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IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC)

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

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$89,508 - $133,142

per year

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GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves safeguarding computer systems and data for the Defense Logistics Agency by monitoring security plans, conducting audits, and providing expert advice to leaders on protecting sensitive information.

It focuses on ensuring the safety and reliability of IT networks used in national defense.

A good fit would be someone with experience in cybersecurity who enjoys working on policy, risk analysis, and team collaboration in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 level in IT cybersecurity or related field
  • Ability to monitor cybersecurity plans, schedules, and assessments to fix deficiencies
  • Experience conducting security and audit policy reviews for information systems and networks
  • Skill in providing technical advice and recommendations on cybersecurity issues to senior executives
  • Knowledge of reviewing and inputting on cybersecurity planning, programming, and budgeting
  • Familiarity with protecting data integrity, confidentiality, and availability in automated systems
  • Participation in developing cybersecurity policies and assessing audit readiness programs

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below.

Site specific salary information as follows: Battle Creek, MI: $89,508 - $ 116,362 Columbus, OH: $93,400 - $121,422 Dayton, OH: $92,841- $120,696 Fort Belvoir, VA: $102,415- $133,142 New Cumberland, PA: $102,415- $133,142 Ogden, UT: $89,508 - $ 116,362 Philadelphia, PA: $98,630- $128,221 Richmond, VA: $93,499- $121,551 To qualify for a IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC), your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.

To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: - Monitors technical cybersecurity plans, schedules, and assessments to ensure correction of identified deficiencies.

- Participates in conducting security and audit policy reviews to assure the continual effectiveness and adequacy of the safeguards to information systems, networks, and websites.

- Provides cybersecurity technical advice, guidance, and controls recommendations to senior IT subject-matter experts, senior executives and managers on critical IT cybersecurity and audit readiness issues.

- Provides input to and/or reviews cybersecurity planning, programming, and budgeting documents to ensure that adequate funding is programmed to satisfy cybersecurity requirements.

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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

  • Protects the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of DLA data, automated information systems (including national security systems), and the supporting information technology (IT) infrastructure.
  • Participates with Federal, Department of Defense (DoD) and DLA cybersecurity elements in the development of cybersecurity policy and the assessment of DLA activities, cybersecurity, and audit readiness programs.
  • Performs work that involves ensuring the confidentiality of systems and data through the planning, risk-based analysis, development, implementation, maintenance and enhancement of information cybersecurity programs, policies, and procedures.
  • Performs technical and management level assessments, reviews, and oversight for all information system artifacts to include documentation relevant to approving information systems in support of the DLA SCA recommendations.
  • Develops approval recommendations, to include supporting rationales for all identified deficiencies for which the DLA SCA will accept.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/27/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/28/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DLAJ6-26-12923265-MP