Job opening: IT Specialist (INFOSEC)
Salary: $82 764 - 107 590 per year
Published at: Mar 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Domestic Finance-Financial Institutions. As an IT Specialist (INFOSEC), you will support the Treasury Department's role as the Sector Risk Management Agency for Financial Services to strengthen the security and resilience of its critical infrastructure against both physical and cyber threats.
Duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-11. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
- The incumbent will represent US Treasury on White House/National Security Council (NSC) cyber-related groups and in a interagency partners (e.g., U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)) as assigned.
- Conduct risk assessment programs to identify areas of potential vulnerability in operating systems and interdependencies used throughout the financial services sector.
- Prioritize and schedule areas to be evaluated and develop assessment criteria.
- Analyze findings and develop long-range options for security systems that minimize risks, mitigates vulnerabilities, prevents cyber security incidents, and help insure systems reliability.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Specialized experience for the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, public or other private sectors. Specialized experience for this position is defined as proven proficiency and supportable (as evidenced in the resume) hands-on experience includes the following:
-Providing technical guidance on cybersecurity matters; AND
-Interpreting cybersecurity policy; AND
-Assisting with the development of risk assessment criteria to be used for identifying cyber security threats.
OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows:
- Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR
- 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
In addition to specialized experience, individuals 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.
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.
Contacts
- Address Domestic Finance-Financial Institutions
Administrative Resource Center
Parkersburg, WV 26101
US
- Name: Applicant Call Center
- Phone: 304-480-7300
- Email: [email protected]
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