Summary

This position serves as an Information Technology (IT) Cyber Security Specialist for the Hosted Infrastructure Division, Infrastructure Management Office, Deputy CIO for Enterprise Infrastructure, and Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT/EI/IM/HI).

Duties

• Serves as the data center and cloud SME for information and cybersecurity compliance, develops SOPs, and operational policies to ensure performance parameters, and policy guidance are implemented.
• Collaborates with managers and staff to support security compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and provides oversight of the organization's implementation of the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Advises management and staff of changes in cyber security systems policies and procedures, and works closely with Hosted Infrastructure (HI) project teams to implement security management enhancements.
• Serves as liaison between project teams and Department stakeholders that include the IT Change Control Board (CCB) to provide authoritative guidance regarding the configuration management process.
• Represents Division in deliberations with IT CCB voting members, and provides expert advice to senior management concerning vital cybersecurity problems and issues.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/

1. Attention to Detail - Demonstrated by assignments where the applicant provided leadership in the analysis of information technology security processes to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiencies, initiated the review and improvement of work methods or organizational features, and ensured that all assigned projects and personnel were managed according to established management principles.
2. Customer Service - Provides expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues, collaborating with stakeholders to identify needed support and outlining the parameters and characteristics of technology solutions and/or services to be used.
3. Oral Communication - Ability to communicate complex technical requirements to non-technical personnel and prepare and present briefings to senior management officials on complex/controversial issues, e.g. identifying and reporting on complex and/or emerging cybersecurity threats, trends, risk analysis, and offering solutions.
4. Problem Solving - Ability to make decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important agency IT policies or programs and apply new developments to previously unsolvable problems; conceptualizes, manages and coordinates major enterprise-wide IT projects, and evaluates sources of information to reduce the organization's risks.

• Experience with risk lifecycle management processes to conduct studies and development methods to improve an organization's risk.
• Experience configuring and utilizing an IT security tool to identify vulnerabilities.
• Experience conducting risk studies to improve an organization's risk.
• Experience utilizing an IT security tool to identify vulnerabilities.

• For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov.
• If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

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1. Qualified - In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must demonstrate a basic level of the required competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) for the position.
2. Well Qualified - In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must demonstrate proficiency in some but not all of the required competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) for the position.
3. Highly Qualified - In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, applicants must fully demonstrate proficiency in all of the required competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) for the position.

• Knowledge of cyber-IT theories, concepts, principles, methods and standards as required to develop and interpret policies, procedures and strategies governing planning.
• Knowledge of information security and configuration management systems and applications necessary to provide authoritative technical advice, guidance and recommendations to senior Division.
• Knowledge of the interrelationships of multiple IT disciplines, new IT developments and applications and emerging technologies and their applications to business processes.
• Skill needed to apply new IT security developments to previously unsolvable problems in reach decisions on Bureau and Department information assurance policies and programs.
• Ability to effectively utilize IT security concepts, standards and methods, as well as predictive and agile project management principles, methods and practices, to develop required plans.