IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)

Summary

You will serve as an IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC) in the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, JOINT MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER of US FLEET CYBER COMMAND. This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

Duties

• •You will serve as a senior technical authority and Information Technology Specialist responsible for the strategic management and enterprise-level orchestration of virtualized combat power environments.
• •You will be responsible for the cybersecurity of a program, organization, system, platform, or enclave.
• •You will serve as the primary technical authority and subject matter expert (SME) for lifecycle management, defensive architecture, and configuration of high-value control systems and enterprise-level infrastructure.
• •You will be responsible for devices, equipment, and system-level cybersecurity configuration and day-to-day security operations of control systems.
• •You will continuously validate the organization against policies, guidelines, procedures, regulations and laws to ensure compliance.
• •You will participate in risk assessment and authorization per risk management framework processes.
• •You will serve as the primary cybersecurity analyst for all Joint Mission Operations Center platforms.

Qualifications

Applicants must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies or knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience is typically in or directly relates to the work of the position to be filled. You must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below: 1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Examples of experience demonstrating this competency include: Applying advanced analytical concepts, cybersecurity principles, and operational doctrines to resolve multi-faceted challenges within the cyberspace domain. 2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Experience demonstrating this competency include: Collaborating with cybersecurity professionals to implement cybersecurity into designs to meet specific operational needs and environmental factors. 3. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Examples of experience demonstrating this competency include: Providing accurate and relevant information on complex problems, which will require the explanation and interpretation of facts, as well as the discussion of inferences, to gain concurrence, ensure mission alignment, and persuade decision-makers to action through expert-level technical justification. 4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Examples of experience demonstrating this competency include: Protecting all platforms from malicious activities. In addition to my experience demonstrating the four competencies above, I have qualifying experience such as: -Experience analyzing network traffic and logs, including data from taps and host activity to detect, and respond to anomalous and malicious activities on a network. -Experience integrating and leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to automate the analysis of large-scale data sets for advanced threat detection and mitigation. -Experience synthesizing real-world intelligence with internal network log data to proactively identify, assess, and counter potential insider threats to an organization's security posture. -Experience utilizing baseline normal network and user activity to distinguish between anomalous and malicious activity. -Experience proactively optimizing and fine-tuning security monitoring platforms, detection rules, and alerting logic to reduce false positives, improving the fidelity of threat identification, and adapting to evolving adversary tactics. This position is within the Work Category PROFESSIONAL at Work Level SENIOR, Series and Grade GG-2210-13. Additional qualifications information can be found from the following Department of Defense website: https://dodcio.defense.gov/Cyber-Workforce/CES.aspx 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.