About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is with the 7th Signal Command, 106th Signal Brigade, Command Section located at FORT CARSON, COLORADO.

Duties

Coordinates, compiles, and maintains Assessment and Authorization documentation to accompany the installation request for accreditation from the appropriate accreditation authority within the agency requirements and time frames. Works closely with Configuration and Change Management (CCM), Business Continuity, and Cybersecurity Teams to coordinate and document changes that affect Assessment and Authorization documentation packages. Provides Cybersecurity analytical, technical, and documentation support of Department of Defense (DoD) Risk Management Framework (RMF) for unclassified and classified networks. Responsible for ensuring adherence to higher authority cybersecurity standards, policies, and objectives as defined in Army and other DoD related policies. Evaluates, monitors, and ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures. Ensures ISSMs, ISSOs, systems users, and network users are properly indoctrinated as to their duties and responsibilities to ensure Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of official Government information and systems. Ensures implementation of sound security principles and the rigorous application of information security (IS)/cybersecurity policies and practices in the delivery of IT services.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Incumbent is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoD Manual 8140.03 Cyberspace Workforce Management, 15 February 2023.
• Must obtain and maintain a SECRET Clearance, Investigation T3. This position is designated as ADP level II.
• TDY up to 20% may be required.
• Incumbent is required to obtain Foundational Qualification at Intermediate level within 6 months of assignment to this position as determined by 8140.03.
• Overtime an on-call duty may be required on short notice to include nights, holidays, and weekends in support of related mission requirements.
• Required to perform 24 X 7 shift work in support of operational IT related mission/after duty hours on call/emergency requirements.

Qualifications

This position is in the Professional Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee, Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee, Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions, Current Department of Army Civilian Employees, Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army), Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions, and Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one-year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by: Evaluating, implementing, and disseminating IT security tools and procedures sufficient to develop, implement, and coordinate activities designed to ensure, protect, and restore IT systems, services, and capabilities; analyzing and evaluating cybersecurity tools and procedures and provide advice and guidance on implementing cybersecurity policy, procedures, and systems to ensure they are in compliance with standards; Isolating and analyzing relevant data to conduct analyses of complex issues. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: (1) Attention to Detail Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include completing thorough and accurate work independently, even in the most difficult or stressful situations; occasionally reviewing work completed by others. (2) 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. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include resolving routine and non-routine problems, questions, or complaints; developing and maintaining strong, mutually supportive working relationships with customers; conducting evaluation of support to determine quality of services and customer satisfaction, and recommending procedural changes based on customer need or changes in policy and/or regulation. (3) 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. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include convincingly conveying complex information to customers; presenting thoughts that are well-organized and demonstrating confidence in the facts and ideas; adjusting style when working with individuals with different levels of understanding; using various methods to explain and convey information; and (4) Problem Solving Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: solving complex or sensitive problems by developing and proposing strategic alternatives; identifying possible conflicts and shared benefits; helping team anticipate problems and identifying and evaluating potential sources of information; providing feedback and coaching to others to help solve problems; engaging appropriate stakeholders when developing solutions in order to understand and incorporate multiple perspectives and needs; evaluating the effectiveness of decisions and adjusting future decisions as appropriate.

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 KB-W6S2AA USA SIG NTWK ENT CTR FT CARSON DO NOT MAIL Fort Carson, CO 80913 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk