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The Deputy Chief Information Security Officer provides senior-level management leadership, guidance, expert advice, and collaboration regarding cybersecurity programs, field sites, laboratories, and oversight of contractors in developing, promoting, and maintaining information assurance security measures.
The successful candidate will bring an in-depth knowledge of IT and cybersecurity, and experience in cybersecurity preparedness, response and risk management.
03/21/2019 to 04/03/2019
$114,590 - $169,126 per year
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1 vacancy in the following locations:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
04 - No promotion potential
Yes
Yes
DOE-19-IM-00241-EXC-DE
527979400
This position is also being advertised to all Federal Employees via Merit Promotion procedures. The announcement number is: DOE-19-IM-00241-EXC-MP. To be considered for both vacancies, you must apply to both vacancies.
As the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer you will:
Collaborate with the Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity; providing leadership for the strategic direction and management of Department-wide enterprise cybersecurity threat and vulnerability information to enable the agency to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber attacks. Provide senior management with guidance, and expert advice in developing, promoting, and maintaining cybersecurity controls and performance measures to adequately and cost effectively protect all cyber critical infrastructure including classified and unclassified information systems and national security systems. Serve as first assistant to the Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity and acts as Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity in the absences or disability of the Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity.
Be responsible for aligning all program elements and efforts with DOE’s overall cybersecurity strategy including work priorities and assessment, budget management, risk assessment, quality control and ensuring sufficient resources are provided and allocated appropriately. Provide leadership and oversight to the subordinate staff of the Office of the DCIO for Cybersecurity.
Provide expert advice, recommendations, and representation in areas of Departmental cybersecurity policies, guidelines, and implementation of enhanced Departmental information security practices. Maintain relationships with key personnel and officials from the Department, other agencies, and industry relationships to advance effective implementation of tools and practices for the Department. In collaboration with the DCIO for Cybersecurity, determine the influence of legislation, standards, and other conditions. Liaise with the interagency community to leverage government-wide initiatives and, sourcing opportunities, and to support the development of policies related to cybersecurity. Represent the Department in a variety of high-level government committees, national fora, and professional associations, focusing on activities to meet enterprise information resources management requirements and to improve service to customers. Serve as or provide a DOE representative to appropriate Federal cybersecurity committee and forums, including the Federal Computer Security Program Manager’s Forum and the Committee for National Security Systems Security Committee.
Provide leadership and oversight of the Department of Energy's integrated Joint Cybersecurity Coordination Center (iJC3). Provide expert advice, recommendations, and coordinates in areas of Departmental cybersecurity policy, guidelines, and implementation of enhanced Departmental cybersecurity practices. Maintain relationships with OCIO personnel, DOE officials, other agency officials, and other key stakeholders to advance effective implementation of tools and practices for the Department. Develop and mentor staff through on-boarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes. Build and maintain a highly motivated, responsive and proactive workforce possessing required competencies; and foster a divers and inclusive workforce.
Conditions of Employment:
This is an Excepted Service position. This appointment will not confer Competitive Service career-conditional or career tenure status. This means that if you are selected, you would have to compete with other applicants in open competition to meet requirements for another Federal position, unless you meet the requirements for reinstatement. Applicants who voluntarily convert from the competitive service, Senior Executive Service, or other pay systems to a non-time limited appointment under this excepted service authority are not afforded “fallback rights” to the pay system previously assigned prior to conversion.
BASIC EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Experience must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate. You must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate’s online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/pay band in the Federal service. For this position, experience must be at least equivalent to the EJ/EK-III or GS-13 level. This experience must be gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience with a full range of computer, information, cyber, and telecommunications security issues to assure effectiveness within a large organization information security program.
Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies or knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You are NOT required to provide a separate narrative written response. Rather, you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the Competencies/KSAs identified below:
“Experience” refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service Programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered “well qualified” you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.
You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
This position does not have a positive education requirement.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Evaluations: The Department of Energy uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to place you into an initial quality category via OPM's Category Rating Procedures. Then the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will conduct a quality review of your application and supporting documentation to ensure that you have been placed into the appropriate quality category. Your application is rated based on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training as described in your resume and applicant assessment. Your credentials are measured against the established duties of the position. The quality categories are "Best Qualified" (applicants who possess exceptional skills and experience to exceed well above the minimum requirements of the position), "Well Qualified" (applicants who possess good skills and experience above the minimum requirements of the position). and "Qualified" (applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the position). If you are a Veteran Preference eligible candidate, you will be placed at the top of whichever quality category your rating places you in.
If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated “ineligible”, “not qualified”, or your score may be adjusted accordingly.
Selecting official may check references on those applicants referred for consideration. References will be checked on the selectee prior to an employment offer.
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Please carefully review the following list to determine what documentation you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. If you are unsure, click the link for each document type to read more. ALL APPLICANTS: You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire.
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 be considered for this position, you must submit your complete application no later than 11:59pm U.S. Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement. If you do not submit a complete application prior to the closing time (regardless of when you started) the online application system will not allow you to finish! Requests for extensions will not be granted, so please begin the application process allowing yourself enough time to finish before the deadline. Our online application system displays a countdown timer at the top of the screen for your reference. For your security, your session in our online application system will "time-out" if you are inactive for a certain period of time. We recommend that you preview the assessment questions before you apply and prepare all of your information prior to beginning the application. If you do get "timed-out" you will have to log back in to USAJOBS and re-visit the vacancy announcement, you can then click "Update Application" to finish where you left off.
All statements made in this application are subject to investigation and any false or dishonest answer to any question may be grounds for disqualification and loss of consideration.
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The OCIO is responsible for advancing the Department’s missions through policy, standards, and services, which meet mission requirements, balance risk and innovation, and set clear performance goals and expectations for the enterprise information ecosystem. The OCIO strives to continually improve the provision of information technology (IT) services and strengthen the Department’s cybersecurity posture to enable our customers to perform the Department’s mission while we transition from an IT service owner to an IT service broker that provides exemplary stewardship of taxpayer dollars through effective, efficient, and innovative management.