IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (NETWORK/INFOSEC)

This position is being recruited under 10 USC 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. It has been identified as a position necessary to carry out and support the mission of the US Cyber Command. It is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. It is located in the DISA EC/EC1.

IS Security Certification: Evaluating IS security features against requirements. Includes developing certification and accreditation plans/procedures, documenting deficiencies, reporting corrective actions, and recommending security improvements.

Network and System Admin: Monitors network systems/servers to ensure service availability. Troubleshoots hardware, software, phone, and security system malfunctions to resolve operational issues and rapidly restore services.

Perform touch-labor support (e.g., port configuration, port security lockouts, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) reservations, encryptor setups) and troubleshoot physical links/outages.

Configure, set up, and maintain communications security (COMSEC) equipment and encryptor configurations to ensure secure data communications across classified and unclassified networks.

IT Program Management: Coordinated management and oversight of multiple IT projects. Integrates dependent schedules, deliverables, and related activities to ensure alignment and program-wide success.

Requirements Management: Identifies, analyzes, specifies, and manages functional/infrastructure requirements. Translates functional needs into technical designs and presents alternative technologies or approaches.

GG-11 Substitution of Education for Experience: Three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree may be substituted to meet the qualifying experience requirement. . If you are using education to substitute for the qualifying experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply. There is no substitution of education for the qualifying experience at the GG-12 grade level. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education . Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services at the time of application. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services .