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Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)

Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Summary

This position advertised has been exempted from the federal civilian hiring freeze. Ready to join one of the world's top digital forensics teams under the nation's leading law enforcement agency? The FBI Digital Forensics & Analytics Section seeks an Information Systems Security Officer subject matter expert to support IT systems used by our highly technical experts throughout the country and provide solutions that directly support our forensic procedures and accreditation requirements.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
04/25/2025 to 05/09/2025
Salary
$92,293 to - $119,986 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Huntsville, AL
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Drug test
Yes
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
DESTIMP-12730133-25-KO
Control number
835966100

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

Federal employees - Excepted service

Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Veterans

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference

Military spouses

Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.

Individuals with disabilities

Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.

Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens.

Duties

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  • Serves as an Information Security (INFOSEC) subject-matter-expert (SME), supporting the DFAS IT systems by implementing cybersecurity policies and best practices for secure operation protection of FBI information and information systems (ISs).
  • Provides management level briefs on vulnerabilities and pitfalls, and provides mitigations and best practices to counter the cyber security threats.
  • Serves as an advisor on levels of confidentiality, integrity and availability and issues with establishing and preserving those levels.
  • Tracks progress of comprehensive OTD/DFAS cybersecurity strategy initiatives and provides quarterly reports to executive management.
  • Participates in STB Cybersecurity initiatives and works towards obtaining Authority To Operate on DFAS systems.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a current, permanent FBI employee.
  • Some travel may be required (approx. 10% occasional CONUS travel as deemed essential ).
  • Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance.

Qualifications

GS-12: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

  • Experience with systems development, life cycles, (i.e., systems documentation design development, and configuration management), automated and manual information processing systems.
  • Experience in technology management, problem solving, and implementation of related cyber security activities.
  • Knowledge of Plan Of Action & Milestones (POA&M) mitigation and remediation action plans.
  • Knowledge of the FBI's Joint Cybersecurity Authorization Management (JCAM) tool, or legacy Xacta, to monitoring activities and deliverables for assigned systems.
  • Knowledge of basic network diagrams.

Education

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this level.

Additional information

Selected candidates may be offered a relocation incentive up 25%, if eligible and will be required to sign a two-year service agreement

Memorandum for Record: Work performed outside assigned duties (that would not normally be documented on an SF-50, i. e., back-up duties), has to be documented in detail by an immediate supervisor in order to receive full credit for amount of time worked in that position. If no documentation is furnished no credit will be given for time worked in that position. The following notations must be specified in the documentation (Memorandum for Record):

  • Percent of time worked in the particular position (cannot conflict with main duties)
  • The month/year work began
  • Frequency worked (i.e., daily, monthly, etc.)
  • Specific duties performed

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application will be evaluated and rated under the FBI's Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared to your responses to the online assessment questionnaire. High self-assessment in the vacancy questions that is not supported by information in your resume, and/or supporting documents may eliminate you from Most Competitive status.

If you are deemed Most Competitive, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration.

All applicants will be rated on the following Competencies:

  • Communication
  • Problem Solving/Judgment
  • Information Systems/Network Security
  • Risk Management
  • Systems Life Cycle
  • Information Assurance

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