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C
IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency · Posted 2 days ago
HybridArlington, VA$71K – $133KApply by May 18, 2026Information Technology ManagementENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need. Selectee(s) will receive a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service and may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
What You'll Do
- →Typical work assignments include, but are not limited to: GS-09: Participate in defining elements of project scope, objectives, and success criteria for cybersecurity process and tooling enhancements; contribute to drafting user stories and acceptance criteria.
- →Assist in gathering and documenting functional requirements from customers and partners; capture integration needs for secure, scalable, and automatable cybersecurity solutions.
- →Respond to taskings to establish and maintain communication with internal/external stakeholders (government partners, vendors, researchers) to align on priorities, timelines, risks, and coordinated cybersecurity response activities.
- →Support needs analyses and feasibility studies to identify opportunities for improved cybersecurity business processes and automation aligned with CSD missions.
- →Assist with basic risk analyses and trade-off assessments; help prepare recommendations for cybersecurity control enhancements.
- →Participate in developing and maintaining cybersecurity policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), programs, and implementation guidelines aligned to CSD subdivision missions.
- →Support development of performance measures and continuous improvement plans that strengthen cybersecurity information sharing, coordinated response, and timely reduction of risk to critical infrastructure.
- →Help develop and maintain methods to monitor and measure cybersecurity risk, compliance, and assurance activities.
- →GS-11: Contribute to and coordinate segments of projects that improve cybersecurity vulnerability intake, triage, disclosure workflows, and public notifications, in support of CSD's Vulnerability Management and CVD missions.
- →Independently develop and evaluate portions of cost estimates and design alternatives for cybersecurity process and tooling enhancements, including automation; provide advice to project leads on design concepts and changes.
- →Conduct needs analyses to identify and recommend new or improved cybersecurity business process solutions; document user stories, acceptance criteria, and integration requirements for secure, scalable, and automatable outcomes.
- →Perform risk analyses and feasibility studies for cybersecurity solutions; draft functional requirements and specifications aligned to CSD subdivision mission objectives and applicable directives.
- →Draft and maintain cybersecurity policies, SOPs, programs, and implementation guidance; collaborate with stakeholders to review and improve existing and proposed policies for clarity, consistency, and mission alignment.
- →Define and track performance measures; recommend continuous improvement actions that enhance cybersecurity information sharing and risk reduction across critical infrastructure.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen.
- ✓Selective Service - Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service, see http://www.sss.gov/ All Federal employees are required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer for salary payments.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
- ✓One-year probationary period may be required.
- ✓This position may be designated as essential personnel.
- ✓Essential personnel must be able to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding.
- ✓Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR Part 752, as applicable).
- ✓This position has been identified as a drug testing designated position (TDP) for purposes of the CISA's Drug-Free Workplace Program.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to a drug test to screen for illicit/illegal drug use prior to receiving a final offer of employment.
- ✓A final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.
- ✓After appointment, you may be subject to periodic random drug testing.
Personality Fit
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