Information System Security Manager (ISSM)

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) is responsible for developing flexible and survivable advanced electronic warfare and secure communications equipment while providing the industry’s leading signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and cyber experts. Metrea specializes in signal classification, direction finding, advanced geolocation techniques, and waveform development including waveforms for MANET and LPI/LPD applications. Metrea also develops special purpose radios for government customers and licenses DF and geolocation solutions to multiple OEMs.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Information System Security Manager (ISSM) and Alternate Security Officer for an entry-level security position. In this dual role, you will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of our classified information systems program in strict accordance with NISPOM standards, while supporting corporate and industrial security operations. This role is ideal for a junior security professional looking to grow their career.

What You'll Do

  • Oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation efforts of the contractor’s in-formation system program for management, system personnel, users, and other stakeholders
  • Develop, document, and monitor compliance of the information system security program in accordance with CSA-provided guidelines for management, operational, and technical controls
  • Develop, update, and maintain comprehensive security documentation (SOP, SSPs, etc.) and security authorization requests to the CSA
  • Certify to the CSA in writing that the System Security Plan (SSP) is fully implemented for each authorized system; verify that specified security controls are in place and properly tests, and that the system continues to function as described
  • Verify that comprehensive self-inspections are conducted annually on all classified processing systems, and ensure immediate corrective actions are taken for all identified findings
  • Manage and execute security awareness, counterintelligence, and SCI briefings/debriefings; brief users on their explicit responsibilities and restrictions prior to system access and ensure personnel are aware of reporting responsibilities
  • Coordinate directly with the Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO) and Facility Security Officer (FSO) to ensure insider threat awareness is fully integrated into the information system security program
  • Interpret security policy regarding the processing, dissemination, and controlling of classified materials; prepare and disseminate security requirements, guidance, and procedures
  • Provide physical/industrial security, computer investigation, and day-to-day security operations support
  • Respond to after-hours alarm/intrusion detection systems during the week and on weekends, as needed
  • Other duties as relevant and assigned

What You Bring

  • Basic familiarity with NISPOM, NIST SP 800-171, DISS, NBIS, and other government security databases and procedures
  • Security background with a focus on personnel security and/or information systems security
  • Ability to learn and develop technical competence commensurate with the complexity of classified systems and CSA guidelines
  • Must hold an active Top-Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

  • Active DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II or III baseline certification (CompTIA Security+, CISSP), or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
  • Ability to support after hours alarm/intrusion response

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical plan options
  • HSA/FSA accounts
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • 6% employer 401(k) match
  • Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
  • Generous PTO
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
  • AD&D Coverage
  • Pet Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • Active TS/SCI clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment
  • Employment is contingent on meeting all clearance requirements

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Algorithmics LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting.

Travel

10%.

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.