IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC) (Recent Graduate)

Full Job Description

The SSA Recent Graduates Program provides Recent Graduates with entry-level developmental experience and is designed to lead to a career in the Federal government.

Program participant(s) are placed in excepted service appointments, not-to-exceed 1 year. Note: This position is being filled on a full-time basis. This is a 1-year developmental program.

After successful completion of the program, you may be non-competitively converted to a term (not to exceed 1-4 years) or permanent appointment.

To be considered for selection, you must be eligible for the Recent Graduate Program AND meet the qualifications specified for the posted position.

Recent Graduate Program Eligibility To qualify for appointment to the Recent Graduates Program, you must have completed all requirements of an academic course of study leading to an associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational, or technical degree or qualifying certificate program from an accredited educational institution.

Your graduation (degree conferred) date must be within the 2 years preceding your application to this announcement.

Note: See Required Documents section to ensure you provide the correct documentation to prove your Recent Graduates Program eligibility.

Preference-eligible veterans who, due to military service obligations, were precluded from applying to the Program during any portion of the 2-year eligibility period are entitled to a full 2-year period of eligibility upon release or discharge from active duty.

In no event, however, may the eligibility period extend beyond 6 years from the date on which the preference eligible veteran completed the requirements of an academic course of study, when a qualifying degree or certificate was conferred.

Note: See Required Documents section to ensure you provide the correct documentation to prove your Recent Graduates Program and preference eligibility.

Qualifications You must also meet the below qualifications for the posted position(s) by the closing date of this announcement, 04/27/2026.

To qualify for the 2210 IT Specialist series, applicants must demonstrate the following competencies: must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate.

To qualify for the 2210 IT Specialist series, the applicant must demonstrate the following competencies: 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; know about available products and services; and 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, applicants must have one year of specialized experience OR appropriate education equivalent to the GS-2210-07 level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT.

OR Education: A master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.B. or J.D.

may be substituted for specialized experience at this grade. Major Duties:

This is a mid-level developmental PD leading to the full performance PD GS-2210-09-#8D066. At this level, the trainee continues to seek advice from higher graded analysts.

Management devises structured training and development activities to provide experience and technical competence in the methods, procedures, principles, and techniques of the full performance level.

The appropriate manager may noncompetitively promote the trainee to the next grade provided work at the higher level continues to exist, the employee has demonstrated the ability to perform it, and the trainee meets time-in-grade and other administrative requirements.