Contingency Communications Support Specialist

Contingency Communications Support Specialist

Salary Range:  -

Closing Date:10/14/2026

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides operations support services and business solutions to the community of 10,000 House Members, Officers and staff. The CAO organization comprises more than 650 technical and administrative staff working in a variety of areas, including information technology, finance, budget management, human resources, payroll, child care, food and vending, procurement, logistics and administrative counsel.

This position is located in the Immediate Office, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), U.S. House of Representatives (House). Within the CAO Immediate Office, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) provides contingency planning and operations support, as well as improvements and enhancements to technical infrastructure, systems, information security, emergency communications, and business continuity capabilities of the House.

This position serves as the Contingency Communications Support Specialist in the Operations directorate. Key responsibilities include providing primary IT and voice communications support (operational and sustainment) for the House Contingency Communications Programs; serving as Communications Security (COMSEC) custodian for the receipt, custody, issue, safeguarding, accounting, and when necessary, destruction of COMSEC material for the House COMSEC account, including maintaining responsibility for maintenance of up-to-date records and the submission of all required accounting reports;

upkeeping and maintaining classified voice and data communications equipment; providing exercise support, and training; updating technical data and documentation; providing general communications troubleshooting and repair; and acting as a senior level technical consultant and as a lead subject matter expert in integrated voice and data (IV&D) technology.

Responsibilities also include ensuring the readiness of BC/DR capabilities, on-campus and alternate location information technology issues; participating in meetings and developing briefings, reports, operational plans; coordinating BC/DR activities on and off campus; providing technical solutions for continuity events where computers, mobile devices, and networks (wired/wireless) may be utilized by House Members and staff on and off campus; and maintaining detailed knowledge of software and hardware network operating systems, Internet services, multi-media and messaging software used in the House.

Grade level at time of appointment is determined by experience and designated level of responsibility.

This position does not have day-to-day supervisory/managerial responsibilities.

This position has access to Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

** Must have an Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility**

** Must be able to accommodate on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week shifts**

• Protects COMSEC material and limits access to individuals with requisite clearance(s) and a valid need to know. The COMSEC custodian will be familiar with the procedures for handling COMSEC material as outlined in National Security Agency (NSA)/Central Security Services (CSS) Policy 3-16 “Control of Communications Security Material” and will need to keep informed of any new requirements or modifications to be serviced by the House’s COMSEC account.
• Receives, inventories, receipts for and ensures the safeguarding and accounting of all COMSEC material issued to the House’s COMSEC account and performs routine COMSEC destructions as required.
• Participates in Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government exercises to support House readiness.
• Activates,…