Information System Security Manager

Description

Impulse Space is seeking an experienced Information System Security Manager (ISSM) to join our IT organization and lead the security and compliance of our information systems. The ISSM will be responsible for ensuring system security and compliance with various frameworks and directives regarding the security of both classified and controlled unclassified information systems.

This is a hybrid role : part compliance authority, part hands-on security engineer, and part government-facing representative. The right candidate will thrive at the intersection of technical IT operations and regulatory frameworks, ensuring both audit readiness and practical, secure implementations.

Responsibilities

Security Program Ownership

• Serve as the company’s named ISSM and primary point of contact for system security with government agencies.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce the cybersecurity program in alignment with cybersecurity and risk management requirements such as CNSSI 1253, DODI 8500.01, CMMC, and export control requirements such as ITAR and EAR.
• Develop and maintain required documentation including System Security Plans (SSPs), POA&Ms, and other audit deliverables.
• Ensure information systems are categorized, accredited, and authorized per federal and DoD requirements.

IT Integration & Hands-On Security

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Incident Response & Monitoring

Leadership & Collaboration

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Skills and Experience

Additional Information :

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options , and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan .

Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here .

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space 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.

Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.