Research Innovations
Senior Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Contractor Special Security Officer (CSSO)
San Antonio, TX · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- Ten or more years of progressive industrial or program security experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
About the job
Leads onsite industrial security operations and facility accreditation, compliance, personnel security, inspections, incident response, and training for classified programs at the San Antonio location.
What you'll do
- Manage security operations and establish, accredit, maintain, and modify SCIFs, SAPFs, and other approved classified spaces.
- Oversee personnel security, classified information safeguarding, inspections, incident reporting, and security education.
- Coordinate security requirements and approvals with government representatives, customers, program teams, and Information Assurance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Ten or more years of progressive industrial or program security experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs, including FSO responsibility at a facility authorized to safeguard classified information.
- Direct experience supporting SCI and SAP environments, including facility accreditation activities and CUAs; practical experience applying NISPOM, ICD 705, DoD SAP security requirements, DD Forms 254, and security classification guidance.
- Proficiency with DISS and NISS; experience with NBIS/eApp workflows; completion of the CDSE FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities curriculum or an accepted predecessor or equivalent.
Nice to have
- ISP certification, ISOC, or another relevant professional security credential.
- Experience with JADE or other customer-specific SCI/SAP security management systems, or familiarity with RMF.
Tools
DISS, NISS, NBIS/eApp, JADE, RMF
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