This vacancy is for a Supervisory Computer Engineer (Director of Technology (Cybersecurity)) in the Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of the Under Secretary (OUS), Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) within the Department of Commerce. The incumbent will be responsible for managing a division staff consisting of more than 10 employees, including two Supervisory Deputy Directors to carry out the mission of the office and its associated responsibilities.

Duties

As a Supervisory Computer Engineer (Director of Technology (Cybersecurity)), you will perform the following duties: Serve as the Director of the Technology Advisory Division overseeing a division of cybersecurity engineers providing broad computer engineering and specialized cybersecurity expertise to the ICTS program. Instruct and develop ways to conduct hands-on bench testing of computer components and hardware devices. Direct technical evaluations conducted with partner agencies and evaluations of technical papers/technical data sheets. Lead the conduct of studies of telecommunications, computer engineering and science, information security and cybersecurity, and related technical data in terms of their potential for technology vulnerabilities and evaluate technical data to identify effective mitigation techniques and strategies. Design cybersecurity standards, e.g. hardware changes/new firewalls, changes to hardware or software configurations. Incorporate "Zero Trust" architecture practices in systems to constantly evaluate system components for abnormalities in performance. Identify and mediate controls or access of systems. Identify security risks in devices or systems and develop new parameters to mitigate these risks. Serve as the office liaison with industries on importation, acquisition or uses related to technology and services under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. Integrate U.S. industry's economic/regulatory concerns into the Department's regulations. Develop, revise, and write technical portions of agency guidelines that affect industries and other government agencies. Prepare technical analysis reports that evaluate the strategic applications of the technology and services in area of expertise. Present analysis to policy makers, replicate the concerns and describe those concerns from industry to the U.S. Government. Recommend courses of action to leadership and present the risks and limitations to any particular course of action. Direct the development of agency position papers and may personally author papers on select topics. Coordinate meetings of government and industry experts to solve issues and develop proposals for the inclusion or exclusion of specific technologies and services within the jurisdiction of Commerce. Participates in advisory meetings. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Computer Engineer (Director of Technology (Cybersecurity)), GS-0854-15, Full Performance Level (FPL) GS-15 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) (MUST PROVIDE TRANSCRIPTS) AND In addition to meeting the basic education requirement, candidates must also meet the additional specialized experience requirement. Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify at the GS-15 grade level, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Leading the development and formulation of policies and guidance on evaluating information systems practices in areas such as applications development, system integration, telecommunications, database management, security, and/or software engineering; Extending the application and practice of computer engineering parameters to cybersecurity, information security, or security standards guarding information for data flows, systems controls or systems accesses; Directing the evaluation of systems engineering principles and/or procedures to translate operational needs/requirements including but not limited to vulnerability analysis, direct and indirect access, and/or control of connected and interconnected devices/systems; and Developing and presenting technical policy analyses and recommendations on business/industry issues.

Education

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address Bureau of Industry and Security 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Maria Finn
• Email: [email protected]