Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to applicants who currently live in the Washington, D.C. commuting area, and to current employees of the federal judiciary nationwide (AO and U.S. Courts). This job will close when we have received 150 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.

This position is located within the IT Security Office (ITSO) of the Department of Technology Services (DTS). The incumbent is a recognized cyber security expert that has successfully managed full spectrum cyber operations. 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 contract personnel conducting defensive cyber operations. Will perform multiple and varying assignments under the Chief Information Security Officer.

Management Duties include but are not limited to:

1. Supervising the overall readiness of the Security Operations Center to conduct full spectrum Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) to include implementation of Internal Defense Measures (IDM) and Response Actions (RA). This supervision requires effective recruitments, process development, performance planning, and contractor on-boarding to ensure qualified professionals and high-performance teams support security operations. The selected individual develops and maintains a sound plan of organization, which includes implementing procedures that ensure timely performance evaluation, adequate management development, and succession planning.
2. Ensuring cyber technical security operations operate smoothly, effectively, and efficiently on a daily basis. Drives and measures performance against key performance indicators so that technical performance can be continuously evaluated and improved. This quantitative measurement includes a comparison of how performance complies with or varies from acceptable standards.
3. Performing strategic planning to ensure the alignment of Cyber Security Operations goals and objectives with the goals of the judiciary as a whole. This establishes the foundation for the cooperation and partnerships between the SOC and the rest of the judiciary that is needed for the SOC to achieve its mission.
4. Overseeing the development and maintenance of intuitive reporting mechanisms, such as dashboards, to communicate operational status. The selected individual will define a means for the SOC to remain current and connected with the Courts' changing needs and vulnerabilities and maintain a bi-directional communication channel to support ongoing dialogue among stakeholders.
5. Overseeing the inter-agency communications and coordination with Executive and Legislative Branch agencies to build cyber threat awareness and facilitate criminal investigations of malicious activities against the Federal judiciary. This supports the intelligence and information sharing relationships with other key government stake holders at both unclassified and classified levels of communication.

1. Identifying both 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 to include internal defense measures as well as 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 upon metrics to measure Cyber Security Operations operational effectiveness.
6. Evaluating and updating operations policies and procedures as appropriate.
7. Identifying information security risks within the judiciary and recommending priorities for risk mitigation.
8. Managing client expectations to ensure strong client service and satisfaction by meeting the needs of clients 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 is demonstrated experience working as the leader in a security operation center managing a team of 20 or more highly successful engineers and analysts.

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.

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.