Job opening: Supervisory Information Technology Specialist
Salary: $163 964 - 202 609 per year
Published at: Oct 01 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.
Duties
This Supervisory Information Technology Specialist position is located Enterprise Support (ES), Information Technology (IT), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:
Oversees risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risks, and protection needs. Promotes awareness of security issues among management and ensure sound security principles are reflected in organizations' visions and goals.
Serves as technical expert and liaison to TSA leadership to explain incident details as required. Writes and publishes cyber defense recommendations, reports, and white papers on incident findings to appropriate constituencies.
Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in directing work of subordinate staff. Coordinates and evaluates subordinates' work to assure balanced workload and timely responses to assigned actions.
Promotes awareness of cyber policy and strategy as appropriate among management and ensure sound principles are reflected in the organization's mission, vision, and goals. Lead and integrate solutions to improve the maturation of the cyber security program.
Partners with customers and stakeholders on strategic recruitment incentives to improve CSD's ability to attract and recruit highly qualified and diverse workforce.
Note: The duties are at the full SV-K Band performance level and the SV- K Band is the developmental grade level leading to such performance.
Supervisory/Managerial duties includes serving as a first line supervisor for the organization. This includes but is not limited to: assigning work, setting priorities, and reviewing and evaluating work and performance of subordinates; approving leave; coaching and developing employees; recommending corrective or disciplinary actions; assisting in budget planning and projecting short-term needs; managing projects within assigned resources; resolving routine problems that typically impact the objectives of the organizational unit; and when required, coordinating with customers outside the immediate organization.
Qualifications
To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J or GS-14 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialize experience is defined as:
Developing and executing cybersecurity program planning and performance management including budget development and forecasting.
Experience managing a program and working with stakeholders to work towards a common goal and supporting strategic goals and objectives for the cybersecurity organization.
Managing and/or conducting cybersecurity intrusion detection and response through 24x7 operations in support of an enterprise (greater than 5,000 assets/devices) following the NIST incident response lifecycle (Preparation; Detection and analysis; Containment, eradication, and recovery; Post-incident activity).
Developing and executing a cybersecurity framework (ISO, NIST 800-37, etc) for an enterprise organization that includes comprehensive security control assessments, risk analysis, and reporting that supports executive decision-making processes regarding authorization, risk mitigation and acceptance.
Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.
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.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
Resumes must include the following:
Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience.
State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week.
Performance level (i.e. band or grade)
Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged.
You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Contacts
- Address ES - Information Technology
6595 Springfield Center Dr
Springfield, VA 22150
US
- Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
- Email: [email protected]
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