IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)

IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Fort Meade, Maryland

Salary Range: $131841 - $180186 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is in the Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. It is being recruited under 10 U.S.C. 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system. Positions in the Cyber Excepted Service are positions necessary to carry out and support the mission of the United States Cyber Command. It is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. It is located in the DISA-RS921.

Major Duties:

• Uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs.) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of mitigating threats.
• Performs assessments of systems and networks identifies where those systems/networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy.
• Explores next generation security technology as part of an evolving technical design of the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) and its security components.
• Conducts all types of testing and provides technical support for large system tests.
• Provide educated recommendations on security technologies, service improvements, budgetary estimations, and similar activities.
• Skill in negotiating with co-workers, customers, management officials and vendor representatives to successfully identify and interpret customer security system requirements and to develop appropriate solutions.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing to provide specific information concerning systems issues with vendors, customers, and management.

Qualifications: In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below Basic Requirements: Applicants must demonstrate on their resume that they have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. - Attention to Detail - Customer Service - Oral Communication - Problem Solving Qualifying Experience: To qualify at the GG-13, your resume must describe at least one year of experience that demonstrates the competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Experience refers to any paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work and Military service, that would be considered equivalent to work normally performed at the next lower grade level in the federal service. For this position, qualifying experience is defined as: Experience in developing cyber defense trend analysis and reporting such as analyzing identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information or experience in cyber defense research, analysis, and correlations of source data sets (indications and warnings). Candidates must describe how they meet the qualifying experience and/or selective placement factor(s) within the body of their resume. All qualifications must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package. See required documents below. Your Resume Your resume MUST include the following information for each job listed: Job title; duties (be as detailed as possible); month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); and full- time or part-time status (include hours worked per week). Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at USAJOBS. DO NOT include the following information: Classified or government sensitive information; Social Security Number; Photos of yourself; Personal information, such as age, sex, religious affiliation, etc.; or encrypted and digitally signed documents. Read more about what should I leave out of my resume? at USAJOBS. A complete Assessment Questionnaire Other required supporting documents: (SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS) Click 'Apply Online' to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application. Check application status by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Application Status, then More Information for this position. Return to an incomplete application by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-29