Clarification from the agency

This position is open to applicants who currently live in the Washington, DC commuting area and/or federal judiciary employees nationwide.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

1. Advocating for necessary resources, including financial resources, to conduct an effective enterprise security program.
2. Advising senior management (e.g., CIO) on cost/benefit analysis of information security programs, policies, processes, systems, and elements.
3. Communicating the value of information technology (IT) security throughout all levels of the organization stakeholders.
4. Aligning information technology (IT) security priorities with the security strategy.
5. Overseeing information security budget and contracting.
6. Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the enterprise's cybersecurity safeguards to ensure that they provide the intended level of protection.
7. Recommending policy and coordinating review and approval.
8. Supervising or managing protective or corrective measures when a cybersecurity incident or vulnerability is discovered.
9. Promoting awareness of security issues among management and ensure sound security principles are reflected in the organization's vision and goals.
10. Overseeing policy standards and implementation strategies to ensure procedures and guidelines comply with cybersecurity policies.
11. Ensuring that plans of actions and milestones or remediation plans are in place for vulnerabilities identified during risk assessments, audits, inspections, etc.
12. Coordinating with organizational manpower stakeholders to ensure appropriate allocation and distribution of human capital assets.
13. Assessing policy needs and collaborating with stakeholders to develop policies to govern cyber activities.
14. Designing/integrating a cyber strategy that outlines the vision, mission, and goals that align with the organization's strategic plan.
15. Conducting long-range, strategic planning efforts with internal and external partners in cyber activities.
16. Collaborating on cyber privacy and security policies and procedures.
17. Collaborating with cybersecurity personnel on the security risk assessment process to address privacy compliance and risk mitigation.
18. Guiding a team of IT security experts.
19. Collaborating with key stakeholders to establish a cybersecurity risk management program.
20. Performing the tasks and meeting the skills, knowledge and abilities as described in NIST Special Publication 800-181 National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework for the role of Executive Cyber Leadership (OV-EXL-001).

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 with ALL of the following:

• High-level organizational and business strategy (e.g., staffing and planning, budget formulation, long-term risk management and risk outlay planning);
• IT strategic planning and understanding of risk;
• Experience with highly sensitive environments (background investigations, high security); and
• Developing people (leading and organizing, leading change management).

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.