IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (APPSW/INFOSEC)

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Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume.

Please be sure to clearly describe the full scope of your work experiences in your resume.

Basic Requirement: Applicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating the following competencies appropriate to, or above, the level of this position.

Your resume and work experience should clearly support your ability to meet these competencies and will be evaluated as part of the entire application process.

Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

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.

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.

Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

In addition to the Basic Competency Requirements listed above, one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-12 in the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as: providing technical information technology (IT) expertise for cybersecurity audits, and/or for financial system audits, on automated information systems; assisting with identifying, implementing, testing and remediating technical IT security requirements for assigned technologies and environments; participating in system requirement reviews and testing.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in Federal Service.

** The effective date of your SF-50 must reflect that you will meet the 52-week time in grade requirement within 30 days of the announcement closing.

** You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

We may use this announcement to make a temporary promotion. For some positions, the temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition.

We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 120 days of the closing date. Major Duties:

• Analyzes functional and technical requirements of proposed or existing IT systems to determine avenues of development or modification necessary to meet mission objectives.
• Participates in system requirement reviews and coordinates with customer/functional representatives and other technical personnel to clarify requirements.
• Reviews system change/programming specifications, and specifies programming instruction, inputs and outputs, structures, and other analytical products to document the functional and technical requirements.
• Prepares and executes tests for system or subsystem software validation.
• Analyzes causes of failures of identify and implement preventative measures.
• Leads a team of testers to execute system test plans verifying system changes are accurate and functional.