Contract Security Officer (CSO)

Expected Salary: $115,000 - $130,000 per year

The Contract Security Officer operates as part of the security team overseeing and performing all industrial security requirements of the company's classified and other sensitive federal government contracts, including requirements imposed by Cognizant Security Agencies (CSAs) and particular federal customers. This role also provides daily industrial security management and oversight across multiple programs in several areas, including personnel security, facility security, information security, and physical security. The Contract Security Officer processes personnel security clearances (PCLs), conducts inspections of the company's security program in line with federal regulation and customer requirements, coordinates closely with federal agency security officers, and executes tasks relevant to maintaining the company's facility clearances (FCLs; entity eligibility determinations), among other industrial security and general business tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Supervise, lead and provide day-to-day direction to assigned security personnel, ensuring duties are performed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable security requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee and review the work of assigned personnel to ensure the proper handling, safeguarding, documentation, and accountability of classified information, security records, and other sensitive materials in accordance with established security requirements and procedures.
• Process and manage individual security clearances (PCLs) in accordance with designated federal agencies' requirements, from initial background investigation request to debriefing acknowledgement.
• Prepare and maintain security deliverables required by the company's federal construction, manufacturing, and technology contracts.
• Receive, log, safeguard, and destroy classified information provided to the company.
• Conduct secure mailings and other transmissions of classified information to customers and subcontractors.
• Manage the company's National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) closed areas, Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), and other restricted areas in accordance with relevant regulations.
• Perform, log, and report audits and routine maintenance of the company's accredited information systems (IS), as an authorized privileged user.
• Maintain and improve the company's internal industrial security processes and procedures, including standard practice procedures (SPPs).
• Conduct, and record results of, inspections of the company's industrial security program and related items, including identification and execution of remedial actions, if any.
• Assist employees in preparing, revising, and submitting reports of security-relevant information (g., Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 3 reporting).
• Prepare and conduct industrial security training for cleared employees.
• Serve as a member of the company's Insider Threat Program Working Group (ITPWG).
• Manage the company's operational security (OPSEC) posture through coordination with stakeholders.
• Execute other administrative business tasks in accordance with business needs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills and Specifications

• Working knowledge of the NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117), SEADs, Intelligence Community (IC) industrial security guidance, and FAR and DFARS clauses relevant to industrial security.
• Proficiency in using DISS, NISS, NCAISS, NBIS, eApp and other federal systems relevant to industrial security.
• Expertise in adequacy and completeness optimization of SF 86 submissions.
• Proficiency in handling, safeguarding, and destroying classified information.
• High level of organization and attention to detail, with a demonstrable ability to efficiently manage multiple security tasks and responsibilities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, including SharePoint.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does require the supervision of direct reports.

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office using standard office equipment, in warehouses, and on construction sites using standard tools of the trade.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to work for prolonged periods of time sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Lifting of up to 25 lbs. may occur.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, on-site, salaried position. Standard days and hours are 40+ hours per week, Monday through Friday, during standard extended business hours. The ability and willingness to work flexible hours including nights, holidays, and weekends as needed for business purposes is required.

DGS will pay a one-time, completely discretionary relocation incentive of $10,000.00 for a qualified applicant to relocate to Lansdale, PA for daily work at the DGS location there. The incentive will be payable once a qualified and selected candidate provides evidence of relocation and is contingent (vests) upon satisfactory completion of one year of misconduct-free employment, otherwise repayment of the incentive is required. Any offer of employment to a candidate not located in the Lansdale, PA aera is contingent upon relocation to the vicinity of Lansdale, PA.

Travel

Occasional travel to other company facilities is required.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma required; associate's or bachelor's degree preferred.
• 4+ years of experience performing industrial security tasks on IC and / or DoD programs.
• Completion of CDSE FSO curricula preferred.

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

• Must have and maintain a Top Secret federal security clearance with eligibility for SCI.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) drug test and motor vehicle record review.
• Must possess a valid driver's license compliant with REAL ID requirements.
• Must be able to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS).

This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position. The duties and responsibilities of this job may change without notice.