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

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• 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.
  
  

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• This is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code 511/541, proficiency level ADVANCED the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Department of Navy policies.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• You must successfully complete a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph with No Deception Indicated (NDI).
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
  
  

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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

The Cyber Interagency Transfer Authority (CITA) permits movement of CES employees appointed under Section 1599f of Title 10 U.S.C. and excepted service employees appointed under Schedule A, Section 213.3106(b)(11) of Title 5 CFR, info cyber workforce positions in the competitive service and movement of competitive service employees into DoD Cyber Workforce positions within the Military Departments and Defense Agencies.

In accordance with DoDI 1400.25, Volume 3005, Section 3.15, all employees newly appointed to a CES position will serve a 3-year probationary period. Permanent and term employees currently serving in a probationary period in the competitive service or a probationary or trial period in the excepted service will complete the period as prescribed in their original conditions of employment in the new CES position if they transfer without a break in service or are promoted, demoted, or reassigned to a CES position.

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

The incumbent may be required to perform duties as part of a watch officer team. Required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. Must be able to support 24/7 surge operations in a time of crisis, in support of contingencies as directed, and Tier 1-level exercises in support of Commanders mission requirements.

This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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