IT Specialist (INFOSEC) (Public Notice Flyer)

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

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The GS-14 salary range starts at $122,198.00 per year.

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service. 

Applicants applying for the GS-14 grade level must meet the following requirements:

Have IT-related experience demonstrating EACH of the four competencies AND one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service as described below:

IT SPECIALIST COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

• Attention to Detail - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant investigates and evaluates “state of the art” technology of the industry.
• Customer Service - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant confers with users to evaluate the effectiveness of, or identify the need for, computer programs or management systems.
• Oral Communication - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant persuades others to take a particular course of action or to accept findings, recommendations, changes, or alternative viewpoints.
• Problem Solving - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant identifies and accommodates technology and resource constraints.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Specialized experience is providing cybersecurity project management for an organization’s Information Technology (IT) systems in one of the following areas: 

(Position #1) - IT Specialist with DevSecOps Engineer Specialization: Specialized experience is defined as experience utilizing cybersecurity IT principles, concepts, standards, automation, and industry practices to modern cloud environments and cloud system deployments.

(Position #2) - IT Specialist with Enterprise Cyber Security Vulnerability Management Specialization: Specialized experience is experience in processing and validation of vulnerabilities and conducting threat analysis to determine risk on an Enterprise scale as well as experience configuring and maintaining enterprise cybersecurity tooling and maintaining enterprise level vulnerability disclosure program or bug bounty program.