Digital Service Expert - Cyber Security Engineer
Come do impactful work with a brilliant, motivated team.
About the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is a Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) responsible for the acceleration of the adoption of data, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate decision advantage across the Department of Defense (DoD). The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Defense Digital Services (DDS), Chief Data Office (CDO), and forward-leaning programs of record including Advana have officially joined together to form one organization – the CDAO!
This position is being recruited as a GS-14 or GS-15, Cyber Security Engineer in the Excepted service. This position will serve under the Directorate for Digital Services formally known as the Defense Digital Services. The work that you do here will directly contribute to our national security, improve the lives of those who serve, and make an impact that spans the globe. The impact you can make here is truly phenomenal. If that excites you and you have the skills, you should apply! We are solving a diverse set of problems, and we need a diverse team to do it. The Directorate for Digital Services DDS transforms how the DoD designs, builds, buys, and deploys technology to save lives and stay ahead of our adversaries. This organization touches on a wide range of issues — from cybersecurity to climate; COVID response to data-wrangling. These complex challenges are tackled head-on by recruiting exceptional tech talent from industry and government to our talented team for a two-year term (with the option to renew for a second term).
This announcement will close on June 23rd, 2023.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks.
- Engineer, implement and monitor security measures for the protection of computer systems, networks and information
- Identify and define system security requirements and troubleshoot security and network problems.
- Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls.
- Design computer security architecture and develop detailed cyber security designs
- Prepare and document standard operating procedures and protocols
- Configure and troubleshoot security infrastructure devices
- Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks
- Lead incident response efforts for the organization and communicate incident status effectively.
- Write comprehensive reports including assessment-based findings, outcomes and propositions for further system security enhancement
- 5+ years of proven work experience with defensive cyber operations
- Experience with red team efforts, offensive security, or penetration testing.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, and/or Power Shell.
- Detailed technical knowledge of database and operating system security
- Experience in building and maintaining security systems
- Hands on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, endpoint security software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc
- Experience with network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools
- Thorough understanding of the Risk Management Framework, latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
- Familiarity with web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols
- Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure
- BS degree in Cyber Security or related field
- U.S. Citizenship.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
- Candidate is encouraged to provide e-portfolio, project samples, Github, etc. to their submission package
- The DOD offers a broad array of benefits programs and family-friendly options for DDS employees.
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: https://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
- Life Insurance: https://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
- Long-Term Care Insurance: https://www.ltcfeds.com
- Federal Employees Retirement SYSTEM (FERS) (new employees automatically covered): https://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp If you are transferring from another agency and covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you may continue in that system.
- Annual and Sick Leave: https://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent Care: https://www.fsafeds.com/fsafeds/index.asp
- Paid Federal Holidays
- Maxiflex work schedule https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/covid-19/opm-fact-sheet-the-use-of-flexible-work-schedules-in-response-to-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/
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