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Duties

You will conduct cyber threat hunting to detect, assess, report and help resolve cyber threats. You will identify U.S. government and organizational (DON/NCIS) intelligence requirements to focus collection and analytical activities. You will search for threats and potential/actual intrusions using the full range of cyber threat hunting tools and techniques. You will conduct in-depth investigations of any anomalies and irregularities to find the root cause of an incident and takes swift action including adversary tracking and incident reporting and response. You will collect relevant intelligence and network data and conducts cyber analysis to inform the decision-making process. You will provide expert level advice on ways and means to systematically increase denial and deterrence and reduce threats and vulnerabilities. You will recommend and, as authorized, implements effective responses to defeat the threat and reduce vulnerability; this includes development of improvements in threat identification and in-depth analysis/reporting. You will identify new information technologies and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) that hold promise to improve efficiency and effectiveness in cyber defense of NCIS LE and CI investigations/operations. You will brief Division/Directorate officials on key cyber defense issues including the threat landscape or critical NCIS systemic vulnerabilities and recommended or implemented cybersecurity responses.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This position is covered under the DoD Information Assurance Workforce Improvement act. The incumbent must obtain Information Assurance Technology (IAT) Level III certification within 6 months of appointment and maintain such certification.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with digital media evidence preservation and seizure, computer forensics examinations evidence. Experience with internet-enabled threat environments, open-source tools, and current implementation of threat technologies in order to devise collection strategies and proactive counterintelligence activities to pursue access and exploitation of targets of interest. Experience conducting open source research using periphery sources to identify, enumerate, and target persons of interest related to network exploitation, to include through social networking sites, blogs, Internet, mapping tools, etc. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210 (Alternative A) (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NCIS 27130 Telegraph Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]