Senior Facility Security Specialist

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ROLE HIGHLIGHTS: - Senior Facility Security Specialist - Location: Espoo, Finland - Department: Physical Security - Reports to: Head of Physical Security & Safety - Employment type: Permanent - Workplace model: Hybrid - Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required) WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS:   As a Senior Facility Security Specialist, you’ll ensures ICEYE's secure sites operate safely and in line with government security expectations. The role exists to protect people, facilities, processes, and classified information from compromise or disruption. This role applies defence-grade security practices to ICEYE's satellite services and classified environments, covering physical security, classified systems, personnel security, and information protection to meet national and international requirements.   WHO WE ARE ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.   ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.   ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.   Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. YOUR DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES   - Ensure ICEYE facilities attain and maintain appropriate security classifications. - Maintain classified asset protection, prevent and contain insider and external threats. - Handle security incidents decisively: report, investigate, and resolve in coordination with internal & external stakeholders, applying lessons learned to drive improvements. - Ensure staff understand and meet their security responsibilities, handling classified information correctly and complying with personnel security obligations. - Manage and coordinate security vendors. - Own security projects end to end, from scoping and budget through implementation and handover. - Help scale security practices across new and international sites as ICEYE grows. - Build organization-wide security awareness so staff understand their responsibilities.   WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR Must haves: - 4+ years of facility security experience in an international, multi-site environment. - Experience in a high-pace environment, building and scaling security processes. - Track record of end-to-end project ownership, from concept and budget through implementation and handover. - Experience working with security vendors such as guard force management. - Hands-on experience with access control, surveillance and intrusion detection systems. - Proven capability in personnel security, project management, security systems design as well as documentation.   Nice to haves: - Experience working directly with government, defence, or other highly regulated customers. - Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., ISO 27001, KATAKRI, NATO). - Demonstrated audit and regulatory inspection experience. - Incident investigation and reporting experience. - Ability to build strong security culture and awareness across an organization.   APPLICATION PROCESS - TA Screen (30 mins) - HM Interview with Head of Physical Security (45 mins) - Team Interview (60 mins) - Interview with CSO (30 mins) WORKING AT ICEYE At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win. HOW WE WORK (OUR VALUES) Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way. - Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions. - See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others. - Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions. - Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift. - Have fun: What we do matters—and it should be enjo