Who May Be Considered: Internal to an agency - Current Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Federal civilian employees Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) View common definitions of terms found in this announcement. This position is in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA), Infrastructure Security Division (ISD), Infrastructure Assessments and Analysis (IAA).

Duties

Joining CISA means being part of the team focused on securing the Nation's physical and cyber infrastructure against threats to public health and safety, economy, and national security; we Defend Today, Secure Tomorrow. Within CISA, the Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) focuses on protecting critical infrastructure from all hazards by managing risk and enhancing resilience through collaboration with the critical infrastructure community, which includes private sector owners, operators, and employees; state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) officials; and other federal agencies. Visit www.cisa.gov to learn more about CISA and how you can be part of the team to Defend Today; Secure Tomorrow. The professional selected for this role serves as the IT Supervisory Cybersecurity Specialist for IAA's Mission Systems Branch. They will be tasked with directing, supervising, and coordinating the work of subordinate personnel engaged in conducting assessments of threats and vulneratibities of systems and networks. Typical work assignments include: Leading a team of Federal and contract staff accomplishing the work of the unit and participating in complex work projects and assignments; Analyzing the organization's cyber defense policies and configurations and evaluate compliance with regulations and organizational directives; Ensuring appropriate treatment of risk,compliance, and assurance from internal and external perspectives; Managing and approving Accreditation Packages (e.g., ISO/IEC 15026-2); Ensuring that acquired or developed system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with organization's cybersecurity architecture guidelines; Providing input to the Risk Management Framework process activities and related documentation (e.g., system life-cycle support plans, concept of operations, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials); Providing support and assistance to CISA emergency operations, continuity of operations (COOP), and disaster recovery (DR) initiatives to include maintaining access to Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF); Preparing a wide variety of authoritative reports, findings, guidance, recommendations, and briefing content, parameters, development, deployment, access, and use by private sector stakeholders.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic Requirements AND Specialized Experience requirements as noted below. You may be considered for GS-2210 Series if you possess information technology related experience demonstrating each of the four required competencies: 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. AND Specialized Experience for GS-14: You may qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level performing the following duties: Evaluating the effectiveness of national security policies and programs relevant to the ISD mission; Conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems and in reviewing logs to identify evidence of past intrusions; Assessing security controls based on cybersecurity principles and tenets. (e.g., CIS CSC, NIST SP 800-53, Cybersecurity Framework, etc.); Identifying cyber threats and vulnerabilities and highly skilled in specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses; Preparing reports that identify technical and procedural findings, and provide recommended remediation strategies/solutions. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. 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. 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 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. REQUIRED SF 50s: Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action which shows the grade, step, tenure code "1" (Career) or "2" (Career-Conditional), and type of position occupied. If applying for a higher grade, provide a SF-50 which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade or promotion potential held (examples of appropriate SF-50s include appointment/conversion, with-in grade/range increases and promotion actions). ** NOTE: Annual Pay adjustments and awards are NOT acceptable SF50s.** 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.

Contacts

• Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 1616 Fort Myer Dr. Arlington, VA 22209 US
• Name: Rafael Abreu
• Email: [email protected]