Information Technology Specialist (INFOSEC)

This position is located in Washington, D.C. within the Insurance Systems Branch. The ideal candidate would have experience supporting a Federal Government IT Program with cybersecurity monitoring and compliance to ensure that the systems are complaint and can maintain and authority to operate.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as an Information Technology Specialist. The primary purpose of this position is to perform work that utilizes expert knowledge of advanced IT principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices sufficient to serve as principal staff advisor on all matters relating to the vulnerabilities and threats to computer systems. This work requires a thorough understanding of complex hardware and software safeguards in order to ensure the protection of information technology systems, e.g. personal computers, Local Area Networks, etc. Expert knowledge is required of long-range mission, objectives, and management plans to serve as the technical expert on issues of interface and overlap between proposed applications and existing systems, new projects proposed or underway, consistent with FEMA's network architecture and available resources. Typical assignments include: Serving as a project manager in developing long-range plans for Information Technology (IT) security systems. Develop security countermeasures to minimize system vulnerabilities. Implement training and education to ensure the team is versed in IT security requirements. Coordinate technical vulnerability testing and network assessments to counter attempts. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for a Computer Clearance as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations. 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. Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below. Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. Selective Service registration required. Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.