IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC) WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE
Company: Department of Homeland Security
Location: Arlington
Posted on: October 30, 2024
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Job Description:
Duties Typical work assignments include, but are not limited to:
* Publishes after action reviews and presents technical information
to nontechnical audiences. * Provides assistance in guiding
exercise design and delivery, including control or facilitation of
routine exercises. * Plans and executes discussion and
operations-based exercises, including seminars; workshop; games;
drills; tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises. * Applies
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation program principles in the
planning and conduct of cybersecurity exercises related to the
security and resilience of critical infrastructure. * Raises
awareness and improves coordination with federal, SLTT, private
sector, and international partners on gaps in cyber management
practices and recommended process improvements. Requirements
Conditions of Employment * You must be a U.S. citizen. * Selective
Service - Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt
from Selective Service see http://www.sss.gov/ * All Federal
employees are required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic
Funds Transfer for salary payments. * DHS uses e-Verify, an
Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly
hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about
E-Verify , including your rights and responsibilities. * You must
be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance suitable for
Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as
well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of
drugs. * Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade
requirements. * You will continue to serve the remainder of the
one-year probationary period, if required. * This position may be
designated as essential personnel. Essential personnel must be able
to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to
declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to
weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding.
Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in
disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws,
rules, and regulations (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR Part 752, as
applicable). * This position has been identified as a drug testing
designated position (TDP) for purposes of the CISA's Drug-Free
Workplace Program. All applicants tentatively selected for this
position will be required to submit to a drug test to screen for
illicit/illegal drug use prior to receiving a final offer of
employment. A final offer of employment is contingent upon a
negative drug test result. After appointment, you may be subject to
periodic random drug testing. Qualifications Do NOT copy and paste
the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment
questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will
not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this
position. Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic
Requirements AND Minimum Qualification requirements as listed
below. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Experience: Experience must be IT
related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid
experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for
example, IT certification), as appropriate GS-5 through GS-15 (or
equivalent): For all positions individuals must have IT-related
experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed
below. The employing agency is responsible for identifying the
specific level of proficiency required for each competency at each
grade level based on the requirements of the position being filled.
* Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and
conscientious about attending to detail. * 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. * 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. * Problem Solving -
Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of
information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate
alternatives, and to make recommendations. You qualify for the
GS-13 grade level, if you have: EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year
of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent)
performing the following duties: * Contributes to the
organization's efforts to build national capacity and capabilities
to enhance the security and resilience of critical infrastructure
through the planning and conduct of exercise programs in accordance
with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
* Leads diverse, multidisciplinary intra- and interagency groups to
design, develop and deliver cybersecurity exercises. * Raises
awareness and improves coordination with federal, SLTT, private
sector, and international partners. Time-in-Grade Requirements:
Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is
currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a
General Schedule (GS) position under a non-temporary appointment in
the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade
requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the
grade for which you are applying). Time After Competitive
Appointment: By the closing date specified in this job
announcement, current Federal civilian employees must wait at least
90 days after their latest non-temporary appointment from a
competitive service referral certificate before promotion,
transfer, reinstatement, reassignment, or detail. All qualification
requirements, including Time-in-Grade, must be met by the closing
date of this announcement. Qualification AND Time-in-Grade claims
will be subject to verification. Education Some federal jobs allow
you to substitute your education for the required experience in
order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification
requirement using experience alone-- no substitution of education
for experience is permitted . Additional information * Other
incentives may be authorized. * If you receive a conditional offer
of employment for this position, you may be required to complete an
Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment , and to sign
and certify the accuracy of all information in your application,
prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the
application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment,
dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. * This job
opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
* Management (OPM) website at: Salaries & Wages . Reasonable
Accommodation Requests: This agency provides reasonable
accommodation to otherwise qualified applicants and employees with
a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended, unless to do so would create an undue hardship to the
agency (29 CFR 1614.203 (2017)). If you need a reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process,
contact the CISA Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and
Accessibility (OEDIA) by sending an email to with the subject line,
Reasonable Accommodation Request @ CISA. In the email itself, you
must include your name, vacancy announcement number(s), and state
your intent to seek a reasonable accommodation. Decisions on
requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case
basis. For more information or inquiries, please contact the CISA
Reasonable Accommodation Program at . Current or Former Political
Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize
employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a
political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential
Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this
information to the Human Resources Office. How You Will Be
Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you
meet the qualifications above. Your qualifications will be
evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume,
supporting documents) and the responses you provide on the
application questionnaire. You will be assessed on the following
competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other
characteristics): * Cybersecurity
* Exercise Design, Planning, and Facilitation
* Oral and Written Communication
* Program Management
* Writing Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your
application materials or application questionnaire may result in
your removal from consideration. For Competitive Merit Promotion
Applicants: The highest rated candidates will be referred to the
hiring agency. For Non-competitive Appointment Eligibles: All
qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring agency. Career
Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) Eligibles: This program
applies to Federal service employees whose positions have been
deemed surplus or no longer needed, or employees who have been
involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the
competitive service. To receive selection priority for this
position, you must: 1) meet eligibility criteria for CTAP; 2) be
rated in the well-qualified category for this vacancy with a score
of 85 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate docum
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