal on capture and contract execution: advise on facility and personnel clearance requirements in solicitations, and forecast clearance needs against program timelines.
  • Coordinate with IT and security engineering on the physical and procedural controls that support classified and CUI work, including interface with FedRAMP High and DoD IL4/IL5/IL6 environments.

Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Experience preparing for and passing DCSA security reviews, including self-inspection programs and remediation.
  • Excellent written communication — you will author the security procedures and briefings the whole company relies on.
  • Ability to work on-site in Washington, D.C. and travel occasionally to other Cognition offices and customer sites.

Skills

Required:Facility Security Officer (FSO) responsibilitiesSecurity documentation
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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