We are seeking a qualified and experienced COMSEC security specialist to fill the role of COMSEC Manager in support of multiple special access programs. As a COMSEC Manager, you will be responsible for managing, directing, administering, and developing procedures and executing a program to deploy classified networks required for assigned programs that have security requirements beyond the standard regulations outlined in 32 CFR Part 117.
Your primary responsibility will be to manage the company's COMSEC program. You will oversee the full lifecycle of the programs, ensuring strict adherence to applicable laws, Department of Defense (DoD) policies and requirements. As the primary interface with government agencies regarding program security matters and requirements, you will play a crucial role in representing our organization.
Your duties will include managing COMSEC compliance, managing COMSEC for deployed networks, ensure COMSEC is compatible with network paths, and coordinate with applicable USG counterparts to maintain connectivity.
What you'll do:
- Perform program security administrative tasks, including filing, updating logs/lists, coordinating with internal and external customers, and managing supplies.
- Maintain COMSEC administrative records.
- Develop COMSEC training and maintain personnel COMSEC briefings.
- Conduct internal self-inspections and assist with Staff Assistance Visits and Customer Security Assessments.
- Maintain classified material accountability records, including inventory lists, receipt and transmittal records, and final disposition documentation.
- Perform Cryptonet management activities.
- Maintain up to date software, keys, and hardware for classified systems.
- Review operational requirements and system specification documents to address and incorporate applicable security requirements into security processes.
- Manage all logistics of managing, deploying, and transporting requirements of COMSEC material.
- Investigate and document security violations/incidents, providing recommendations for corrective actions to program personnel/management.
- Attend, support, and participate in program meetings, staff meetings, teleconferences, etc.
- Respond to walk-in customers and provide ad hoc security services as required
- Maintain formal initial and recurring security education and training materials/events.
- Manage all trouble shooting aspects of COMSEC material
- Ensure networking rooms have the appropriate infrastructure to handle COMSEC
- Provide input to Fixed Facility Checklist, TEMPEST checklists when related to COMSEC connections.
- Strong physical security experience with network rooms red/black separation requirements.
- Provide necessary support to the Information Assurance team in the implementation and maintenance of classified information systems accredited under the Assessment & Authorization (A&A) process.
- Participate in the planning for new classified information systems and support the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) in developing System Security Plans.
- Manage all COMSEC related tasks for classified systems.
COMSEC Management:
Physical Security:
Cybersecurity / Assessment & Authorization (A&A):
Required qualifications:
- DoD Special Access Programs experience required.
- 3-6 years' security administration experience required.
- Candidate must have demonstrated customer support, interpersonal skills and excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Previous experience as a COMSEC account manager, Alternate Custodian, or in an Information Assurance role. Familiarity with Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) or Electronic Key Management System (EKMS).
- Security Clearance: DOD Top Secret / with SCI eligibility required.
Preferred qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s college degree and/or military experience preferred but not required. A combination of education, training, certification and/or experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted for the degree.
Skills Required
- DoD Special Access Programs experience
- 3-6 years security administration experience
- Demonstrated customer support, interpersonal, and excellent oral and written communication skills
- Previous experience as a COMSEC account manager, Alternate Custodian, or in an Information Assurance role; familiarity with KMI or EKMS
- Security Clearance: DoD Top Secret with SCI eligibility
- Bachelor's degree and/or military experience (or combination of education, training, certification, and/or experience)
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials describe excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside a mental‑health EAP. Site perks such as an onsite gym in DC and a gym discount in San Diego support a health‑focused offering.
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Retirement Support — Careers materials highlight a 401(k) with company match as part of the standard package. A Total Rewards overview emphasizes retirement features within a broader, transparent compensation view.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Compensation for in‑demand technical and senior go‑to‑market roles is described as competitive, with visible engineering ranges and top‑end packages. This points to meaningful upside tied to role, level, and scarce skills.
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What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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