The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recruiting professionals to support a range of executive and senior executive roles across the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). All positions are in the DHS Cybersecurity Service.

Duties

The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is responsible for implementing the programs necessary to align DHS's Information Technology (IT) personnel, resources, and assets. This includes all systems and infrastructure that support Department-wide missions and activities. OCIO provides DHS and its components with the IT services required to lead a unified DHS effort to prevent and deter terrorist attacks. OCIO leads this effort while providing trusted information when and where needed. As a Cybersecurity Executive or Senior Cybersecurity Executive in the DHS Cybersecurity Service, you will lead and oversee multifaceted aspects of OCIO's mission, programs, and personnel. You will apply your technical executive leadership expertise to: Ensure day-to-day operational synchronicity within OCIO to implement and manage programs necessary to align OCIO's IT personnel, resources and assets or detect and evict adversaries from U.S. networks. Provide strategic oversight for developing, exercising, and coordinating execution of OCIO operational plans, including supporting the development of the DHS Information Technology Strategic Plan. Formulate programs, priorities, and policies supporting the Directorate's objectives. Guide leaders and teams within and across OCIO to meet operational compliance requirements, steward agency finances, and effectively manage, reduce, and mitigate increasing cybersecurity risks. Drive progress toward a safe, secure, resilient technology ecosystem. Oversee subordinate managers leading large growing teams in dynamic environments working to reduce the prevalence of vulnerabilities and exploitable conditions that are most likely to be used by malicious actors to achieve their goals. Advise senior DHS leaders with decision-making related to a variety of information technology priorities. Oversee the development, implementation, and management of OCIO policy, standards, and guidance in accordance with federal laws, regulations, and DHS Directives. Manage operational partnerships with Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal government partners, international, and industry stakeholders, integrating requisite operational capabilities, resources, and processes for meeting specific mission needs and expand DHS' cybersecurity capabilities, technical products and guidance. Serve as a Directorate representative in Congressional hearings, meetings with senior officials, legislators of state and local governments, and senior executives in the public and private sectors. Incorporate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles and adhere to equal opportunity compliance in the outreach, recruitment, hiring, development, awards and recognition, and management of the workforce. Determine scope of change needed to maintain security authentication technology for appropriateness and compliance to allow for a secure and trusted computing environment. Ensure Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) compliance for the Office. Controls allocation of resources for the integration of security programs across disciplines. Lead the evaluation of the agency mission, goals, and plans to develop an IT architecture plan for DHS. Develop long-range plans identifying and evaluating new information technologies to improve productivity, reliability, and resource utilization for information systems, modifying organizational structure(s) accordingly to coincide and accommodate IT infrastructure support goals and objectives.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or national.
• You must be 18 years of age.
• Must be registered for the Selective Service (if you are a male).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance
• Must be able to submit to a drug test and receive a negative result.
• Must be able to comply with ethics and standards of conduct requirements, including completing any applicable financial disclosure.
• May be required to serve a 3 year probationary period.

Qualifications

These opportunities are in the Executive Track. DHS Cybersecurity Service employees start at career levels and salaries matching their experience and expertise. Cybersecurity Executives and Senior Cybersecurity Executives generally have 15 + years of cybersecurity work experience and 5+ years of leadership experience and are either: Capable of serving as an executive-level cybersecurity manager who serves as a Component senior functional authority--or DHS-wide leader--and oversees multiple, highly visible Component or DHS cybersecurity programs; or Capable of serving as a seasoned cybersecurity executive who serves as a DHS-wide cybersecurity leader overseeing expansive, national cybersecurity programs, and multiple multi-level organizations as direct reports to presidential appointees DHS Cybersecurity Service employees start at career levels and salaries matching their experience and expertise. In recruiting for this opportunity, DHS may hire employees at higher or lower career levels and associated salaries. To learn more about DHS Cybersecurity Service career tracks and levels, visit our application portal.

Education

Degrees are not required for jobs in the DHS Cybersecurity Service, but DHS is interested in your level of education and the topics you studied. As you submit initial application information, you will be asked questions about your education.

Contacts

• Address Cybersecurity Talent Management System 245 Murray Lane SW Washington, DC 20528 US
• Name: DHS Cybersecurity Service Talent Team
• Email: [email protected]