Chief Security Officer - Peraton
Reston, VA 22090
About the Job
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a highly motivated Chief Security Officer (CSO) who will be responsible for delivering a robust security program to safeguard Peraton’s assets and ensure proper vetting of our talented workforce while empowering the business to deliver on our critical, secure missions for customers. This Senior Vice President role is responsible for leading a multi-disciplinedsecurity program that operates across the company. This role is a member of Peraton’s Executive Leadership Team and as such, the CSO will play a pivotal role in key business decisions, the execution of our corporate strategy, and ensuring effective, enterprise risk management.
As the CSO, you will have responsibility for developing programs that are centered on protection of people, information, operations, reputation, facilities and assets. The CSO is responsible for ensuring the compliance with all US government oversight regulations. The CSO oversees physical security, personnel security, facility security officers, insider risk, counterintelligence, security awareness and training education, crisis management, and our classified holdings program and policies. The CSO has a mandate to ensure that our physical and personnel security controls, and classified data handling programs operate according to internal standards, external agency standards, and legal and contractual requirements.
The ideal CSO candidate will ensure that first and foremost, our Security organization operates as a collaborative partner to our client delivery teams to ensure that we work effectively and efficiently to support security requirements for our business and optimize growth. As an effective leader, he/she will need to possess strong organizational and collaborative leadership skills. They will need to be hands-on, leading by example. The position requires the ability to adjust to new and evolving requirements within a fast-paced, PE-backed environment. The qualified executive will possess a wide breadth of demonstrated business, financial, and management skills.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent years’ experience
- 18+ years of experience in key contributor and leadership roles in Security, to include leadership within government services organization of relevant scale ($3B+)
- Ability to develop and implement a comprehensive security strategy to safeguard Peraton’s assets, empower the business and enable growth
- Demonstrated ability to drive stellar team collaboration to empower delivery of strategic security programs and initiative prioritization to align with evolving corporate strategies and ensure best ideas win
- Ability to execute physical & personnel security programs and enterprise threat awareness (crisis management, global travel, insider risk, counterintelligence, security awareness & training education) that protect the workforce, customers, intellectual property, brand/reputation, and facilities
- Ability to establish and maintain security policies and procedures to ensure a secure environment that meets Federal, customer and Peraton requirements
- Demonstrated ability to oversee security incident response activities and corrective actions
- Build and maintain productive relationships with Government Security Representatives to validate Peraton’s security posture. Project thought leadership in the Industrial-Government development of security policy and procedures.
- Deep understanding of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and other associated security and information assurance regulatory frameworks that govern the Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and manage budgets while ensuring high return on corporate investment
- Expertise with the implementation of security controls to meet the requirements for Federal contractors
- Must have a passion for driving user/employee satisfaction and a track record of delivering measurable improvements
- Demonstrated ability to proactively build relationships with executives throughout the organization, ensuring support for strategic initiatives
- Active TS/SCI clearance
Desired Qualifications and Attributes:
- Exceptional leadership ability – a relationship builder, advisor, and results-oriented change agent
- Excellent organizational skills – ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Results-driven executive that is accountable for their initiatives
- Creative and Innovative thinker regarding technology
- Adept at leading/advising team of senior direct reports
- Ability to build relationships with clients, leading discussions on common technology challenges and solutions
- Experience with large scale M&A, private equity and public companies preferred to demonstrate breadth of experience in business and technology transformation
- TS/SCI w/ polygraph clearance preferred
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
