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IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$124,085 - $190,627

per year

Closes

February 6, 2026

GS-11/12 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)

Entry salary: $62,107 | Full performance (GS-12): up to $96,770

Career ladder: Start at GS-11 and advance to GS-12 with experience.

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 leading the technical side of computer systems on Navy combat ships, ensuring their hardware and security features are installed, tested, and maintained properly to meet safety standards.

You'll support engineering projects for ship computing environments, manage system designs and deployments, and handle tasks like testing and scheduling.

It's a great fit for someone with hands-on experience in IT hardware and cybersecurity who enjoys problem-solving in a military tech setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11/12 in coordinating installation, testing, and maintenance of ship computing hardware and endpoint security solutions
  • Expertise in Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) and Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) systems
  • Skills in hardware engineering, network architecture, and software/hardware testing
  • Ability to manage technical aspects of systems including design, configuration, deployment, and maintenance
  • Strong attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem-solving abilities
  • Experience with project management tasks like Work Breakdown Structure and scheduling

Full Job Description

You will serve as a IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC) in the TOTAL SHIP COMPUTING SYSTEMS (D53) of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER.

The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze.

Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalent) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector coordinating or managing the installation, testing, and maintenance of Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) hardware and Endpoint Security Solution (ESS) on Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to verify systems availability, functionality and efficiency in accordance with cybersecurity requirements for combat ship systems.

Your experience must reflect skill in the following areas: attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

  • You will serve as the Technical Lead of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Total System Computing Environment (TSCE).
  • You will provide hardware engineering/technical support to LCS TSCE.
  • You will provide consultative and engineering services related to the performance of project-oriented tasks in support of the development, integration, modernization, testing, and life cycle engineering of the RSCE architecture.
  • You will manage and coordinate the technical aspects of the TSCE systems, including the program definitions, design approaches, testing, configuration, deployment, and maintenance.
  • You will execute Work Breakdown Structure tasks, and Tasks Planning Sheet deliverables, maintaining travel and project schedules.
  • You will serve as an expert in areas of hardware/network architecture as well as software and hardware testing.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/4/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/4/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12874452-26-JP