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This vacancy announcement is open to current employees of the federal Judiciary and/or applicants who live in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
The Administrative Office (AO), an agency of the Judicial Branch of the Federal government, is committed to serving and supporting the Federal court system of the United States. The AO provides a broad range of legislative, legal, financial, technology, management, administrative and program support services to the Federal courts.
AO positions are classified and paid under a broad-banded system with the exception of positions in the AO Executive Service. Salary is commensurate with experience. Most AO employees are eligible for full Federal and Judiciary benefits.
The AO is committed to attracting the best and brightest applicants in our support of the Third Branch of government. We take pride in serving the Judicial Branch and supporting its mission to provide equal justice under law.
09/12/2017 to 09/26/2017
$94,796 - $161,900 per year
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1 vacancy in the following location:
Occasional travel - Travel 25% or less.
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Permanent
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476013200
The Supervisory Information Technology Security Specialist reports to the Chief, Case Management Systems Office (CMSO) under the Associate Director (AD) of the Department of Program Services. CMSO manages all case management systems for the Administrative Office of the US Courts which are comprised of over 40 enterprise systems which span all court types (Appellate, Bankruptcy, and District Courts) and also includes systems for Federal Defenders and Probation and Pretrial Services functional areas. The CMSO has four Divisions responsible for the entire IT development process, the four Divisions are: Development Division, Project Delivery Division, Release Management Division, and Application Support Division. The Incumbent will serve as the Information Security Officer (ISO) for these national systems and applications and work with the four Divisions for the development and integration of appropriate security protocols. As a Supervisory Information Technology (IT) Security Specialist within CMSO, the
incumbent will manage a team of government and contract IT security professionals.
The incumbent is considered a recognized IT security expert with a strong background in security compliance and assessment as well as a proven record of successfully leading "hands on" security activities, such as developing IT security policy and supporting procedures, conducting information assurance activities, performing risk assessments, and performing continuous monitoring of internal controls. The incumbent will lead a team to bolster and administer a security program for CMSO. In addition, the incumbent will provide leadership over data governance and compliance and work across CMSO and the AO to establish a data integration strategy and approach for administrative systems. The incumbent will perform multiple and varying assignments under the direction of the Office Chief. The duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
1. Developing and implementing IT security policy, guidance, and procedures;
2. Creating methodologies, templates, guidelines, checklists, and other artifacts to establish repeatable processes across the Security and Data Integration staff;
3. Providing technical advisory services to securely design, implement, maintain, or modify information technology systems that are critical to the operation and success of the Judiciary;
4. Participating in associated security and change control boards, reviewing change requests, and evaluating the completeness of their descriptions and risk impact to the Judiciary;
5. Developing in cooperation with stakeholders a data integration strategy and approach for CMSO systems and subsequently manage that strategy by creating data sharing agreements;
6. Defining and managing data governance for the CMSO. This will include creating agreements between agencies and other organizations within the Judiciary. Ensuring adherence to the established agreements and data governance model;
7. Creating, updating and maintaining security related documentation. This should include System Security Plans, an inventory of security-relevant hardware and security-relevant software and their locations. IT security-related exceptions, system development notifications, system change proposals, security testing results, security audit finding sand Corrective Action Plans (CAPS), and Continuity of operation Documentation (COOP) documentation;
8. Ensuring that tests of the system security features are performed regularly, and maintaining documentation of the results. Proposing and validating the successful implementation of risk mitigation activities;
9. Coordinating program office security changes, reviewing all site configuration changes and system components changes or modifications to ensure that system security is not compromised;
10. Performing risk assessments to periodically re-evaluate the sensitivity of the system, risk and mitigation strategies as well as to assess the impact of new requirements. Providing monthly status briefings to the CMSO leadership on residual risk, continuous monitoring metrics, and system risk issues within CMSO;
11. Performing self-assessments of the system safeguards to validate that they are properly implemented and operating as intended. Recommending options for closing or mitigating identified vulnerabilities and independently assess the effectiveness of their implementation;
12. Ensuring a contingency plan is in place for continuity of operations in an emergency situation and that the developed plans are tested;
13. Developing and managing the Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA), Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and Service Level Agreements for Security (SLA) for all information systems; and
14. Developing procedures for reporting and documenting technical vulnerabilities, and ensuring appropriate personnel receive training for carrying-out the procedures.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
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.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 09/26/2017 to receive consideration.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/476013200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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