COMSEC Systems Engineer: Secure Communications Architect

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a COMSEC Systems Engineer to support design, development, and integration of secure communications across Blue National Security programs. You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, Software, and Hardware teams to ensure architectures meet mission requirements and you will develop and maintain COMSEC documentation, including policies and system specifications.

You will contribute to verification plans, requirements verification traceability matrices, and test plans, coordinate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant COMSEC or communications security engineering experience.
• Foundational understanding of secure communications systems and integration.
• Basic understanding of cryptographic principles and key management.
• Familiarity with DoD COMSEC policies, NSA guidelines, and applicable regulations.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, development, and integration of COMSEC systems across DoD programs.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Software, and Hardware Engineers to ensure secure architectures meet mission requirements.
• Develop and maintain COMSEC documentation, policies, procedures, and system specs.
• Develop and maintain Verification and Validation plans, and traceability matrices.
• Coordinate verification activities across hardware, software, and integration test teams.
• Support assessments of communications security risks and mitigation strategies.
• Assist lifecycle management of COMSEC equipment and keying material.

Skills

COMSEC

Secure communications

Requirements verification

Schematic review

Satellite avionics

RMF/NIST

Security+

DoD COMSEC

Cameo

DOORS

Education

Bachelors in EE/CS

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

NIST RMF

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a COMSEC Systems Engineer to support design, development, and integration of secure communications across Blue National Security programs. You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, Software, and Hardware teams to ensure architectures meet mission requirements and you will develop and maintain COMSEC documentation, including policies and system specifications.

You will contribute to verification plans, requirements verification traceability matrices, and test plans, coordinate