Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to applicants who live in the Washington, DC commuting area and/or current federal Judiciary employees (AO or U.S. Courts) nationwide.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), IT Security Office (ITSO) is seeking a recognized cybersecurity expert who has successfully managed the full spectrum of cyber operations to serve as a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security). This position reports to the Chief Information Security Officer.

ITSO manages the Judiciary's IT security program, oversees the security operations of Judiciary IT assets and environments, proposes national IT security policies and develops guidelines for their implementation, and establishes and maintains collaborative relationships within the Judiciary and with third-party partners.

The Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security) ensures the Security Operation's Center defensive cybersecurity operational readiness, including recruiting staff, developing processes, planning and evaluating performance, onboarding contractors, developing management capabilities, and implementing succession plans. The incumbent ensures the technical security operations operate smoothly, effectively, and efficiently on a daily basis and performs strategic planning to ensure cybersecurity operations goals and objectives align with those of the Judiciary.

The ideal candidate must have a proven record of successfully leading threat detection, incident response, and recovery activities at a national level; and extensive experience managing, developing and mentoring federal and contractor personnel conducting defensive cyber operations.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Identifying technical and process improvements to elevate the quality of work performed by program managers and other technical staff.
2. Forecasting staffing needs and coaching, motivating, and developing team members.
3. Executing defensive cyber operations, including internal defense measures and response actions.
4. Developing and maintaining the technical, analytical, and practical proficiencies needed to ensure the cyber team is successful in the detection of intrusion attempts and compromises.
5. Developing, maintaining, and reporting cybersecurity operational effectiveness metrics.
6. Evaluating and updating operations policies and procedures.
7. Identifying information security risks within the Judiciary and recommending priorities for risk mitigation.
8. Managing client expectations and ensuring client satisfaction by meeting their needs in a complete, consistent, and timely manner.
9. Providing input for resource planning, cost estimation, budget development, and cost control.
10. Providing statistical cyber-management reports and supporting data in response to ad-hoc requests for information, in addition to routine situational awareness reports.
11. Providing impacted Judiciary stakeholders with timely, clear, technically accurate notification of the risk potential associated with IT security events and options for remediation.
12. Developing and maintaining reporting metrics to measure and categorize intrusion attempts and related activities as well as identifying incident trends.
13. Developing and maintaining processes and procedures used to manage, maintain, and enhance the security roadmap used to provide technical, personnel, and procedural growth.
14. Interfacing with clients and management to understand their security needs and oversee the development and implementation of procedures required to accommodate them.
15. Planning, scheduling, assigning, and directing staff on technical and operational projects and regular departmental activities as well as participating in federal recruitment and contract management activities.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience for this position is demonstrated experience in areas defined: Knowledge, skills and abilities as described in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-181 National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework for the roles of:

Defensive Cybersecurity (Work Role ID PD-WRL-001)
Threat Analysis (Work Role ID PD-WRL-006)
Insider Threat Analysis (Work Role ID PD-WRL-005)
Incident Response (Work Role ID PD-WRL-003)
Digital Forensics (Work Role ID PD-WRL-002)
Vulnerability Analysis (Work Role ID PD-WRL-007)
Cybercrime Investigation (Work Role ID IN-WRL-001)
Digital Evidence Analysis (Work Role ID IN-WRL-002)
Cybersecurity Workforce Management (Work Role ID OG-WRL-003)
Cybersecurity Policy and Planning (Work Role ID OG-WRL-002)
Executive Cybersecurity Leadership (Work Role ID OG-WRL-007

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.