Job Description

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect.  

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.  

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond. 

This role sits within the Special Air Missions Group - US. 

Special Air Missions Group - US (SAM - US) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s ISR, Special Mobility, and Aerial Firefighting (AFF) capabilities. SAM oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialized aviation operations. It manages fleet maintenance, regulatory compliance, and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness. By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM - US ensures Metrea’s airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments. 

As the Senior Facility Security Officer (Senior FSO), you will lead and manage Industrial, Physical, Personnel, Operations, Communications, and Information Security programs supporting 24/7 deployed Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), Special Mission Aviation, Maintenance, Continuing Airworthiness, Supply Chain & Logistics, and File Management operations across multiple domestic and international locations. You will enable secure and compliant operations across a globally distributed enterprise supporting highly sensitive, classified, and compartmentalized activities.

You will serve as the senior security leader responsible for establishing, implementing, standardizing, and overseeing security policies, procedures, programs, and compliance activities in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program (NISP), National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), Special Security Agreement (SSA), Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) 5200.01 Volumes 1–4, DoD 5220.22-M, DoD 8500.01, and other applicable federal security regulations.

This role is responsible for ensuring the organization maintains an authorized security posture across all supported operational locations and programs. The Senior FSO oversees enterprise security processes, inspections, investigations, training, compliance activities, and physical security programs while providing leadership, guidance, and operational support to the FSO and site leadership teams. The role also ensures security requirements are effectively integrated into operational planning and mission execution while supporting compliant, safe, reliable, effective, efficient, and evolvable operations.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manageIndustrial,Personnel,Physical,Operations,Communications, andInformationSecurity programs supporting classified ISR operations across multiple domestic and international operational locations.
• Establish, implement, standardize, andmaintainsecurity policies, procedures, plans, and compliance programsin accordance withDepartment of Defense (DoD), NISPOM, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Linemanagean FSO, providing leadership, guidance, standardization, training, mentorship, and operational support across all locations and programs.
• Conduct and oversee security assessments, inspections, audits, investigations, and compliance reviews for classified facilities, systems, personnel, and operational activities.
• Establish and manage processes foridentifying, documenting, investigating, reporting, and resolving security incidents, violations, vulnerabilities, and non-compliance issues.
• OverseePhysicalSecurity programs, including access control, alarm systems, visitor control, badging, classified storage, facility accreditation, and Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) operations.
• Oversee and support Communications Security accountability programs, classified material controls, security documentation, and associated inventory management processes.
• Ensure security education, awareness, indoctrination, and recurring training programs areestablished, maintained, delivered, and documented for personnel supporting classified operations.
• Oversee and support security administration activities, including Defense Information System for Security (DISS), National Background Investigation Services (NBIS), National Industrial Security System (NISS), Defense Information Systems for Security (DIAS), Synchronized Pre-deployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT), Letter of Authorization (LOA), and Common Access Card (CAC) management activities.
• Coordinate withFlight Operations,Maintenance,ContinuingAirworthiness,Supply Chain & Logistics, File Management, government representatives, and site personnel to ensure security requirements support operational effectivenessandmission execution.
• Monitor enterprise security posture, assess operational and regulatory risk, and recommend corrective actions and security improvements to organizational leadership.
• Support government inspections,mission partnerengagements, audits, incident response activities, and regulatory interactions associated with classified operations and facilities.

What You’ll Bring 

• Strong knowledge of the NISPOM, Department of Defense security requirements, and applicable federal security regulations and directives.
• Knowledge and practical experience withIndustrial,Personnel,Physical,Operations,Communications, andInformationSecurity programs supporting classified environments.
• Experience supporting ISR, aviation, maintenance, government contracting, or deployed operational environments.
• Experience leading security assessments, inspections, audits, investigations, incident response activities, and corrective action programs.
• Experience managing classified facility operations, security documentation, COMSEC accountability, access control systems, and SCIF requirements.
• Experience managing or overseeing DISS, NBIS, NISS, DIAS, SPOT, LOA, and CAC administrative processes.
• Understanding ofcurrent security threat identification, risk assessment, mitigation, investigative techniques, and Operations Security principles.
• Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple operational locations and functional teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and electronically, with operational personnel, senior leadership, government representatives, and external agencies.
• Ability to work independently and provide leadership in dynamic classified and unclassified operational environments supporting both CONUS and OCONUS operations.

Our Firmware  

At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—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.

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  

Applicant must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be a U.S. citizen. Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment.

AAP/EEO Statement  

This Company 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 Location  

Tampa, Florida. Facilities include multi-story commercial offices with secure areas, hangars on a major international airport, and secure logistics storage areas.   

Work Environment  

This job operates in an office setting.  

Travel  

10%.