
COMSEC Responsible Officer (CRO) - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Required skills
- COMSEC
- TS/SCI
- Polygraph
- Voice Crypto Devices
- cryptographic keys
- cryptographic material
- COMSEC Accounting System
- Regional COMSEC Officers
- Central Office of Record
- secure voice
Nice to have
- COMSEC Manager training
- Key Management Infrastructure
- CARDS
- Local Management Device/Key Processor
- Iridium
- ISM devices
Role summary
GDIT is seeking a COMSEC Responsible Officer (CRO) to manage day-to-day COMSEC operations, supporting Voice Crypto Devices for a dispersed enterprise customer base. This role is accountable for the complete lifecycle of cryptographic keys and related equipment, maintaining meticulous records in the COMSEC Accounting System, and ensuring proper handling, storage, and disposition of sensitive materials. Responsibilities include coordinating with Regional COMSEC Officers, participating in inventories and audits, managing key issuance and destruction for approximately 1,000 devices, providing field and remote troubleshooting for specialized COMSEC equipment, and performing cryptographic resets. The position is crucial for maintaining the integrity of classified communications infrastructure and safeguarding sensitive operations. Requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and 8+ years of related experience.
Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphPublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
Cyber and IT Risk ManagementJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Account Management, Communications Security (COMSEC), TroubleshootingCertifications:
NoneExperience:
5 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob 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:
- 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
GDIT is Your Place:
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
Own Your Opportunity:
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.
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:
40Travel Required:
NoneTelecommuting Options:
OnsiteWork Location:
USA CO AuroraAdditional Work Locations:
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.Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atEqual Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected VeteransSimilar roles
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