Information Technology Cybersecurity Specialist (Operating Systems)

Summary

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 located at Ft. Meade, MD.

Duties

• Conducts continuing analyses of the design and function of the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM),Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) Hunt Forward Operations (HFO) program cyber systems.
• Collaborates with Hunt Forward Operations (HFO) teams to conduct cyber incident mission response activities to ensure the teams make optimal use of IT infrastructure assets.
• Serves as a member of a Cyber Incident Response Team, providing Capability and Infrastructure planning, real-time operational support and technical advice and guidance.
• Monitors external data sources (cyber defense vendor sites, Computer Emergency Response Teams, Security Focus) to maintain currency of cyber defense threat conditions.
• Leverages IT expertise to assure that specialized and complex HFO architecture (servers, networks, and workstations) is organized into transportable kits for set-up at forward operating locations worldwide.
• Assists in assessing the impact of implementing and sustaining a dedicated cyber defense infrastructure.
• Coordinates with Cyber Defense Analysts to manage and administer the updating of rules and signatures (intrusion detection/protection systems, anti-virus, and content blacklists) for specialized cyber defense applications.
• Contributes substantively to all phases of the design/development, test/evaluation, integration/implementation, and post-implementation assessment of new cybersecurity capabilities.

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.

Required Documents

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• Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your
• Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted.
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• Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.
• As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1.
• Your resume: Cyber Excepted Service positions are not subject to the two-page resume limit.
• Your full resume will need to be uploaded to your USAJOBS profile using the document type 'Other Documents'.
• Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show
• You can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement.
• If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language.
• Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood.
• The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2.
• Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy.
• The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority.
• You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
• Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.