The United States Space Force (USSF) Combat Forces Command (CFC) Mission Delta 3 (MD3) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado is searching for a Lead Cyber Specialist (NH-2210-03).
Description:
As a dynamic IT Operations Lead and Senior Systems Administrator, you drive mission success by orchestrating a high-performing team of IT specialists and translating strategic vision into actionable technical milestones. Serving as a crucial advisor to the MD3 Command Staff, you spearhead enterprise-level IT enhancements, resolve complex infrastructure challenges, and engineer innovative solutions that optimize business capabilities. By blending forward-looking technology acquisition with rigorous Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance, you continuously fortify the organization's security posture and ensure seamless, secure operations across all systems.
The ideal candidate brings extensive experience managing secure WAN/LAN networks, evaluating emerging security methods, and executing Cyber Tasking Orders (CTOs) across critical mission platforms to lead and optimize your complex IT operations. They possess a deep technical expertise that bridges the gap between advanced systems analysis and tactical operational needs, ensuring seamless application integration while proactively aligning technology with future organizational demands. Fully cleared with an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance and a proven track record in high-stakes, classified environments-including recent JWICS experience-this candidate delivers the disciplined leadership and technical authority required to safeguard and advance your mission-critical assets.
Key Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of IT systems analysis and applications software concepts, functions, techniques, and capabilities sufficient to evaluate new and emerging IT security methods and principles, the feasibility of proposed new systems and applications software projects; and to design, write, test, debug, and maintain information systems and applications software and ensure successful integration with existing and anticipated infrastructure in the database environment.
Knowledge of operational activities (such as special operations, personnel recovery, airlift, etc...), weapon systems, command, control, and mission process, systems, and applications.
Knowledge of IT management information systems and applications software technology to isolate causes of problems between hardware, system, and applications software programs and to measure system performance and/or extend operating system capabilities to support organizational business processes and operations.
Knowledge of IT management information systems requirements and application software development techniques required in carrying out project assignments of considerable difficulty and with little specificity regarding approach to be followed.
Ability to maintain and up-to-date awareness of technological advances and predict how management can meet future requirements.
Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of an organization.
Extensive knowledge, successful experience and ability to manage Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Networks (LAN) network operating systems, system security, configuration control, system accreditation, system certification, TEMPEST, Information Assurance, network susceptibilities, network vulnerabilities and AIS risk management processes. Includes knowledge required of the chain-of-command, military, and national agencies structures.
Knowledge and successful experience processing and executing Cyber Tasking Orders (CTOs) through various operational channels and mission platforms (e.g., TMT, IKE, WARPCORE) to ensure compliance and mission readiness.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance with SCI access.
Position is special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to SCI, other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP) to fully perform the duties of the position.
This is a drug testing position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft.
May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours.
Desire recent network experience with Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System (JWICS) or other classified communications systems within the last 5 years.
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
Incentive is not authorized.
Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
Qualifications
The 2210 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. There is no Group Coverage Qualification Standard for this series.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.
Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.
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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
