Junior Media Destruction Technician

**Req ID**: 31214

**Summary**

**Junior Media Destruction Technician**

**Hyattsville, MD**

Articus Solutions, LLC is a certified ANC 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We provide world-class Engineering, Integrated Hardware, and Software, Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), Program and Project Management, Subject Matter Experts, Financial and Administrative Services, and Records Management Services. Articus has extensive experience supporting customers throughout the US and around the globe and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chenega Corporation.

Articus Solutions has an exciting opportunity for a **Junior Media Destruction Technician** to support the customer at its facility near Cheverly, MD. The media destruction program involves the sanitization and destruction of digital media which contains or is assumed to contain classified information. The digital media is in mixed form and includes, but is not limited to computers, laptops, servers, loose hard drives, USB drives, CDs, DVDs, smartphones, and other portable electronic devices.

**Responsibilities**

As a **Junior Media Destruction Tech** within our **Media Destruction** team, you will:

- Prepare electronic assets that have been retired for either recycling or destruction.
- Account for all media and devices received to ensure 100% disposal of memory components.
- Separate all memory components from devices. Memory components include, but are not limited to hard drives, memory modules, and board-mounted chips.
- Sanitize all memory components to National Security Administration (NSA) standards and NIST SP 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization.
- Separate incompatibles in hazardous materials, and ensure all hazardous materials are marked and stored properly in ventilated, dry, cool areas.
- Ensure all hazmat containers are adequately labeled and that all chemicals are stored in the appropriate containers.
- Sanitize FBI Net and FBI Unclassified printer, FBI Net computers, and Top Secret (TS) equipment before shipping to Field Offices, headquarters, and O-Conus locations daily.
- Build Pallets and check and process assets using FBI Internal systems.
- Ensure proper destruction of all memory components and media following NSA and NIST standards and guidelines.
- Ensure waste is separated into proper streams (plastics, metals, batteries, etc.) and routed to the correct place for recycling or disposal as appropriate.
- Coordinate with the FBI’s Property Turn-in (PTI) Team to ensure policies and procedures of the media destruction program are being met.
- Assist the FBI’s Media Destruction team in coordinating with the Security Division to ensure all sanitization and destruction processes are implemented according to FBI policy.
- Assist with FBI Field Office moves to include Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) spaces. This includes sanitizing computers, printers, and other media as well as properly destroying all memory components as required.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- High school diploma or GED equivalent required
- 1+ years of relevant work experience sanitizing IT equipment
- Hazardous material or dangerous goods training course required
- A+ certification required within 6 months of starting on contract
- Forklift and Hazmat training certification is required
- Must hold an active Top Secret clearance and be eligible for SCI access

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Ability to have some physical exertion, like long periods of standing, recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities, and recurring moving, lifting, and carrying of moderately heavy items.
- Proficient computer skills required.
- Knowledge of NSA, and NIST procedures for disposition of hardware required.
- Must adhere to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods regulations when handling hazardous materials.

**How you’ll grow**

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

**Benefits**

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

**Chenega MIOS’s culture**

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility