Facilities Security Officer

at  Texas Instruments

ORGANIZATION SKILLS

• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Able to remain flexible and perform under pressure with tight deadlines in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment
• Capable of working with cross-functional teams and drive business decisions

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Possess friendly and supportive communication skills with a self-motivated posture; a willingness to find creative solutions to solve ongoing issues
• Willing to lead small and medium training sessions
• Self-starter requiring minimal supervision
• Comfortable communicating and working across individuals at all levels of companies and various U.S. Government agencies

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

• High proficiency working with multiple types of systems and office tools (Microsoft Office Suite)
• Knowledge of corporate business processes and applications
• Strong detail-oriented, quick-learner with a can-do attitude

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 5+ years of prior relevant experience as an FSO
• Legal, contracts, business, operations or security administration background
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and currently have, or be eligible to obtain, at least a Secret level security clearance, and maintain such clearance.
• In depth knowledge of the NISPOM, ICDs and applicable DoD Directives.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior experience in military, law enforcement, or industrial security.
• Prior experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience using NISS, DISS, and SIMS databases.
• Experience maintaining records required for review by various Government Agencies
• Completion of DCSA CDSE FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities
• DCSA CDSE SFPC/SPSC or NCMS ISP certification(s) strongly desired.
• Completion of SCIF/SAPF course within 2 years is desired.
• Current active Secret (or higher) clearance.

• Support TI’s security clearance application process and maintenance for TI’s facilities and personnel and develop plans and operations for the interpretation, implementation, inspection, and compliance with the NISP.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for DCSA (Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency) reviews and correspondence; establish a working relationship with DCSA and other applicable government agency security personnel.
• Establish, document, implement and monitor information and physical system security programs, system security plans and related procedures for the applicable TI facilities.
• Author and maintain documentation and corporate security plans supporting the assessment and authorization of assigned systems in accordance with the risk management frameworks.
• Perform security control assessments as part of continuous monitoring plans and conduct periodic hardware and software inventory assessments.
• Manage security aspects of classified government contract programs and daily security operations, including compliance and contract related administrative duties.
• Review TI and Government forms to identify security requirements; follow-up to ensure compliance and lead self-inspections and security education programs and work with partners to determine a mitigation strategy for any instances of non-compliance.
• Maintain security program compliance to include managing NISS facility profiles, submit change conditions packages, FCL sponsorship packages, and respond to FCL packages.
• Investigate and submit Security Violations and Incident Reports as needed by applicable government directives.
• Obtain rulings, interpretations, and acceptable deviations for compliance with regulations from government agencies.
• Support TI’s Insider Threat Protection Security Officer for documentation of meetings and the follow-up on any security related action Items.
• Prepare TI’s facility for required annual audits and vulnerability assessments conducted by multiple government agencies and manage collateral classified inventories
• Maintain company security policies and procedures, including working across multiple organizations and at times senior management chains.
• Process legal documents such as NDA’s, badge forms and visitor and/or site visit requirements.
• Work with IT teams and providers to ensure compliance to various requirements such as DFARS, NIST regulations and other compliance requirements