IT Specialist

**Duties**:

- Serve as IT Specialist (INFOSEC) responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of agency-wide systems, networks, and data.
- Develop and implement security programs, policies, and procedures to ensure the security, reliability, accessibility of information systems, networks, and data
- Furnish technical advice and direction to the Branch, Branch Chief as well as ENS staff with responsibility for enterprise-wide information systems security design, development, strategic planning, and IT project management.
- Participate in the development of plans, policies, standards and programs in the areas of IT related to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) standards, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) standards.
- Advise agency management on actual or potential information system security problems and new Departmental or Federal requirements or directions.
- Plan and coordinate major agency IT enterprise-wide information systems (INFOSEC) security development efforts,
- Plan and develop long-range objectives and milestones for IT projects that involve substantive, mission-oriented programs, such as projects and/or changes to IT infrastructure to meet an agency's modified business processes.
- Develop IT security policy, guidelines, and standards for the planning, integration, implementation, and evaluation of IT security systems and subsystems to ensure that overall information security needs of major organizational units are met

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- You must be a US Citizen or US National
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.

**Qualifications**:

- Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.**Specialized Experience**:
Qualifying experience for GS-14 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-13 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position,
- have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service that included:

- Providing situational awareness to both management and customers through regular reporting about security risks to the WAN;
- Developing long range plans for IT security systems that anticipate, mitigate, and minimize risks associated with IT systems;
- Ensuring information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices are applied in the delivery of systems administration services;
- Evaluating risks associated with IT system vulnerabilities and applies advanced statistical data and market trends from which to interpret meaning and evaluate findings..

There is no education substitute for qualification.**IT Competencies**:
Individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.
- 1.
- **Attention to Detail**-Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
- 2.
- **Customer Service**-Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
- 3.
- **Oral Communication**-Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- 4.
- **Problem Solving**-Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
- (Note: This experience must be demonstrated on your resume/supporting documents).
- 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer exper