COMSEC Custodian

Active DOE Q or active Top Secret clearance is required for consideration.

The Field Intelligence Operations Division (FIOD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a highly motivated Technical Professional who will focus on Communications Security (COMSEC) Custodians are responsible for the generation, receipt, custody, distribution, safeguard, disposition or destruction, and accounting of COMSEC material entrusted to their COMSEC Account. The successful candidate will be expected to execute COMSEC custodian duties in the Field Intelligence Operations Division (FIOD) with minimal supervision.

This position will report directly to the Group Leader in the FIOD’s Information Assurance Group and will service multiple intelligence community COMSEC accounts. The position requires a Top Secret Clearance with access to Q and SCI.

• Manage the COMSEC account to confirm the proper distribution, control, and security of COMSEC material.
• Maintain up-to-date administrative files containing documentation related to the COMSEC Account (e.g. COMSEC Briefing Certificates, Courier Certificates, COMSEC Incident Reports and Security Screening Certificates).
• Prepare and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the program.
• Conduct scheduled self-inspections and scheduled inventories of accountable material and documents.
• Prepare for and support biennial government audits.
• Maintain and manage tracked assets from arrival to departure.
• Safeguard/account for classified and unclassified COMSEC Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCls).
• Download, disseminate, inventory, and destroy COMSEC keying material.
• Work with users to schedule, deliver and install secure phones.
• Provide end user training for secure phones.
• Help maintain 100% accountability for COMSEC items.
• Maintain COMSEC Material Record database.
• Assist with destruction of equipment per government regulations.
• Prepare, ship, and track COMSEC materials.
• Have knowledge and familiarity with customer service support best practices.
• Possess good logic and reasoning skills.
• Be reliable and productive in working independently with customers one-on-one in person or remotely via phone and e-mail.
• Perform all work within approved procedures and policies.
• Ensure that other assigned duties do not interfere or conflict with your duties as a COMSEC Custodian.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

• BS degree in related discipline and a minimum 5 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, or an active DOE Q clearance.

• 6+ years of work/research experience.
• Knowledge of telecommunications and communication security.
• Knowledge of Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) system and electronic key management (EKMS).
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Comfortable and efficient working in a high rigor classified security environment.
• Ability to have a proven track record of security compliance.
• Possess basic technical knowledge of computers, networks, Cyber Security, and general IT environments is a plus.
• Understanding of classified material control, Electronic Key Management System, classified communications, and crypto- security is a plus.
• A.S. or higher degree in a technical field and 3-4 years of directly related technical support experience is desired or high school with 6-8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in troubleshooting and…