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# Security and Compliance Lead at Improbable 2

- **Company:** Improbable 2
- **Location:** Arlington, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2022-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/improbable-2/693b7e12-7eb7-4873-9929-fa84eef88478

## Job description

Join Improbable U.S. Defense & National Security and you will help users leverage our synthetic environment development platform to plan and train for the most complex security threats in the world. Working along experts in AI, Machine Learning, computational modeling, and distributed systems, you will put multiplayer gaming technology to life-saving use.

Our mission? To enable the most realistic and effective virtual worlds ever experienced. Our team in Arlington, VA, and across several other locations in the US, is focused on applying our technology to solve real-world Defense and National Security problems.

At Improbable, you will be surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them, and who compel you to improve yourself. We’re motivated by the fulfillment of solving hard problems to achieve something profound and transformative.

## Your Mission

The Security & Compliance Lead/Facility Security Officer (“FSO”) manages, administers and coordinates the industrial security program and other security activities to ensure compliance with government regulations and Company security policies and procedures to maintain the Company’s Facility Security Clearance.  This position is integral in ensuring the effective implementation of the Company’s DoD Foreign Owned Control and Influence (“FOCI”) mitigation agreement, including the protection of classified and controlled-unclassified information, including serving providing support to the Technology Control Officer in the protection of export-controlled information.

Areas for Impact

- Administer personnel security clearance processes for initial submissions and periodic reinvestigations
- Oversee compliance with the Special Security Agreement (“SSA”), including its companion mitigation plans: (1) Affiliated Operations Plan; (2) Electronic Communications Plan; (3) Technology Control Plan, to include routine auditing and reporting
- Oversee Company’s Insider Threat Program
- Serve as principal advisor to the Senior Management Official and Company Board’s Government Security Committee on security matters associated with the SSA
- Create and maintain security policies, processes and procedures, as well as security plans and instructions
- Conduct initial security briefings for new hires; develop and execute annual refresher training and other security briefings for Company personnel; conduct exit interviews and debriefings
- Investigate and report security violations and incidents
- Maintain all security documentation in accordance with the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (“DCSA”) requirements, contracts and other requirement

We'd like to hear from you if you identify with the following

- Minimum 3 years of experience as an FSO or Assistant FSO
- Extensive knowledge of the NISPOM, SEADs and ICDs
- Working knowledge of government contracting, particularly as related to compliance with contractual security requirements
- Demonstrated ability to in-process, maintain and out-process employees and contractors
- Demonstrated ability to provide personnel security guidance
- TS security clearance
- Experience with protection requirements for handling and safeguarding classified, controlled-unclassified, personally identifiable, export-controlled and other sensitive information
- Experience with JPAS, NISS, e-QIP and other government information systems
- You have a passion for security
- You are a team player and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams
- You are a great communicator both orally and in writing
- You employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems
- You share our Company values and work in accordance with those values

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working for a FOCI mitigated company
- Knowledge about and/or experience as an ISSO or ISSM
- Training and accreditation through DCSA and the National Security Learning Center
- Experience with COMSEC and SAP

## About Improbable 2

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Improbable is a venture builder and technology company that creates large-scale virtual worlds, simulation platforms, and synthetic environments for gaming, defense, and the metaverse; its U.S. Defense & National Security division (sometimes referred to as “Improbable 2”) applies these capabilities to solve complex real-world security challenges.
- **Entity Type**: Private (over $854M total funding, 7 rounds)
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom (primary) / Arlington, Virginia, United States (U.S. Defense & National Security hub)
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Herman Narula, Peter Lipka, Rob Whitehead

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Software development, simulation & modeling, defense technology, metaverse infrastructure, AI, Web3
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise and government clients, especially defense and national security agencies; also gaming studios and metaverse ventures
- **Mission statement**: “To enable the most realistic and effective virtual worlds ever experienced.”

## Products & Services
- **SpatialOS**: A platform for building and running massive, persistent virtual worlds (used in gaming and simulation).
- **Morpheus**: Technology that powers record-setting live multiplayer experiences (e.g., ScavLab with 4,000+ players, metaverse concerts).
- **M**: A product for creating synthetic environments and decision-support simulations.
- **Synthetic Environment Development Platform**: The core offering for U.S. Defense & National Security – used to plan, train, and simulate complex security threats by combining AI, ML, computational modeling, and distributed systems.
- **Venture Builder Services**: Improbable incubates and spins out ventures in AI, Web3, and the metaverse, providing capital, expertise, and hands-on support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue (parent company): GBP 579.9K (latest available data) – note: this figure may be outdated or reflect only a portion of the business; total funding: **$854M** (7 rounds, including $502M led by SoftBank in 2017)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank, Horizons Ventures, Temasek
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 109.4% YoY (currently ~87 employees, distributed across 11 countries)
  - 17 ventures created, including 7 exits
  - Active expansion of U.S. Defense & National Security team (multiple open roles for Applied Scientists, Model Engineers, Software Engineers)
  - Proven record of delivering large-scale live simulations (4,000+ player events)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep technical moat** in multiplayer networking, distributed simulation, and agent-based modeling, originally developed for gaming and now applied to defense.
- **First-mover credibility** in the intersection of gaming technology and national security.
- **Strong investor backing** and relationships with both commercial and government clients.
- **Proprietary platforms** (SpatialOS, Morpheus, M) that are difficult to replicate and offer unique scalability.

## Strategic Focus
- **Venture building**: Incubating and scaling autonomous companies in AI, Web3, and the metaverse.
- **Defense & national security**: Applying synthetic environment technology to help clients “interrogate the past, understand the present, and predict the future.”
- **Technology modernization**: Moving from a pure technology provider to a venture builder model, spinning out successful internal teams.

## Why Work Here
- **Impactful mission**: Work on technology that directly supports national security and complex decision-making – “put multiplayer gaming technology to life-saving use.”
- **Cutting-edge tech stack**: Work with Python, R, Java, C++, C#, Unity, Unreal, and probabilistic programming in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.
- **Collaborative culture**: Teams of engineers and applied scientists work closely with customers and product teams; emphasis on autonomy, thought leadership, and continuous learning.
- **Growth opportunity**: Rapidly growing U.S. Defense team (roles in Arlington, VA and other U.S. locations) with room to shape the direction of modeling and simulation.
- **Work model**: Not explicitly stated, but roles appear to be on-site/hybrid in Arlington, VA; parent company has offices in London, Greater London, and multiple international locations.

## Sources
1. [Improbable – About Us](https://www.improbable.io/about-us)
2. [Improbable – LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/improbable)
3. [Improbable LLC – Applied Scientist Job Description](https://jobs.lever.co/improbable-2/0a7e87f3-d3ed-45a1-9c05-330797824b46)
4. [Improbable LLC – Model Engineer Job Description](https://jobs.lever.co/improbable-2/0a20c258-2a51-4e64-adaf-e887dfb07e69)
5. [Improbable LLC – Frontend Software Engineer Job Description](https://jobs.lever.co/improbable-2/01105706-e9fc-413c-bfbb-11ccd011fc65)

## Other roles at Improbable 2

- [Model Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/model-engineer-improbable-2-arlington-9zywg5sy33dx) — Arlington, VA
- [Applied Scientist](https://feeny.ai/job/applied-scientist-improbable-2-arlington-xz900z8rxeyr) — Arlington, VA
- [Frontend Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/frontend-software-engineer-improbable-2-arlington-my4r310vg6mv) — Arlington, VA