DHS Cybersecurity Service (DHS-CS) uses a multi-phase assessment process to qualify applicants seeking employment through the DHS-CS. Given the ever-advancing nature of cybersecurity and the ongoing need for cybersecurity talent, DHS-CS uses "Talent Pools" to pull qualified applicants (i.e., individuals who have successfully completed the multi-phase assessment process for their capability and career track/level) for consideration for these jobs.

This announcement is being used to fill the Cybersecurity Risk Management and Compliance Pool. By applying to this job announcement, you are opting to be part of the DHS-CS Talent Pool for ongoing consideration for employment for relevant open jobs and will remain eligible for consideration for up to one year from the date of completion.

There are a variety of Cybersecurity Risk Management and Compliance opportunities across the Department, including supporting several specialized programs at the DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Depending on your career level and role, DHS Cybersecurity Service employees in the Leadership Career Track, with a technical capability in Risk Management and Compliance, will generally apply their expertise to perform a range of tasks, including:

• Overseeing and/or leading the evaluation, documentation, validation, assessment, and authorization processes necessary to ensure that existing and new information technology systems meet the Department's cybersecurity and risk requirements, providing decision makers with the knowledge to make well-informed risk decisions.
• Considering risk assumptions and organizational tolerance for risk to inform strategic decision making.
• Leading and/or overseeing team or program in determining adverse impacts or consequences to DHS and customizes 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 the adverse impact 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.
• Ensuring appropriate treatment of risk, compliance, and assurance from internal and external perspectives, reporting on the security state of systems to appropriate organizational stakeholders.
• Preparing, overseeing, and/or organizing collaborative efforts for monitoring and maintaining an 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.
• Leading a team(s) in cybersecurity risk assessment and compliance to determine levels of risk, tolerance for policy, and determining policy impact on strategy.

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 security clearance. Security clearance levels may vary.
• 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.
• While many of these positions are considered telework eligible, some individuals must live within 2 hrs driving distance to a DHS SCIF in either Chandler, AZ; Stennis, MS; Idaho Falls, ID; Arlington, VA; Pensacola, FL; Springfield, VA or D.C.
• Remote work may be available for some positions.

Qualifications

his position is in the Leadership Track across a range of career levels. Employees in this career track generally:

• Have between 5-15 years of cybersecurity work experience.
• Have between 0-5 years of cybersecurity leadership experience.

DHS Cybersecurity Service employees with a technical capability in Risk Management and Compliance will generally:

• 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.

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.

DESIRED CERTIFICATION:

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• 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 three-phase assessment process:

• You must successfully complete each phase to advance to the next phase
• The total time commitment for the three 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 - Completed online within a prescribed period of time
• 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

PHASE III: ADVANCED TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

• This interview is conducted on-demand (self-scheduled by you within a prescribed period of time) without live interviewers
• Two types of questions will be presented: One type focuses on your previous experience and the other focuses on hypothetical situations or scenarios
• This interview takes about 60 minutes (on average) to complete