At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for a Manager, Security Technology Analysis Response (STAR) Center / GSOC, reporting to the Senior Director, Security & Intelligence, you will help to proactively protect our people, property, space stations, mission control, astronauts, and more.
This role will build our version of a Global Security Operation Center (GSOC), and execute STAR Center to accomplish all Vast’s needs, including an intelligence focused center to proactively mitigate risk as well as focussing on traditional security infrastructure. We will build an industry leading center to ensure the safety and future success of Vast.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Build a world-class (or an out of this world-class) STAR Center, including global security operations, employee travel, emergency response, threat assessments, CCTV monitoring, access control monitoring, and global incident response.
- Coordinate with Mission Control during crewed space flight.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of our physical security technology, with the goal of safeguarding our employees, buildings, space stations, and more.
- Your team will manage and monitor all-source information and global crises to proactively identify and assess threats that could impact our business.
- Handle dispatch, response to alarms, intrusion alerts, calls, Slack communication, and emails from or related to our employees and properties.
- Create STAR Center’s playbook and standard operating procedures for operator and analyst roles, responsibilities, actions, SLAs, and incident response.
- Collect and analyze open source information, news, threat feeds, deep/dark web searches, and other available data to inform the business and mitigate risk.
- Work with security leadership to build and maintain relationships with local and federal law enforcement partners.
- Serve as the central point of monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting business risks and threats that may affect Vast.
- Lead a data driven and training focussed center. Maintain SLAs, quarterly business reviews, and predetermined key performance indicators.
- Support physical threat monitoring, response, and investigation.
- After designing and crafting STAR Center’s playbook, you will be responsible for the interviewing, hiring, and staffing of this new Vast STAR Center.
- You will work cross functionally within the Security team, and with partner teams to protect events, offices, while supporting our next generation business objectives.
- Your team will manage global access control and monitor the state of our security technology deployed across our global offices.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 6+ years managing a GSOC that incorporates operators and analysts
- You have additional experience in corporate security, intelligence analysis, public sector, protective intelligence, or security systems
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- You have experience building out GSOCs to support global locations.
- You have a demonstrated knowledge of physical security best practices, physical security systems, investigative techniques, and incident management.
- You have a demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate large quantities of information and to communicate accurate and timely recommendations on business and security related risks.
- You have experience with mass notification systems and/or incident management applications and experience managing real life crisis and incident response
- You are flexible to work non-traditional schedules including holidays, nights, and weekends, as needed for our 24/7 operation.
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel at least 5% of the time
- Ability to partner with the legal and compliance team to ensure STAR Center meets Vast’s ITAR/EAR export requirements
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI), Physical Security Professional (PSP), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), a plus
Pay Range:
- M3 - $125,000- $155,000
Salary Range: California
$125,000—$155,000 USD
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 15 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, free catered meals and snacks and beverages, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, One Medical membership, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
What We Do
Vast is developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system.
Vast’s mission is to enable large populations of humans to live and work in space, permanently.
Our solar system has the resources and room for humanity to thrive and expand without destroying Earth’s biosphere. Unlocking these resources requires in-space infrastructure and industry at an unprecedented scale.
We are building a world-class team to engineer the human experience in space.
Why Work With Us
We're developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system in order to enable large populations to live and work in space. Not only is what we're working on groundbreaking, but the team prides itself on living by our values of respect, curiosity, action, and excellence making it a lot more fun to achieve our goal.
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