Senior Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO)

About the role

Impulse Space is hiring a Senior Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) in Redondo Beach, California. As a CPSO you own day-to-day security for assigned Special Access Programs (SAP), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and collateral contracts exceeding standard NISPOM compliance. You act as the primary interface with government Program Security Officers and the internal partner to Program Management, Engineering, the Facility Security Officer, ISSO/ISSM and COMSEC. This is a senior individual-contributor role.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as CPSO (and CSSO as assigned) for designated SAP, SCI and multi-level programs, owning compliance with each contract's DD Form 254 and customer security guidance.
• Act as primary liaison to U.S. Government Program Security Officers, DCSA and customer security offices on access, inspections, deviations and rulings.
• Process Program Access Requests (PARs), SCI nominations and access eligibility determinations; maintain access rosters and personnel security records in DISS, NBIS, Scattered Castles, JADE and related systems.
• Prepare, review and maintain prime and subcontract DD Form 254s, and enforce flow-down of classification and safeguarding requirements to teammates and suppliers.
• Develop and maintain program security documentation: SOPs, Program Protection Plans, OPSEC plans, CONOPs, Security Classification Guide implementation and classification-marking guidance.
• Lead classified material accountability (inventories, receipts, transmittals, destruction, disposition) and mark and control material to contractual requirements.
• Lead internal self-inspections, prepare the team for Staff Assistance Visits, DCSA assessments and customer inspections, and close findings with documented corrective action.
• Partner with the FSO and Physical Security on SCIF/SAPF operations, ICD 705 construction and accreditation support, and closed-area procedures.
• Coordinate with ISSO/ISSM on classified information-system requirements and RMF support, and with COMSEC on keying material.
• Support manufacturing, test and operations CONOPs and travel to customer sites, test locations and partner facilities as required.

Required profile

• U.S. citizenship; active DoD Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility, and ability to obtain and maintain SAP access and a CI-scope polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in security management, criminal justice or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• 10+ years of industrial or program security experience in a cleared defense, aerospace or intelligence environment, including at least 5 years as a CPSO, CSSO or equivalent SAP/SCI program security lead.
• Ability to work on-site in Redondo Beach, CA.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), DoDM 5205.07 Vol 1-4, ICD 704 and ICD 705, and classification management practice.
• Clear written and verbal communication with engineers, program leadership and government security officers.
• Preferred: current TS/SCI with polygraph and existing SAP indoctrination, hands-on experience with DISS, NBIS, Scattered Castles and JADE, experience standing up a SAP/SCI program or accrediting a new SCIF/SAPFF, and familiarity with DD Form 254, Program Protection Plans and OPSEC planning.

What we offer

• Salary range of $185,000 to $215,000 per year.
• Possible long-term incentives such as stock options for full-time hires.
• Medical, vision and dental coverage and a 401(k) retirement plan.