ISE Compliance and Oversight Specialist

Are you seeking an exciting and unique opportunity to grow and support our national security? As a startup, we are offering a limited‑time opportunity to be an equity owner in a pioneering new industry. Nooks pioneers Classified Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS) to provide government and industry partners with the fastest, most efficient access to classified infrastructure. We are building a nationwide network of accredited classified spaces and systems, ensuring that the best technologies equip our nation’s warfighters.

At Nooks, we value innovation, collaboration, and a service‑first mindset.

We are seeking a highly analytical and experienced Compliance and Oversight Specialist to serve as an internal consultant and driver of operational excellence across the US Space Force’s classified security enterprise. This is a strategic role focused on analyzing, standardizing, and streamlining security workflows across all disciplines:
Industrial, Personnel, Physical, and Information Security.

The Generalist will ensure the USSF’s classified infrastructure and services scale efficiently by translating complex security regulations (NISPOM, ICDs) into repeatable, auditable, and highly efficient processes. The ideal candidate blends deep security compliance knowledge with expertise in process improvement methodologies.

• Process Mapping:
  Conduct comprehensive process mapping and analysis across all security domains (e.g., clearance processing, SCIF accreditation, incident reporting, classified material control).
• Efficiency Improvement:
  Identify operational inefficiencies, compliance gaps, and bottlenecks in existing security workflows.
• Standardization:
  Design, implement, and standardize new, optimized security processes and procedures to enhance efficiency, reduce cycle time, and ensure consistent compliance across all USSF sites.
• Methodology:
  Utilize process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma principles) to enhance the security team’s overall effectiveness while maintaining strict regulatory adherence.

• Master SOP Suite:
  Lead the development, maintenance, and revision of the master suite of Security Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring a unified, consistent, and compliant framework for all security domains (PHYSEC, PERSEC, INFOSEC, INDUSEC).
• Template Creation:
  Create and manage standardized security templates for required documentation, including DD‑254s, Fixed Facility Checklists (FFCs), access rosters, and internal self‑inspection reports.
• Quality Control:
  Collaborate with the Security Compliance and Oversight SME to integrate process improvements into the internal self‑inspection and auditing programs, focusing on quality assurance and continuous monitoring.
• Root Cause Analysis:
  Lead post‑incident analysis efforts to identify systemic root causes and implement corrective process actions to prevent future security violations or recurring incidents.

• Technology Evaluation:
  Evaluate and recommend technology solutions (e.g., workflow software, compliance tracking tools, security management systems) to automate manual security processes and enhance auditability.
• System Optimization:
  Serve as a functional lead for the integration and optimization of security management systems (DISS/NBIS, NISS) and physical security systems (ACS/IDS) to improve data integrity and compliance reporting.
• KPI Development:
  Develop and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics for security process efficiency, compliance status, and security team performance to measure the impact of improvement initiatives.

• Experience:
  
  3‑5 years of broad, hands‑on experience in security, having worked across multiple security disciplines (PERSEC, PHYSEC, INFOSEC, INDUSEC).
• Process Expertise:
  Proven experience in process improvement, standardization, or quality assurance roles within a highly regulated compliance environment.
• Regulatory Expertise:
  Deep, practical knowledge of NISPOM/32 CFR Part 117 and applicable Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs).
• Clearance:
  Must…