Senior Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Contractor Special Security Officer (CSSO)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Senior FSO/CSSO
Location: Onsite in San Antonio, Texas
Clearance Requirement: Active Top Secret Clearance w/SCI eligibility
Employment Type: Full Time

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is breaking through the big, slow, status quo with transformative technology that fundamentally changes and improves the world. We develop cutting-edge software for all levels of the government and military. Using agile development practices and user-centered design, we create innovative software solutions for complex real-world problems.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Contractor Special Security Officer (CSSO) to lead security for our mission-critical offensive cyber programs at our San Antonio, TX site. In this dual role, you will oversee all security operations and compliance for our cleared facilities and classified programs, ensuring adherence to the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), Special Access Program (SAP) directives, and contract-specific requirements. You will lead a team of two security professionals, serve as the primary point of contact for government security representatives, and act as a trusted advisor to leadership, fostering a culture of security awareness and accountability while supporting innovative solutions to emerging cyber threats. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with deep knowledge of government security regulations, strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced national security environment.

This position requires a current active Top Secret/SCI clearance. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Lead site security operations: Serve as the onsite Facility Security Officer and primary security advisor for the San Antonio location. Independently manage daily industrial security operations, establish priorities, resolve issues, and communicate risks and resource needs to the Director of Security and site leadership.

• Advance secure facility readiness: Lead the security activities required to establish, accredit, maintain, and modify Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), Special Access Program Facilities (SAPFs), and other approved classified spaces. Prepare and coordinate accreditation packages, construction security documentation, and co-utilization agreements (CUAs) with the appropriate government authorities.

• Manage facility and program requirements: Maintain compliance with 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), applicable Intelligence Community Directives, DoDM 5205.07, and contractual security requirements. Track facility approvals, renewal requirements, and contract dependencies to support uninterrupted program operations.

• Build trusted customer relationships: Serve as a primary point of contact with government security representatives and customer security offices. Provide accurate guidance, resolve security issues, and coordinate approvals needed to support program execution.

• Support program and contract execution: Partner with Program Management, Contracts, Facilities, and IA to identify security requirements early and coordinate implementation. Review DD Forms 254 and security classification guidance, clarify responsibilities, and communicate approval dependencies and schedule risks.

• Oversee personnel security: Manage clearance processing, access verification, program access requests, visit authorizations, briefings, debriefings, and personnel security records. Support continuous vetting and applicable reporting requirements using government and customer security systems.

• Protect classified information and facilities: Develop and maintain security procedures for access control, classified material handling, storage, transmission, accountability, and destruction. Maintain facility security plans, operating procedures, and emergency procedures appropriate to each environment.

• Drive inspection readiness and corrective action: Conduct self-inspections, prepare for government and customer assessments, and maintain supporting records. Identify process gaps, address root causes, and verify that corrective actions are completed and effective.

• Manage security incidents and reporting: Lead preliminary inquiries and coordinate required notifications, documentation, and corrective actions with the Director of Security and appropriate government authorities. Support the corporate Insider Threat Program and escalate concerns through established channels.

• Deliver security education: Provide initial, recurring, and role-specific security training and briefings. Ensure personnel understand their safeguarding responsibilities, reporting obligations, and applicable program requirements, and maintain training records.

• Partner with Information Assurance: Coordinate with the ISSM/ISSO on physical security, personnel access, incident response, and facility requirements supporting classified information systems. Provide industrial security input to system security plans and authorization activities.

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

• 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 demonstrated responsibility as an FSO at a facility authorized to safeguard classified information.

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead site security operations, exercise sound judgment, resolve complex issues, and recognize when government approval or management escalation is needed.

• Direct experience supporting SCI and SAP environments, including leading or substantially managing facility accreditation activities, coordinating CUAs, and maintaining required security documentation.

• Practical experience applying NISPOM, ICD 705 and associated technical specifications, applicable Security Executive Agent Directives, DoD SAP security requirements, DD Forms 254, and security classification guidance.

• Experience preparing for and supporting government or customer inspections, resolving findings, and implementing sustainable process improvements.

• Experience supervising or mentoring security personnel, assigning work, establishing priorities, and maintaining accountability for results.

• Proficiency with DISS and NISS, experience with NBIS/eApp investigation-processing workflows, and the ability to learn customer-specific security systems.

• Completion of the CDSE FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities curriculum or a government-accepted predecessor or equivalent.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain requirements clearly, provide practical options, and establish credibility with customers, program managers, and senior leadership.

• Ability to work effectively in a small-business environment, balancing direct execution, team leadership, competing priorities, and timely program support.

EVEN BETTER

• Industrial Security Professional (ISP) certification, Industrial Security Oversight Credential (ISOC), or another relevant professional security credential.

• Experience bringing new secure facilities into operation or strengthening security processes during organizational growth or transition.

• Experience supporting classified engineering, research and development, offensive cyber, or other technically complex programs.

• Familiarity with JADE or other customer-specific SCI/SAP security management systems.

• Familiarity with RMF and the coordination required between industrial security and IA teams to support classified system authorizations.

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At RII, we believe that diversity in our workforce is critical to our success. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger. We work to help your intellectual passions and creativity thrive. It’s one of our core values: Let your geek flag fly.

We also offer all employees comprehensive benefits including: flexible work schedules, health insurance coverage, paid time off, 401k with a company match, paid parental leave, access to wellness programs and much more. You get this all from day one, and all paid for by RII.

It’s all part of another of our core values: Stay human. It’s why our comfortable and colorful offices such as our headquarters, include a community game room, pantry, massage chair, and an escape room, among other amenities. It’s why we have community ambassadors and regular community events.

Research Innovations Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.