Contractor Program Security Officer

ESRI; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 94,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k) & profit-sharing

Vacation leave

Holidays

Job summary

Esri seeks an experienced Security professional to oversee day-to-day IC and government-directed security programs at a secure facility in St. Louis. You will implement and maintain security plans, control access, and ensure compliance with NISPOM, ICD directives, and DD254 standards while coordinating with government security officials.

The role requires strong communication with program teams, contractors, and customers, ensuring readiness and regulatory compliance across security operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial security within a cleared contractor environment.
• Experience supporting IC/Defense or customer-directed security programs.
• Knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM, ICDs, and related gov security requirements.
• Experience with SCIFs or secure environments.
• Experience with personnel security and access administration, including clearances and foreign travel reporting.
• Ability to develop and maintain SOPs, security plans, and training materials.
• Strong communication with government customers and internal teams.
• Discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Administer day-to-day security operations for IC and customer programs.
• Interpret/govern security requirements for operations and programs.
• Support access management, indoctrinations, debriefings, and visit certifications.
• Prepare and update SOPs, security plans, and training materials.
• Maintain secure workspace integrity and access controls.
• Support facility certifications and accreditation processes.
• Manage classified material control procedures and documentation.
• Coordinate with government customers and subcontractors to meet security requirements.
• Conduct self-inspections, assessments, and corrective actions.
• Report and track security incidents and notifications.
• Partner with IS security to align system access controls.

Skills

Industrial security

IC/Defense programs

Security systems

SOPs & training

Self-inspections

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree (criminal justice, security, info systems)

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

DISS

NBIS

SWFT

Job description

Overview

In this position, you will play a critical role in conducting security operations at an Esri secure facility in accordance with 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), Intelligence Community Directives (ICD series), and other government contract requirements and regulations. You will provide day-to-day security administration and management, support self-inspections and customer assessments, help guide employees, and ensure compliance with government and company security regulations.

This position will work closely with the Corporate Security Manager, Industrial Security team members, Information System Security Manager, program leadership, and other company partners, as well as government customer security officials.

At Esri, we are committed to our customers and their success. It is a place to do your best work and partner with our customers and staff in a supportive culture that encourages creativity, collaboration, and passion.

Responsibilities

• Administer day-to-day security operations for IC, Defense, and other customer-directed security programs
• Interpret and apply applicable government, customer, contract, and company security requirements to program operations
• Support program access, indoctrinations, debriefings, visit certifications, document control, foreign travel requirements, and customer-specific security processes
• Prepare, maintain, and update SOPs, security plans, local instructions, training materials, logs, trackers, and assessment-ready records
• Support secure facility operations
• Maintain secure workspace integrity through access controls, IDS/alarm procedures, visitor controls, escort procedures, inspections, lock and combination management, and local operating procedures
• Support facility certifications, accreditations, reaccreditations, co-use or joint-use agreements, and customer-directed facility documentation
• Establish and maintain classified material control procedures, including receipt, marking, storage, transmission, destruction, accountability, inventory, couriering, and disposition
• Manage or support classified visits, visit certifications, access validations, hosting requirements, meeting controls, and related documentation
• Conduct, support, and document self-inspections, customer assessments, readiness reviews, corrective actions, and continuous compliance improvement
• Receive, document, route, and follow up on reportable information, personnel changes, adverse information, foreign travel information, security incidents, and other required notifications
• Coordinate with government customers, subcontractors, prime contractors, and internal program teams to ensure program security requirements are understood and met
• Partner with Information System Security stakeholders to align physical, procedural, personnel, and system access controls for regulated or accredited systems
• Support proposals, project planning, and program execution by identifying security requirements, risks, dependencies, and support needs early
• Promote communication across the Industrial Security team, Esri personnel, subcontractors, and government agency personnel
• Demonstrate a commitment to secure mission enablement, customer readiness, and compliant program execution

Requirements

• Professional experience executing industrial security responsibilities in a cleared contractor environment
• Professional experience supporting IC, Defense, or other customer-directed security programs
• Working knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM, Intelligence Community Directives, Security Executive Agent Directives, DD254s, and other applicable government security requirements
• Experience supporting SCIFs, Open Storage Areas, restricted areas, or equivalent secure operating environments
• Experience with personnel security and access administration, including clearance processing, access nominations, indoctrinations, debriefings, visit requests, foreign travel, and reporting obligations
• Experience using applicable security systems or customer systems such as DISS, NBIS, SWFT, or equivalent tools
• Ability to develop and maintain SOPs, security plans, local procedures, training materials, and assessment-ready records
• Ability to conduct or support self-inspections, customer assessments, corrective action tracking, and continuous compliance readiness
• Strong professional communication skills and the ability to work effectively with government customers, internal program teams, and other company partners
• Demonstrated discretion, judgment, and professionalism in handling classified, sensitive, personnel, and reportable information
• Ability to work independently, prioritize competing security demands, and make sound recommendations in high-stakes situations
• Ability and willingness to flex across programs, sites, customers, and priorities as business needs evolve
• Possess and maintain required clearance and access for assigned programs, which may include active Top Secret clearance, SCI eligibility, and customer-required polygraph, depending on role scope and location
• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, business administration, information systems, security management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Recommended Qualifications

• Prior experience as a CPSO, CSSO, AFSO, FSO, SCI security representative, or equivalent industrial security role
• Experience supporting multiple government customers, Intelligence Community customers, or programs with customer-specific overlays
• Experience with SCIF accreditation, ICD 705 and TEMPEST requirements
• Experience with OPSEC, insider threat, counterintelligence awareness, or SEAD 3 reporting
• Experience partnering with Information System Security stakeholders on system security requirements
• Experience supporting proposals, DD254 reviews, contract security planning, subcontractor security coordination, or customer security requirement interpretation
• Relevant professional development or memberships, such as CDSE training, NCMS, ISWG, or equivalent security community involvement
• Master's degree in criminal justice, security management, intelligence studies, business administration, information systems, or a related field

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Total Rewards

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit‑sharing programs
• minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• opportunities for personal and professional growth

Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

$93,600 — $158,080 USD

The Company

At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life's best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri's Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.

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