COMSEC Manager

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.

Responsibilities

• Establish, manage, and maintain the organization’s COMSEC account in accordance with applicable DoD, NSA, customer, and program requirements.
• Manage the full lifecycle and accountability of COMSEC equipment, CCI, cryptographic keying material, SKLs, and associated records and documentation.
• Develop and maintain COMSEC policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), local operating instructions, emergency procedures, training materials, and contingency plans.
• Establish secure processes for the receipt, storage, issue, transfer, safeguarding, use, destruction, and disposition of COMSEC material.
• Support classified communications and tactical data link capabilities, including Link 16 and associated cryptographic and key-management requirements.
• Partner with security, engineering, program management, operations, government stakeholders, and external COMSEC authorities to integrate COMSEC requirements into program and system architectures.
• Prepare for and support COMSEC inspections, audits, assessments, and government/customer reviews, including identifying compliance gaps and driving corrective actions to closure.
• Provide COMSEC training and technical guidance while supporting program milestones, system integration, laboratory operations, field testing, deployments, and operational exercises.

Requirements

• Experience managing COMSEC operations within a DoD, aerospace, defense, intelligence, or similarly regulated classified environment.
• Strong working knowledge of DoD/NSA COMSEC policies, procedures, accountability requirements, and classified information-handling practices.
• Hands-on experience with cryptographic key management, Secure Key Loaders (SKLs), Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI), and other COMSEC equipment and material.
• Experience supporting classified communications and maintaining rigorous COMSEC inventory, accountability, and documentation processes.
• Demonstrated experience preparing for and supporting COMSEC inspections, audits, and government or customer assessments.
• Strong understanding of physical, personnel, information, and communications security requirements as they relate to COMSEC operations.
• Ability to independently establish compliant processes, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a startup or rapidly evolving program environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances and accesses, including TS/SCI.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience standing up a COMSEC account from the ground up, including processes, documentation, inventory controls, and operational procedures.
• Experience supporting aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, aerospace vehicle, or advanced defense-system programs.
• Experience integrating COMSEC requirements into new system development, program architecture, and development-to-production or operational transitions.
• Experience supporting system integration, laboratory testing, flight testing, field operations, or operational deployments involving classified communications.
• Familiarity with tactical data links, including Link 16, MIDS, and JTIDS, and their associated cryptographic and key-management requirements.
• Experience developing and delivering COMSEC training for personnel handling COMSEC equipment, keying material, or classified communications.