The IT Specialist (Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst) is responsible for promoting, developing, and updating threat profiles associated with the federal courts. The Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst assists in the development of priority intelligence requirements, associated collection plans, and the development of relevant and actionable threat intelligence.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Analyzing operational cyber data to identify potential future adversarial actions.
• Developing finished cyber intelligence products, including timely technical assessments and recommendations.
• Conducting risk assessments on Judiciary-specific critical assets for a wide variety of threat scenarios.
• Developing and updating of indicators of compromise tracking mechanisms and standard operating procedures.
• Developing and updating threat profiles to align with the Judiciary's security operations division-specific needs.
• Developing and updating open-source collection plans with the goal of automating feasible key components using Splunk and other technologies.
• Constructing link analysis graphs to provide threat actors' context and background to support incident response and threat hunt.
• Developing mitigation strategies tailored to the Judiciary's unique systems and working environments before, during, and after incidents.
• Facilitating technical exchange meetings with partner government agencies in both classified and unclassified forums.
• Developing and reviewing threat intelligence reports focusing on the behaviors of the threats specific to the Judiciary that are supported with indicators of compromise.
• Curating threat intelligence feeds.
• Conducting market research for threat intelligence tools to improve the collection and enrichment capabilities.
• Producing and reviewing weekly status reports.
• Managing contract personnel supporting Judiciary cyber intelligence services.
• Researching and evaluating new and emerging cyber capabilities and services.
• Coordinating and collaborating with federal, state, and local government partners and commercial vendors.
• Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating classified and unclassified intelligence products and information to support the operational needs of the Judiciary and the U.S. government.

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 must demonstrate ALL areas defined below:

• Extensive knowledge of advanced persistent threats tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Understanding of possible attack activities such as network probing/scanning, DDOS, malicious code activity, etc.
• Understanding of basic networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP.
• Understanding of global geopolitical dynamics and the ability to apply that knowledge to an information security context.
• Ability to translate complex information sets into specific actionable recommendations to enhance customers' security posture.
• Knowledge and abilities as described in NIST Special Publication 800-181 National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce for the roles of All-Source Analyst (AN-ASA-001), Threat/Warning Analyst (AN-TWA-001), and All Source Collection Manager (CO-CLO-001).

• Strong fundamental understanding of the TCP/IP stack, the OSI model, and troubleshooting concepts.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or other relevant STEM degrees from a fully accredited university.
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)

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.