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Posted: April 3, 2026 (1 day ago)

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Cyber Capabilities Developer

U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

Department of the Army

Fresh

Location

Salary

$123,105 - $168,248

per year

Closes

April 6, 2026

GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves creating and improving cyber tools and software for the U.S.

Army's intelligence operations, including testing them and supporting their use in offensive and defensive cyber activities.

It suits someone with hands-on experience in programming and cybersecurity who enjoys working on team projects in a structured government environment.

A good fit would be a detail-oriented developer passionate about national security and capable of handling technical documentation and evaluations.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience in writing or modifying cyber capabilities, computer applications, or utility programs
  • Experience collaborating on developing and fielding offensive, defensive, or cyberspace operations
  • Ability to provide support for functional evaluations of cyberspace capabilities
  • Strong skills in testing code for software and systems quality and functionality
  • Proficiency in managing cyber capability development and fielding projects
  • Eligibility under specific federal employment authorities, such as veterans' preference or current DoD civilian status
  • U.S. citizenship and adherence to DCIPS regulations

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S.

Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the ST-IC-W0K0AA 780TH MI BDE OPS SPT ELEMENT.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 5-Point Veterans' Preference Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30% Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Prior Federal Service Employee Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized experience is defined as: writing or modifying new or existing cyber capabilities, computer applications, or specialized utility programs; collaborating with others in developing and fielding operations associated with offensive, defensive, or cyberspace; and providing support to functional evaluations of developed cyberspace capabilities.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GG/GS-11.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Major Duties:

  • Assist with writing capability documentation and user manuals.
  • Test code to assure both software and systems quality and functionality.
  • Manage cyber capability development and field projects.
  • Provide support to functional evaluations of developed offensive and defensive cyberspace capabilities.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/3/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/4/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DAST-26-12921491-DCIPS