Facility Security Officer

Cognition
Washington DC
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Security & Public SafetyExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Judgment","Enablement mindset","Precision","Written communication"]

Build and own Cognition’s industrial security program for a fast-scaling federal business. Serve as appointed FSO under NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117), manage facility and personnel clearance lifecycles (DISS/NBIS, eQIP, SF-86), and run the insider threat program as ITPSO. Lead DCSA security reviews, self-inspections, and remediation, maintain security documentation and reporting, and coordinate across federal sales, engineering, legal, people ops, and IT for classified and CUI environments.

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Cognition
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Facility Security Officer

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Job Summary

Build and own Cognition’s industrial security program for a fast-scaling federal business. Serve as appointed FSO under NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117), manage facility and personnel clearance lifecycles (DISS/NBIS, eQIP, SF-86), and run the insider threat program as ITPSO. Lead DCSA security reviews, self-inspections, and remediation, maintain security documentation and reporting, and coordinate across federal sales, engineering, legal, people ops, and IT for classified and CUI environments.
Location: Washington DC
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Security & Public Safety
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as appointed FSO under 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), establishing, maintaining, and administering Cognition’s facility clearance in partnership with DCSA.
  • •Administer the personnel security clearance lifecycle end-to-end, including investigations/adjudications, periodic reinvestigations, and continuous vetting enrollment, plus indoctrinations and debriefings.
  • •Establish and run the insider threat program as the Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO), including training, monitoring, and reporting.
  • •Lead DCSA security vulnerability assessments and annual self-inspections, drive remediation of findings, and maintain readiness for continuous review.
  • •Manage safeguarding of classified information and visits, author and maintain security documentation (SPPs, TCs), and submit required reports for suspicious contacts, adverse information, violations, and foreign travel.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Active U.S. Government security clearance at TS/SCI.
  • •5+ years of industrial security experience under the NISP, including 2+ years as an appointed FSO (or Assistant FSO) at a cleared defense contractor or technology company.
  • •FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities (or Non-Possessing with willingness to complete Possessing curriculum) and current ITPSO training.
  • •Hands-on proficiency with DISS, NISS, NBIS/eQIP, and SF-86 processing.
  • •Working knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), SEAD 4 adjudicative guidelines, SEAD 3 continuous vetting reporting, and DD Form 254 administration.
Experience:5+ yearsDefense contractingFederal government
Skills:OwnershipJudgmentEnablement mindsetPrecisionWritten communication
Tech Stack:32 CFR Part 117NISPOMDCSADISSNISSNBISEQIPSF-86SF-328DISS/NBISDD Form 254NISP Insider ThreatSEAD 3 reportingSEAD 4FedRAMP HighDoD IL4DoD IL5DoD IL6

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS/SCI

Company Brief

Cognition
Builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer and AI-native developer tools (Windsurf, DeepWiki) to automate software engineering workflows for enterprise customers.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2023
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