As the National Security Cyber Division Director in the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Chief Information Security Officer Directorate (CISOD), you will support the office's efforts in the management and oversight of a balanced, robust and secure National Security Systems (NSS) environment through Department-wide governance, risk management, assessment and compliance monitoring. This includes the oversight of the correct implementation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Policy through the PKI Management Authority functions and Communications Security (COMSEC) Electronic Key Management Systems (EKMS) Central Office of Record (COR) ensuring the proper provisioning of electronic keying of NSA encryption devices throughout the Department.

As a DHS Cybersecurity Service Employee in the Leadership Track, at the Senior Cybersecurity Manager level, you will continually and proactively participate in learning activities to enhance and apply your technical and leadership expertise in Risk Management and Compliance to oversee multiple DHS Federal cybersecurity programs, organizations, employees and contract resources to manage a range of unusually difficult tasks, including:

• Overseeing and/or leading the evaluation, assessment, and authorization processes necessary to ensure that existing and new information technology systems meet the Department's National Security Systems cybersecurity and risk requirements, providing decision makers with the knowledge to make well-informed risk decisions.
• Provide governance over Department's Classified Networks.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining a Cybersecurity Assessments Program to include necessary evaluation, assessment frameworks, processes and policies.
• Providing management oversight of the Communications Security direction, oversight and products to ensure encrypted Cybersecurity interoperability for DHS and its components using cryptographic assets assigned within the Department.
• Leading multiple teams, programs, organizations and employees in determining adverse impacts or consequences to DHS and customizing communications for different levels of leadership and target audiences to present strategic recommendations for driving investments and operational decisions for managing risk to DHS mission, function, image, reputation, assets, individuals, and/or organizations.
• Assisting DHS leadership in making strategy or policy decisions for determining adverse impacts or consequences to the organization to guide and inform subsequent risk management processes and tasks.
• Actively engaging with stakeholders within or across multiple organizations to identify, select, tailor, implement, document, and assess the security and privacy controls necessary to protect a system and/or the organization commensurate with the risk to organizational operations and assets.
• Managing and supervising organizational efforts to ensure appropriate treatment of risk, compliance, and assurance from internal and external perspectives, reporting on the security state of National Security Systems (NSS) to appropriate organizational stakeholders.
• Overseeing, preparing and/or organizing complex and collaborative efforts for monitoring and maintaining ongoing situational awareness about the security and privacy posture of systems and/or the organization in support of risk management decisions.
• Collaborating with internal and external DHS stakeholders and/or National experts in risk management and compliance.
• Authorizing system operation based upon a determination of the risk to organizational operations and assets.
• Overseeing multiple DHS Federal cybersecurity programs, organizations and employees on initiatives focused on cybersecurity risk assessment and compliance, policies and strategies.
• Applying knowledge of information security to define the organization's direction and direct resources to achieve the mission.
• Developing and recommending policy changes to support mission needs.
• Managing security implications within the organization as directed.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or national.
• You must be 18 years of age.
• Must be registered for the Selective Service (if you are a male).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Must be able to submit to a drug test and receive a negative result.
• Must be able to comply with ethics and standards of conduct requirements, including completing any applicable financial disclosure.
• May be required to serve a 3 year probationary period.

Qualifications

This position is in the Leadership Track at the Senior Cybersecurity Manager level. At this level, individuals generally:

• 12+ years of cybersecurity work experience,
• 5+ years of leadership experience, and
• Can serve as a seasoned cybersecurity manager who oversees multiple DHS or Federal cybersecurity programs or DHS organizations, including employees and contract resources, through subordinate managers

• Oversee, evaluate, and support the documentation, validation, assessment, and authorization processes necessary to ensure that existing and new information technology systems meet the Department's cybersecurity and risk requirements, and provide decision makers with the knowledge to make well-informed risk decisions.
• Ensure that strategic considerations drive investment and operational decisions with regard to managing risk to organizational operations (including mission, function, image and reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations (collaborating or partnering with federal agencies and contractors) and the nation.
• Understand and utilize the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) series of documents.

• Conduct assessments of threats and vulnerabilities on networks/systems software and hardware and develop and recommend appropriate mitigation countermeasures.
• Develop and conduct tests of systems to evaluate compliance with specifications and requirements in accordance with policy benchmarks and industry best practices, by validating technical, functional, and performance characteristics of systems or their elements.
• Coordinate and align with program offices and various stakeholders.

DHS Cybersecurity Service employees start at career levels and salaries matching their experience and expertise. In recruiting for this opportunity, DHS may hire employees at higher or lower career levels and associated salaries. To learn more about DHS Cybersecurity Service career tracks and levels, visit our application portal.

This position is focused on Cybersecurity Risk Management and Compliance, Vulnerability Assessment, and Cybersecurity Program Management. DHS Cybersecurity Service jobs are structured cybersecurity specializations - called technical capabilities. To learn more about technical capabilities, visit our application portal.

DESIRED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

DESIRED TOOLS/INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

• Knowledge of federal cybersecurity requirements (e.g., Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), relevant Executive Orders, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memoranda).
• Exposure to tools/technologies required to implement or oversee hardware/software asset management; identity, credential, and access management; data discovery; secure cloud services; intrusion detection and prevention; endpoint detection and response; cyber threat intelligence; enterprise cybersecurity risk management; supply chain risk management.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

All DHS Cybersecurity Service applicants participate in a multi-phase assessment process, which varies by career track. For the Leadership Career Track, applicants participate in a two-phase assessment process:

• You must successfully complete each phase to advance to the next phase.
• The total time commitment for the two phases is approximately 5-6 hours (many applicants require less time!)
• Before each phase, DHS will e-mail you instructions and information to help you prepare.
• Assessments are time sensitive, so monitor your e-mail to ensure you have plenty of time to complete them prior to any deadlines.

• Unproctored - you choose the time and location
• Includes three assessments: (1) a work styles inventory that will take about 30 minutes to complete; (2) a work simulation that you will have up to 2 hours to complete; and (3) a leadership simulation that you will have up to 2.5 hours to complete
• The three assessments take about 3 hours (on average) to complete
• Requires a computer with audio (speakers or headphones) and a reliable internet connection.
• No knowledge of DHS or cybersecurity is required for these assessments, which measure non-technical capabilities that are important for professional success in the DHS Cybersecurity Service. This includes how you communicate, analyze information, and collaborate with others:
  • The work styles inventory presents you with questions about your work-related interests and preferences.
  • The work simulation presents you with realistic, work-related scenarios and asks you to respond to them.

• Proctored - must be scheduled in advance and completed at a designated assessment center
• There is a different assessment for each DHS Cybersecurity Service technical capability (visit Jobs to learn more about the technical capabilities).
• Most individuals only have a primary technical capability and complete only one Technical Capability Assessment, but in limited circumstances, you may complete a second Technical Capability Assessment.
• You will have up to 2.5 hours to complete each Technical Capability Assessment; each takes about 90 minutes (on average) to complete.
• Assessments present realistic, work-related cybersecurity scenarios/questions to assess technical skills.
• Cybersecurity knowledge is assessed, but no knowledge of DHS is required.