COMSEC Responsible Officer (CRO) - TS/SCI with Polygraph

GD Information Technology, Inc.; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 119,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a COMSEC Manager/Alternate to support day-to-day COMSEC operations, including end-to-end cryptographic key management and secure voice devices for a dispersed enterprise.

You will maintain records in the COMSEC Accounting System and ensure proper handling of sensitive material. The role requires active TS/SCI with Polygraph, 8+ years of related experience, and an onsite location in Aurora, Colorado.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is required with 8+ years of related experience.
• Alternative: Associate's degree with 10+ years of related experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Track COMSEC requirements, coordinating activation/deactivation of equipment and inventory.
• Maintain CCI inventory bar-coding, power testing, and destruction of equipment as needed.
• Provide remote troubleshooting and support to voice cryptographic endpoints.
• Conduct COMSEC account management and inspections of government-owned devices.
• Process key management: generate, order, test, verify keys, and load key material.
• Deliver, account, document and perform key destruction per NSA guidelines.
• Coordinate with vendors, NSA, and services to repair, demilitarize, dispose of equipment.
• Conduct semi-annual inventory of government voice COMSEC material.
• Identify and resolve customer service issues using ticketing systems.
• Provide training to end-users and assist with testing of new technologies.

Skills

Account Management

COMSEC

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Associate's degree with 10+ years experience

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications: Skills: Account Management, Communications Security (COMSEC), Troubleshooting

Certifications: None

Experience: 5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

GDIT is seeking an individual to fill a position as a COMSEC Manager/Alternate as part of our Operations and Maintenance team. Individual will be responsible for supporting day-to-day operations of COMSEC activities to provide end-to-end support of Voice Crypto Devices. Individual will perform operations from a central location for a dispersed enterprise customer base.

This position serves as an accountable official for all Communications Security (COMSEC) material within the contract effort, managing the complete lifecycle of cryptographic keys and related equipment. The role involves maintaining meticulous records in the COMSEC Accounting System while ensuring proper handling, storage, and disposition of sensitive cryptographic materials. The work includes coordinating with Regional COMSEC Officers (RCOs) within the Central Office of Record (COR) and other customer-authorized entities to maintain compliance with national security standards, and participating in regular inventories, audits, and inspections to verify material accountability for secure voice and terrestrial COMSEC subaccounts. Day-to-day responsibilities involve managing key issuance, destruction, and transfers for approximately 1,000 devices, providing field support for loading, troubleshooting, and maintaining specialized COMSEC equipment such as vIPer phones and TACLANE encryption devices according to customer-established security operating procedures. The role also includes coordinating with customers and technical service teams on secure service implementations and performing cryptographic resets when required. The proper management of COMSEC material directly impacts operational security and mission success. This role is essential to maintaining the integrity of classified communications infrastructure and safeguarding sensitive operations for our contract and customer organization within the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Track COMSEC requirements, ensuring implementation of approved processes, providing coordination of task/activation/deactivation of all equipment, status monitoring and reporting, receiving COMSEC devices into the controlled cryptographic items (CCI) inventory, bar-coding of new COMSEC devices, power testing of COMSEC devices received, and destruction of equipment as required.
• Track warranty information for all CCI inventory items, providing monthly and ad-hoc status reports and performing initial configuration of cryptographic devices prior to deployment to field locations.
• Provide remote troubleshooting and support to all voice cryptographic endpoints.
• Conduct COMSEC account management and COMSEC inspection of all government owned cryptographic voice devices.
• Initiate, generate key, order, test and verify keys; load key fill devices with appropriate keying material for operational use.
• Deliver, account, document and perform key destruction in accordance with National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines.
• Coordinate equipment requirements with cryptographic vendors, NSA and military services to repair, demilitarize, and dispose of obsolete and excess cryptographic equipment.
• Conduct semi-annual inventory of all government physical Voice COMSEC material.
• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves customers services issues using ticketing system and administration toolsets.
• Provides advice and training to end-users.
• Participates in testing and deployment of new technologies.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.

Quaifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited College or University is required along with 8+ years of experience. In lieu of Bachelor's degree, an Associate's degree and/or combination of 10+ years of related experience may be considered.

Location: Onsite Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Desired Skill Set:

Desired Skill Set:

• COMSEC Manager training from NSA
• Knowledge of military/government COMSEC requirements
• Experience with administration of Key Management Infrastructure, CARDS or Local Management Device/Key Processor
• Familiarity with COMSEC and keying devices
• Performed loading of VIPER and STE equipment
• Familiarity with Iridium and ISM devices
• Knowledge of Service Now or similar ticketing system
• Experience in deployment, property tracking, and/or support of personal electronic devices (laptops, tablets, mobile phones)
• Willingness to learn new technologies to support other service areas

Total Rewards at GDIT:

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA CO Aurora

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