Clarification from the agency

This position is eligible for full-time remote telework. This job will close when we have received 150 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. **The actual salary will be based on the geographic location of the individual(s) selected for this position.**

The National Program Hosting Branch (NPHB) security operations team lead, in the Hosting Services Division (HSD), serves to secure and support the Cloud Hosting and Networks Office (CHNO) within the Department of Technology Services (DTS) of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO). This position will provide the technical leadership to engineer and build secure computing platforms within the environment. The Security Operations Team Lead will be the local security expert and will be responsible for compliance with security policies, guidance, and regulations, while adhering to security best practices.

The Security Operations Team Lead reports to National Program Hosting Branch Chief. The team lead is a senior member of the team, responsible for coordinating and mentoring other engineers and administrators on the team. The incumbent assists the NPHB Chief with providing leadership for the team. This involves evaluating current processes and procedures for opportunities to enhance and improve services and ensuring that approved processes and procedures are followed through review and audit activities. The incumbent also be responsible for identifying and establishing key metrics to measure the effectiveness of the Security Monitoring and Incident Response programs.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Serving as the technical team lead for the NPHB Security Operations Team.
2. Working with the NPHB Chief and Security Operations Project Manager on security related projects and work efforts.
3. Identifying, analyzing and assessing technical and operational vulnerabilities, emerging technologies or operations, and risks to the CHNO and judiciary computing environments.
4. Assisting with the development and selection of analytic tools to support the customer mission.
5. Performing risk and opportunity assessments; developing risk mitigation strategies and solutions.
6. Analyzing security logs and identifying potential vulnerabilities with computer systems.
7. Developing end-product reporting documents.
8. Providing continual security monitoring support for a large, enterprise environment.
9. Providing security assessment and remediation support to system administrators.
10. Providing troubleshooting and Tier 3 support for endpoint and continuous monitoring security tools.
11. Implementing corrective security controls to limit potential threats and risks to the environment.
12. Overseeing security maintenance activities necessary to maintain compliance of associated images and systems.
13. Working cross-functionally with leaders across the business and business partners to secure support and confirm resources are effective and relevant.
14. Overseeing initial triage, declare events/incidents, creating incident cases, gathering evidence, tracking and updating incident status, and identifying additional action items as related to security events.
15. Other security operations/support duties as required.

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 is demonstrated experience working in cybersecurity operations ensuring compliance with security policies, guidance and regulations.

Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Your application will be rated based on your resume.

Applicants with the following certifications are highly desirable:

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

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.