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Information Technology Specialist (INFOSEC)

Salary Range $56,226.00 to $80,270.00

Duties: You will perform duties as an incident handler for USACE, ACE-IT for all computer incidents from discovery/detection, isolation, recovery/remediation, root cause analysis by following prescribed standard operating procedures. You will participate in assessing the success of attacks, analyzing and exploiting vulnerabilities using tools, processes, and techniques designed to provide fact-based analysis to other stakeholders in the vulnerability disclosure process.  Below are some of the duties you will:

• Monitor the Security Event and Incident Management (SEIM) and other enterprise tools for indications of a potential intrusion or violation
• Implement or recommend solutions for the isolation of the system(s) involved, oversee the eradication and recovery of the affected systems, and ensure the timely and accurate upward reporting.
• Identify the root-cause of incidents and recommend/implement the necessary changes to ensure enterprise correction of mis-configurations and vulnerabilities.
• Performs computer network defense (CND) incident triage, to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact.
• Research and recommend new tools, processes, and techniques to discover, mitigate, or correct vulnerabilities in support of stakeholders utilizing enterprise, defense-in-depth risk management.

Qualifications:

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.

To qualify at the GS-09 grade level:

You may qualify based on specialized experience, education OR a combination of education and experience. 

To qualify based on experience, you must possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-07 level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service performing at least 2 out of the 3 following duties: Specialized Experience is defined as:

• Reviewing IT security threats for indication of potential intrusion OR
• Performing Cyber forensic analysis, digital evidence preservation, and application vulnerabilities and exploitation OR
• Monitoring security events and intrusion logs.

All experience areas shall additionally demonstrate each of the following competencies: 1) Attention to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Oral Communication 4) Problem Solving.

To qualify at the GS-11 grade level:

To qualify based on experience, you must possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service performing ALL of the following duties: Specialized Experience is defined as:

• Reviewing IT security threats for indication of potential intrusion AND
• Performing Cyber forensic analysis, digital evidence preservation, and application vulnerabilities and exploitation AND
• Monitoring security events and intrusion logs.

All experience areas shall additionally demonstrate each of the following competencies: 1) Attention to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Oral Communication 4) Problem Solving.