Facility Security Officer, Insider Threat Program Senior Official, & ISSO

ROLE DESCRIPTION

This role supports the security, facility, and technical compliance activities for Intelsat US LLC and its subsidiary organization, Intelsat General Communications LLC. The role is critical to ensuring the management of activities related to the company's personnel, facilities, operations, and communications security activities, especially regarding classified programs for the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD"), Intelligence Community ("IC"), Special Access Programs ("SAP"), and other sensitive customer programs. This role is responsible for implementing and administering all company security policies, procedures, and functions to assure compliance with applicable laws, government regulations, customer requirements and company policies. The FSO/ITPSO also supports internal customers, as needed, in developing innovative solutions to address the company's business needs.

You will maintain the security posture of the company's offices and facilities during all maintenance, repair, support, upgrade, and reconfiguration activities. In further support of securing the company's offices and safeguarding classified information, you will lead the Insider Threat Program team that monitors, investigates, and reports on insider threat indicators from Intelsat's cleared employees, consultants, and contractors.

In your capacity as the company's ISSO, you will support the infrastructure used to support classified contracts, which includes all activities related to continuous monitoring and technical support, as well as the design and implementation of these platforms.

As a Facility Security Officer, Insider Threat Program Senior Official, & Information System Security Officer, you will be responsible to :

• Perform security tasks as indicated by the National Industrial Security Operating Manual ("NISPOM"), by various Director of Central Intelligence Directives ("DCID") and by guidelines issued by other government agencies
• Guide the administration and safeguarding of classified information entrusted to the organization, ensuring compliance with all appropriate protocols, investigating security incidents, and resolving any security issues
• Provides guidance and support to the Senior Management Official and other cleared staff regarding security matters
• Liaise with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency ("DCSA") and customer program security offices regarding all manner of security matters
• Administers security programs related to company personnel, including programs (e.g. NBIS) to obtain new security clearances and facilitate continuous enrollment for existing cleared staff.
• Offers interpretation and advice to management and other internal customers regarding security requirements and procedures
• Participates in the administration and enforcement of the company's FOCI instrument procedures, and collaborates on reports to Intelsat's Board of Managers and Government Security Committee ("GSC") on compliance with these procedures
• Acts as the company's COMSEC custodian, ensuring regular audits and semi-annual inventories are performed, maintaining the Distributed Information Security Accounting Systems ("DIAS") database
• Assists in ensuring that maintenance, setup, and reconfiguration activities of the company's CONUS office locations, technical sites, and other facilities proceed in line with established security parameters.
• Processes and submits employee Requests for Visit ("RFV"), Visit Access Requests ("VAR"), and foreign travel reporting via associated systems of record (e.g. DISS, etc.)
• Monitor Travel Risk Management of employees traveling across borders and coordinate information with staff and management regarding high security risks and areas of threats and incidents.
• Conduct and oversee physical security countermeasures (CCTV, IDS, keys, locks, badges) and prepared survey reports and conduct company investigations regarding security incidents.
• Develop and maintain effective communication with law enforcement agencies and industry counterparts and support investigations as needed.
• Perform regular continuous monitoring activities as dictated by customer requirements and schedules
• Ensure classified networks in use by the organization remain current, designing and implementing the latest in supported hardware, software, and compliant configurations to maintain these systems' accreditations for use

• Ensure personnel clearances remain current through proactive monitoring of Continuous Evaluation ("CE") statuses, submitting adverse reports as necessary, and submitting travel information when reported by staff.
• Use NBIS to support new clearance processing and enrollment of existing cleared personnel in CE when needed.
• Assist in the development of checklists and how-to guides to ensure all security processes and procedures are consistent in both quality and outcome.
• Assist in the development and presentation of materials designed to support company-wide security awareness and compliance.
• Respond to alarm conditions for sensitive facilities, and assist in the periodic inspection process for these systems, reporting any adverse information as necessary
• Perform monthly reviews of company communication with Affiliates and cleared personnel as part of the company's FOCI mitigation strategy.
• Prepares company personnel for visits requiring access to DoD classified and/or Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) facilities or data
• Lead insider threat program activities related to cleared staff.
• Drives the development and implementation of program security plans for classified proposals and contracts.
• Performs administrative tasks in support of reporting on the efficacy of the FOCI mitigation instrument's policies and procedures to senior leadership and the GSC
• Act as a liaison between government customers and the company, when necessary
• Establish Plans of Action & Milestones ("POAMs") related to identified risks to facilities, processes, procedures, and technical platforms and drive them to resolution

YOUR PROFILE :

• Must have a Bachelors' Degree, with at least three (3) years of applicable experience in security clearances, government security protocols and related subjects; additional experience will be considered in lieu of degree
• Must have a well-developed knowledge and understanding of United States government rules and regulations related to security and classified information, especially the directives and guidelines of the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community
• Must have a strong understanding of the requirements necessary to safeguard classified information
• Must have expertise at using NBIS, DISS, and NISS to support personnel and facility security clearances.
• Must have a good knowledge of how to operate secure telephone equipment, secure fax machines, and classified computer systems
• Must have extensive experience supplying cybersecurity sustainment support for classified environments
• Must have working knowledge of Windows-based platforms, with a clear understanding of how to configure these platforms in a domain environment based on mandated security guidelines
• Must be decisive and able to make important decisions promptly, even when under pressure
• Must have strong interpersonal, oral presentation, and writing skills
• Strong leadership principles preferred
• Must hold a current Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

• This role is subject to ITAR/EAR; candidates must be a US Citizen.

Other requirements :

• Job requires ability to lift up to 20 lbs

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.