Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to current employees of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This position allows for situational and recurring telework, but does not qualify for full-time or remote telework. The duty station is in the Thurgood Marshal Federal Judiciary Building at One Columbus Circle NE in Washington, DC, across the street from Union Station with easy access to Metro (red line), VRE, MARC, and Amtrak.

The Information Technology Specialist serves as a cybersecurity analyst supporting the Mission Systems Security team as an Information Security Officer (ISO), responsible for security oversight, compliance, and governance for the Product Development Office's mission system application portfolio as well as any new systems or systems being modernized. The IT Specialist will be responsible for implementing the Judiciary Information Security Framework, completing assigned ISO duties, and security program risk management throughout the full lifecycle of software development and technology adoption - from collaborating with subject matter expert (SMEs) to advising security architect, administering continuous monitoring and tracking compliance reporting.

As part of the Information Assurance Branch, the incumbent coordinates, plans, builds, and implements security controls and procedures to ensure the appropriate security posture is baselined and maintained throughout the supported programs. This position requires expertise in Client and Case management systems such as Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF), Probation and Pretrial Automation Tracking System, and acquired knowledge of cybersecurity and cloud security.

Duties Include:

1. Designing security controls, processes, and procedures for public, private, and hybrid cloud integrations to ensure compliance with judiciary and federal guidance.
2. Analyzing security requirements for cloud implementation and integration.
3. Implementing technology solutions dedicated to data protection in the cloud.
4. Working closely with development teams to ensure that software security practices are implemented in all applicable environments, including public, private, and hybrid cloud.
5. Developing systems security documentation and conducting systems security evaluations, audits, and reviews of various cloud environments.
6. Conducting risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed informed systems.
7. Developing and maintaining all security artifacts required for security authorization packages and IT scoreboards for cloud initiatives.
8. Reviewing and providing recommendations for corrective action and/or remediation of discovered security weakness for public, private, hybrid, and cloud environments.
9. Developing a partnership with the enterprise IT security office to address Judiciary security policies and coordinate national program security assessments for cloud initiatives.
10. Ensuring appropriate application of security policies and procedures to maintain information systems reliability and accessibility when operating in a cloud environment.
11. Providing government oversight of security processes and procedures conducted by contractor staff.
12. Escalating issues and concerns to the Security Branch Chief.
13. Providing regular status updates to stakeholders, including management, customers, etc. through various mediums.

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) (preferably 5 years)of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:

1. Developing security documentation, managing risk for small and large-scale applications and knowledge of enterprise security tooling.

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.