About this role
Job Summary
You will serve as a SECURITY SPECIALIST (COMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL) for the Communications and Information Systems Directorate, of MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTER.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector applying information security concepts, principles, and practices to analyze and resolve Communications Security, Communication Security Material Systems/Key Management Infrastructure (COMSEC/CMS/KMI) issues to ensure effective/responsive command and control for the Pacific Fleet. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Major Duties
- You will advise the Pacific Fleet Maritime Operations Center (MOC), N6 leadership, and coordinates with numerous Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Navy (DON) entities.
- You will provide security to communications equipment vital to COMPACFLT in order to command and control the Pacific Fleet, assisting with planning of Carrier Strike Group/Expeditionary Strike Group (CSG/ESG) deployments.
- You will manage, approve and control the distribution of all COMSEC Keying Material (KEYMAT) for which COMPACFLT is the Controlling Author (CONAUTH).
- You will promulgate the effective edition and segment status of these KEYMATS to all COMSEC account holders/users of COMPACFLT controlled material
- You will continually keep abreast of CSG and ESG deployment cycles and ensure that all deploying forces of the Pacific Fleet are adequately equipped with requisite COMSEC/CMS/KMI hardware and KEYMAT necessary to meet mission tasking while deployed.
- You will review all COMSEC/EKMS/KMI incident reports involving COMSEC/CMS/KMI material controlled by COMPACFLT and all other COMSEC incident reports submitted by U.S. Pacific Fleet forces.
- You will validate compliance with established policy and procedures governing the safeguarding and handling of COMSEC/CMS/KMI material, assessing, reporting, inspecting and recording the results of audit findings to N6 leadership and NCMS.