Terrestrial COMSEC Network Engineer at CACI
Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA
$105,100–$231,100from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports an Intelligence Community customer's WAN, CAN, and LAN networks across multiple security domains, with a primary focus on COMSEC account management, cryptographic device operation and maintenance, and keying material safeguarding. The engineer manages Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI), coordinates COMSEC equipment installation and troubleshooting, and ensures compliance with national and international security standards. It suits an experienced network security professional with hands-on background in encryption hardware and cryptographic key management.
Senior level · 5+ years · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role's primary day-to-day work is COMSEC account management, cryptographic device configuration/maintenance, and keying material accountability — which sits between security analysis (15-1212) and network/systems administration (15-1244). The security-analysis framing (compliance, incident response, threat awareness) narrowly edges out the infrastructure-operations framing, hence 15-1212 as primary with 15-1244 as the runner-up.
The posting lists specific encryption device model families (General Dynamics KG175 series, L-3 KG245 series, Viasat KG250/KG255/KG142, and KIV-7M) under the required qualifications section. Each family is grouped into a single skill entry with model variants captured as alternatives.
KMI (Key Management Infrastructure) appears only under the 'Desired' section and is marked preferred accordingly.
The position is noted as contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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