Security Officer

About the role

Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk. Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy . We are seeking a Security Officer to help scale and manage our security program in support of U.S. government and defense contracts. This role will focus on personnel security, clearance management, visit coordination, physical security, and compliance support across a fast-moving defense technology environment. This is a hands-on role for someone who understands government security requirements but is also comfortable operating in a high-growth technology company where speed, ownership, and sound judgment matter. You will work closely with People Operations, Legal, Contracts, Program Management, Engineering, and Business Development to ensure our teams can execute securely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the company's Facility Security Officer (FSO) to maintain NISPOM compliance, DCSA requirements, self-inspections, audits, and corrective actions.
• Administer and maintain the company's Facility Clearance (FCL), including all associated documentation, reporting, and compliance activities.
• Manage personnel security workflows, including clearance initiation, reinvestigations, onboarding, offboarding, access tracking, and employee security support.
• Maintain accurate clearance and access records across internal systems and government platforms.
• Coordinate with government customers, prime contractors, subcontractors, and internal teams on personnel security and access matters.
• Conduct employee security briefings, debriefings, annual refresher training, foreign travel reporting support, and insider threat awareness activities.
• Help develop and improve scalable security processes, policies, playbooks, and training materials.
• Partner with Recruiting and People Operations to ensure security requirements are integrated into hiring, onboarding, and employee lifecycle workflows.
• Administer physical security controls for company facilities and restricted areas.
• Assist in the management of access control systems, visitor management processes, badge issuance, and facility access procedures.
• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure workspaces, classified processing areas, and storage requirements as applicable.
• Support a security culture that protects sensitive information while enabling teams to move quickly in support of the mission.
• Handle sensitive personal, company, technical, and government information with discretion and professionalism.
• Required Qualifications
• 3-6 years of experience in security, personnel security, government contracting, defense security, or a related security operations role.
• Experience supporting cleared personnel and managing security clearance workflows.
• Familiarity with NISPOM, DCSA processes, DD254s, visit requests, personnel security, and classified contract requirements.
• Working knowledge of DISS and related security systems.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple cases, deadlines, stakeholders, and shifting priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to support employees who may be new to government security requirements.
• High attention to detail, strong follow-through, and sound judgment when handling sensitive information.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-growth, mission-focused environment.
• U.S. citizenship required due to government contract requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Requirements

• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance.
• Experience supporting a cleared defense contractor, defense technology company, or government customer environment.
• Prior experience at a high-growth startup or technology company supporting national security, defense, aerospace, autonomy, maritime systems, AI/ML, or hardware programs.
• Completion of relevant CDSE training or certifications.
• Experience supporting FSO functions, classified facility operations, program security, or customer inspections.
• Familiarity with controlled unclassified information, OPSEC, insider threat, or cybersecurity compliance requirements.
• Experience building or improving security processes in a scaling organization.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with technical, operational, and business teams.
• Location:
• This position needs to sit in either North Kingstown, RI or San Diego, CA
• Ideal Candidate
• You are organized, trustworthy, proactive, and mission-orie

Your Match

How well this role fits your profile.

Company Intel

What employees say

Worked at havocai? Share your experience