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Director_IC Security Coordination Center_SCC

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Summary

The Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Information Office (CIO) is responsible for advancing the Intelligence Community's mission by driving secure collaboration, integration, and information sharing; identifying and addressing information enterprise risks; and providing strategic leadership and oversight of the IC's enterprise architecture and enterprise information technology.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
01/13/2026 to 01/28/2026
This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more
Salary
$173,146 to - $197,200 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 15
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Bethesda, MD
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Drug test
Yes
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
26-12864850-DNI/ICCIO
Control number
854316700

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted status; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separation from the Peace Corps.

Duties

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IC SCC Mission Statement: The IC SCC is responsible for the integrated defense of the IC Information Environment (IC IE) on behalf of the IC CIO and DNI.

Major Duties and Responsibilities (MDRs):

Serve as the Director of the IC SCC, the IC's FCC, in its mission to lead the integrated defense of the IC IE in accordance with the authority and direction of the ODNI.

Ensure cybersecurity situational awareness across the IC and larger FCC ecosystem during steady-and disrupted state of operations.

Lead the IC's coordinated incident response during major cyber events on behalf of the IC CIO and DNI, in accordance with the DNI's responsibilities under National Security Act of 1947, Presidential Policy Directive-41 and other authorities.

Lead a wide-range staff of functional experts composed of cadre, detailee, military, and assignee personnel performing cyber threat analysis, vulnerability management, exercise planning, and outreach and coordination to secure the IC's federated IE.

Provide strategic direction and oversight of the IC SCC to ensure it meets the demands of the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape.

Serve as the leading member of a national cyber incident response group to provide leadership for effective and efficient response to cyber incidents, and propose strategies to prevent incidents from occurring or escalating.

Establish guidance for improvement and execution of defensive activities (i.e. monitoring, detection, analysis, response and coordination) throughout the IC to ensure an end-to-end trusted information environment. Is a member of the Office of the IC CIO Senior Leadership Team in execution of the OIC CIO vision, mission, and strategic plan.

Lead the development of strategies, assessments, and technology insertion to improve capabilities and services that provide the IC CIO and DNI with situational awareness of the security posture, and risk to the IC IE.

Coordinate with Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) and National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) to facilitate shared insight and comprehensive threat analysis and assessments.

Lead the IC's coordination and incident reporting responsibilities to the National Manager for National Security Systems in accordance with National Security Memorandum-8.

Collaborate directly with senior security managers charged with developing security guidelines for the IC.

Serve as the IC SCC representative on multiple community boards including, but not limited to the IC CIO Council, Technical Integration Committee, CTIIC Cyber Strategy Board, and IC CISO Council.

Represent the DNI or Office on-related fora and conduct ongoing collaboration and outreach with stakeholders and partners across the ODNI, IC, Department of Defense, United States Government, and oversight organizations (e.g., Congress and OMB), as needed, to meet mission objectives.

Produce budget plans, roadmaps, technology insertion and schedules for information security, information assurance, counterintelligence capabilities and required to operate the Center.

Responsible for acquiring and procuring technical capabilities to ensure, as applicable, IC-wide distribution of licenses for common network defense capabilities.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
  • Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

The demand on ODNI and the IC SCC to understand the security posture of the IC IE and lead coordinated efforts to defend, detect, mitigate, and respond to malicious cyber actors is increasing voluminously. Therefore, the Director of the IC SCC must possess:

Recognized expertise as a cybersecurity leader in the area of policy and planning, security, systems analysis, network services, data management, and Internet services.

Proven leadership ability and business acumen, capable of developing effective integration strategies, building coalitions, and driving change to improve operations within large, complex organizations.

Superior expertise in the methods and practices of government policy, planning, investment, and performance management.

Superior ability to establish regular contact with high-level internal and external resources and customers, supplying or seeking information on security programs and issues; superior use of tact when expressing ideas or opinions to senior leaders, customers, contractors, and other stakeholders.

Superior knowledge of the US IC and Department of Defense (DoD), to include prior IT work at one or more of the IC elements.

Expert executive skills in the development, analysis, coordination, implementation and communication of large-scale, cross-cutting information technology and sharing practices and procedures.

Expertly demonstrated leadership and management skills in planning, recruiting, developing, managing, and directing multidisciplinary teams.

Exceptional interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal and external leaders and to coordinate, network, and communicate across the IC.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Additional information

This position aligns to the ODNI GSIT pay scale, which ODNI is currently offering for IT Engineers, IT Project Managers, and ISSMs. Contact ODNI HRM for more information.

Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

Salary Determination:

The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.

Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step.

Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management.

On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned.

Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

Reasonable Accommodations:
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at dni_reasonable_accommodation_wma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

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

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. w.

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