This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need. Selectee(s) will receive a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service and may be required to serve a one-year probationary period. Who May Be Considered: U.S. Citizens View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Duties

Providing direction and guidance for a multi-functional, cyber operations team responsible for defending critical, U.S. information systems and technical assets. Serving as an expert on a team comprised of threat analysts, technical analysts, computer network defense analysts, incident response analysts, and incident managers. Managing cybersecurity defense activities, including the maintenance of indicators in intrusion detection and prevention systems. Manage cybersecurity defense activities including the evaluation of anomalous activity in network traffic, and the reporting of detected incidents and suspicious activity to relevant stakeholders. Leading incident response activities, including forensic collection of images and artifacts, analysis of resulting data, and development of remediation and mitigation recommendations. Providing senior leadership with situational awareness on priority cyber defense actions, and ensure that leaders are able to make informed decisions during critical events. Coordinating efforts with internal and external working-level partners, including internal peers with responsibilities inside their AOR, interagency partners, international partners, and partners in private industry. Providing briefings and serve as a SME both internal to the agency and to external stakeholders, as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-13 and GS-14 grade levels if you possess information technology related experience demonstrating each of the four required competencies: Attention to Detail: Is through when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service: Works with clients and customers 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 to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; 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 judgement to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. GS-13: In addition to the above requirement you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level performing the following duties: 1) planning and implementing cyber operations related to areas that may need support; 2) managing cyber incidents and cyber incident responses of organization significance; and 3) utilizing cyber intrusion detection technologies (i.e. intrusion detection systems (IDS)/ Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) tools and applications to identify intrusions. GS-14: In addition to the above requirement you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level performing the following duties: 1) evaluating cyber operations to determine areas that need support; 2) developing crisis action plans for cybersecurity operations; 3) analyzing cyber threats and vulnerabilities; and 4) managing Network security applications, devices and software such as, encryption, firewalls, demilitarized zones, etc. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

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.

Contacts

• Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 1616 N. Fort Myer Dr. CISA-FMD Stop 0380 Arlington, VA 20598-0380 US
• Name: Buffy Anderson
• Phone: 202-304-2894
• Email: [email protected]