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The primary purpose of this position is to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified high-potential, mid-level manager/executive; it is not a continuing position and assignment duration is limited to 36 months.
03/04/2025 to 03/04/2025
$125,775 - $163,507 per year
GS 14
FEW vacancies in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Yes—You may or may not qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
None
No
Yes
8F-CB-12705256-759157-TB
832928200
Internal Permanent Air Force Employees currently serving in the Information Technology Management Career Field ONLY
1. In a Career Broadening capacity, provides technical guidance and activities to the J631. Develops and maintains working relationships with professional peers authorized to represent the Command's external program partners (e.g., DISA, NSA, Services, Gov't Agencies). Makes appropriate use of these working relationships to further the creation of cross- organizational Cyber Defense functional capabilities and processes, which the Command may draw upon on short notice, as needed to access highly-specialized SME resources and facilitate collaborative action to counter emergent threats to the GIG. Represents the J6 and Command as an actively participating member of cross organizational (i.e., DoD enterprise, inter-agency) working groups and meetings (some face-to-face and some accomplished via VTCs) to foster support for the Command's proposed cyber operations strategies and priorities among professional peers who are influencers in their "parent" organizations, and make appropriate offers of guidance and support, as such authority is delegated. Proposes efforts to identify/evaluate new J631 Defensive Cyber Operations methods and tools for suitability to support strategic analyses and dissemination of analysis data. Enhances the Cyber Defense's organization's efficiency and quality of production by identifying new products, including existing commercial or Government (i.e., COTS/GOTS) products that may serve as a baseline for development of unique capabilities, and business processes to apply to the mission.
2. Serves as a Career Broadener, leads and personally contributes expertise to preliminary analyses of issues concerning the J63 operations and to conduct direct defensive cyber operations across the command. Advises the J6 as to what team and other specialized SME resources should be leveraged to provide in-depth assessment of issues identified as requiring high priority. Provides expertise of DoD C4 cyber program objectives and priorities to make recommendations/determinations of action in cases where the situation is not clear-cut, and forwards these for consideration by the J6. Advises and advocates for additional cyberspace capabilities in support of USSTRATCOM objectives and operations. Provides broad-based functional expertise and comprehensive of JCC requirements to identify the need for and promote internal coordination among USSTRATCOM functional areas to ensure that operational requirements are exposed, documented, and promulgated (in collaboration with J3) for development and
delivery.
3. In a Career Broadening capacity, serves as a lead technical oversight of command proactive defensive cyber operations. Drives the development of long- and short-term plans and policies for the Network Threat Response, Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Threat Analysis teams IAW all relevant policies and guidance. Leads the technical development, review, and/or coordination of Defensive Cyber Operations packages for the Headquarters
and Component Commands. Provides authoritative interpretations and prepares/briefs recommended actions to CDRUSSTRATCOM. Will coordinate with 16th AF, Cyber Operations Integrated Planning Element (COIPE) and J3 Joint Cyber Center to synthesizes the work efforts of Cyber Defense sections to develop in-depth understanding of the cyber threats, vulnerabilities, as well as potential impacts and consequences to USSTRATCOM in order to provide effective and proactive risk mitigations. Leads Tier-1 Globally Integrated Exercises for the J63. Develops Joint training objectives and attends exercise inject planning meetings. Additionally, leads technical teams through incident response, analysis, and reporting across each phase of the cyber incident management lifecycle ensuring response efforts against cyberspace intrusions are sufficient to mitigate immediate and emergent threats.
4. As a Career Broadener, serves as a technical and subject matter expert and principal advisor. Serves as a principal staff advisor on a wide-range of cyber threat and vulnerability topics affecting USSTRATCOM and/or the DoD. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with SES and general/flag officer (GO/FO)-level officials in USSTRATCOM, Joint Staff, USCYBERCOM, JFHQ-DODIN, NITTF, other DoD agencies (DIA, DISA, etc.), NSA, National Guard, supported Component Commands, international coalition partners, non-government organizations, local installation points of contact, and cyber industry professionals. Meets with key customers, coordinating officials, and senior leadership to communicate technical and mission implications of cyberspace issues to non-technical personnel; and prepares and presents information and decision briefings to senior
management officials on complex and controversial issues regarding cyber. Leads the review, evaluation, and recommendation of cyber capabilities, tools, methodologies, and techniques for conducting defensive cyber operations at USSTRATCOM.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
PCS restrictions: An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months
Defense National Relocation Program may or may not be authorized
Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Your responses to the questionnaire may be compared to the documents you submit. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.
APPRAISALS/AWARDS: Hiring Managers use objective methods and consider previous performance appraisals and awards in the selection process. Current Federal Civilian employees should list any relevant performance related rating and/or awards in your resume.
The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. Applicants who do not submit required documentation to determine eligibility and qualifications will be eliminated from consideration. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 03/13/2025.
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