# Contractor Program Security Officer at Rocket Lab

> United States · Unspecified · Security · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Arocketlab%3A8079650003 (read 2026-11-04).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Rocket Lab](https://alderhq.app/companies/rocket-lab)
- Location text: Long Beach, CA; RL Headquarters
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Long Beach, CA; RL Headquarters")
- Posted: 2026-10-30 (5 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rocketlab/jobs/8079650003
- Skills listed (inferred): Docker

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $88k–$110k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (Los Angeles, n 15): p25 $99k, median $124k, p75 $157k

## Description (the employer's text)

### ABOUT ROCKET LAB

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

### CONTRACTOR PROGRAM SECURITY OFFICER (CPSO)

Based onsite at Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, the Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) is responsible for developing, implementing, supervising, and maintaining program security for selected Department of War (DoW) and Intelligence Community (IC) programs. You will serve as the primary contractor security point of contact for your assigned programs, partnering with the Government Program Security Officer (GPSO), the Corporate FSO/CPSO, and the site security team to keep program operations compliant. You will produce deliverables for internal leadership, the board of directors, customers, and investors. You will support programmatic activities for classified launch campaigns and classified payload and space vehicle development. You will address program security requirements across all security disciplines, including physical, information, personnel, operations security (OPSEC), and launch integration security.

### WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO

- Serve as CPSO for assigned programs, acting as the primary liaison to the Government Program Security Officer (GPSO) on all program security matters.
- Manage and administer program security for assigned programs in compliance with DoDM 5205.07, 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), and other applicable government security directives. Enforce compliance with ICD and DoDM policy for Collateral, SCI, and SAP management within your programs.
- Author, implement, support, and enforce comprehensive security plans that protect classified and unclassified hardware, Launch Vehicles, and Space Vehicles during manufacture, movement, transportation, integration, and launch. These plans include Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), Emergency Action Plans (EAP), Program Protection Plans (PPP), Construction Security Plans (CSP), and Fixed Facility Checklists (FFC).
- Maintain the accreditation and compliance of program-specific SAPFs, SCIFs, and closed areas in accordance with ICD 705 and applicable DoW standards. Coordinate with the site FSO, facilities, vendors, and government customers on the construction, modification, and accreditation of program spaces.
- Conduct physical security surveys and risk assessments, and implement countermeasures to protect personnel, facilities, and classified assets.
- Define the physical security requirements for assigned program areas and coordinate with the site security team on access control, intrusion detection, and container and combination management.
- Lead preparation for and support of government program security inspections, and support DCSA security reviews as they relate to assigned programs.
- Conduct administrative inquiries into security incidents and non-compliance, and report incidents, adverse information, and suspicious contacts as they relate to the assigned programs.
- Execute an ongoing facility and program-specific security education and training program, including initial, refresher, insider threat, and derivative classification training.
- Execute the security self-inspection program and the actions required to correct deficiencies and improve the overall security posture across each program area of responsibility.
- Perform personnel security (PERSEC) functions, including nomination interviews, validation of access requirements, submission of investigative requests and nomination packages, indoctrinations, and debriefings. Ensure personnel security records within your cognizance are accurately maintained in both internal and official government systems of record (SOR), such as DISS, NBIS, JADE, and TALON/SCT.
- Coordinate with the FSO and Insider Threat Program on reporting requirements for program-briefed personnel, including foreign travel, foreign contacts, and adverse information.

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