IT Specialist (Security)

US Department of Transportation
New York, NY

Summary

Serves as an IT Specialist within the Technical Services Team, NAS Defense Program (NDP), NAS Security and Enterprise Operations (NASEO) Directorate.

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Overview

  • Accepting applications
  • Open & closing dates

03/29/2023 to 04/07/2023

  • Salary

$104,406 - $161,775 per year

Salary above does not include locality.

  • Pay scale & grade

FV K

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Locations

1 vacancy in the following locations:

  • Anchorage, AK

  • Kansas City, MO

  • New York, NY

  • Chicago

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  • Burlington, MA

  • Seattle, WA

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Fort Worth

  • Los Angeles County, CA

  • Washington

  • Atlantic City, NJ

  • Oklahoma City, OK

  • Salt Lake City, UT

  • Telework eligible

Yes-from one of the locations listed above and as determined by Agency policy.

  • Travel Required

75% or less - The job may require up to 75% travel.

  • Relocation expenses reimbursed

Yes- - Fixed Rate TCS - Temporary Change of Station (Current Federal Employee) - In accordance with applicable FAA Travel regulations, a fixed relocation payment of $13,500 will be paid to current Federal employees for relocation to the temporary duty station and relocation from the temporary duty location for a total of $27,000. Relocation expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes.

  • Appointment type

Temporary - 2 Years

  • Work schedule

Full-time -

  • Service

Excepted

  • Promotion potential

NA

  • Job family (Series)

2210 Information Technology Management

  • Supervisory status

No

  • Security clearance

Top Secret

  • Drug test

Yes

  • Announcement number

ASO-ATO-23-B173-83771

  • Control number

715933100

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  • Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of this agency.

Clarification from the agency

Open to current permanent FAA employees

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Duties

Applies advanced knowledge of NAS, Enterprise, and NDP Architecture concepts, standards, and best practices.

Provides oversight and recommendations for the development of cybersecurity architecture guidelines and plans, and ensures that developed or acquired systems architectures are consistent with applicable FAA/DOD/DHS guidelines, federal regulations, standards and best practices.

Evaluates security architectures and designs to determine the adequacy of security design and architecture proposed or provided in response to proposed requirement solutions or requirements contained in acquisition documents.

Combines knowledge of NAS and NDP systems and cybersecurity expertise to tactically apply information security/information assurance principles to track all planned changes to assigned systems, assessing planned changes to determine potential system security posture impact, ensure timely identification and reporting of planned NAS and NDP system changes with potential cybersecurity impact, and support Cyber Operations activity (i.e. NCO, FAA SOC).

Often represents NDP as a senior technical POC on projects, programs or other work activities. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or documents for final approval. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies. Represents NDP at cyber symposiums, rodeos, and other cyber events or meeting.

Implements higher level security requirements such as those resulting from laws, regulations, or Presidential and DHS directives. Provides policy guidance and instructions to others.

Ensures cybersecurity requirements, polices, principles, and practices are applied to all phases of the system lifecycle. This includes development and review of documentation, and coordination with NDP program managers, system owners, acquisition planners and other decision-makers and supporting analysts within assigned due dates. Develops plans for IT security systems that anticipate, identify, evaluate, mitigate and minimize risks associates with IT systems vulnerabilities in specific offices or complex applications.

Facilitates and communicates with clients and keeps client organizations appraised of status of ongoing actions and sensitive/controversial issues as they arise. Make an effort to collaborate with stakeholders to find solutions to problems and to explore new opportunities to improve products or the delivery of services.

Ensures awareness and compliance by NDP IT specialists and user community of emerging policies and procedures.

Applies advanced knowledge of FISMA and FIPS codes and regulations.

Actively participates with others to achieve overall goals by contributing ideas and efforts, voicing concerns as necessary, and volunteers to perform tasks that support team's objectives.

Assist management to set the team's strategic vision and performs both strategic and tactical planning. Assists as required in the resolution of technical or programmatic issues which at times will be time sensitive.

Provides timely responses to information requests, ensuring the information provided is accurate and complete.

Develops and maintains an understanding of NDP, FAA, DOD, DHS, external federal and state governmental agencies, law-enforcement agencies, foreign governments, and non-governmental agencies policies and processes especially with respect to information systems security and situational awareness.

Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.

Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more internal FAA organizational units, external federal and state governmental agencies, military units, law-enforcement agencies, foreign governments, and non-governmental agencies.

In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
  • Designated or Random Drug Testing required.

Qualifications

To view the complete qualifications standard, applicants should reference-U.S. Office of Personnel Management Group Coverage Qualification Standard for: Information Technology (IT) Management Series, 2210:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J, FG/GS-14. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this position includes:

  • Experience analyzing and tracking significant problems, monitors performance, and performs upgrades and/fixes to hardware and software as required.
  • Knowledge of NAS, Enterprise, and NDP Architecture concepts, standards, and best practices (i.e. Zero Trust).
  • Knowledge of FISMA and FIPS codes and regulations.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Quality Ranking Factors (QRF's) have been identified for this announcement. A QRF is a KSA or competency that could be expected to significantly enhance performance in a position. Possession of the QRF is not mandatory for minimum qualifications, however may determine the best qualified.

Quality Ranking Factors:

  • Knowledge of NAS, Enterprise, and NDP information security architecture and the ability to apply the organization's goals and objectives to develop and maintain Enterprise and NDP architecture.
  • Ability to apply NAS and NDP system knowledge, cybersecurity policies, and FIPS/FISMA regulations to perform proper continuous monitoring of system security postures and risks.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factors may be further evaluated on the KSA's listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

This is a temporary position not-to-exceed 2 years. The position CANNOT become permanent.

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Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.

Position may be subject to a background investigation.

A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/financial_disclosure_requirements

The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family.

This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing.

Temporary Change of Station (TCS):

TCS will be paid by the Federal Government to the selected candidate, if applicable, in the following order:

During the move to the temporary duty location, TCS of $13,500 will be paid to selected candidate; once the temporary appointment has been completed, TCS of $13,500 will be paid upon return to original duty location.

Security Requirements: Special Sensitive (4) Top Secret/SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information).

This is not a bargaining unit position.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA

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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.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

  • Benefits

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Review our 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.

  • Required Documents

As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.

Recent SF-50 (See instructions below).

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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.

  • How to Apply

You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:

  • Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
  • Duties (be specific in describing your duties)
  • Employer's name and address
  • Supervisor name and phone number
  • Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
  • Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
  • Salary

Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.

You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

Agency contact information

Shannon A. Rogers

Phone

1 (404) 305-5357

Fax

1 (404) 393-0636

Email

Shannon.A.Rogers@faa.gov

Address

Federal Aviation Administration

ASO Regional HR Services Division

1701 Columbia Avenue

HFS-510

College Park, GA 30337

US

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Next steps

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.

Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

  • Fair and Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

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Required Documents

Recent SF-50 (See instructions below).

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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.

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How to Apply

You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:

  • Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
  • Duties (be specific in describing your duties)
  • Employer's name and address
  • Supervisor name and phone number
  • Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
  • Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
  • Salary

Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.

You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

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Agency contact information

Shannon A. Rogers

Phone

1 (404) 305-5357

Fax

1 (404) 393-0636

Email

Shannon.A.Rogers@faa.gov

Address

Federal Aviation Administration

ASO Regional HR Services Division

1701 Columbia Avenue

HFS-510

College Park, GA 30337

US

Learn more about this agency

Next steps

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.

Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Read more

Fair & Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

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Overview

  • Accepting applications
  • Open & closing dates

03/29/2023 to 04/07/2023

  • Salary

$104,406 - $161,775 per year

Salary above does not include locality.

  • Pay scale & grade

FV K

  • Locations

1 vacancy in the following locations:

  • Anchorage, AK

  • Kansas City, MO

  • New York, NY

  • Chicago

  • Show more locations (9)

  • Burlington, MA

  • Seattle, WA

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Fort Worth

  • Los Angeles County, CA

  • Washington

  • Atlantic City, NJ

  • Oklahoma City, OK

  • Salt Lake City, UT

  • Telework eligible

Yes-from one of the locations listed above and as determined by Agency policy.

  • Travel Required

75% or less - The job may require up to 75% travel.

  • Relocation expenses reimbursed

Yes- - Fixed Rate TCS - Temporary Change of Station (Current Federal Employee) - In accordance with applicable FAA Travel regulations, a fixed relocation payment of $13,500 will be paid to current Federal employees for relocation to the temporary duty station and relocation from the temporary duty location for a total of $27,000. Relocation expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes.

  • Appointment type

Temporary - 2 Years

  • Work schedule

Full-time -

  • Service

Excepted

  • Promotion potential

NA

  • Job family (Series)

2210 Information Technology Management

  • Supervisory status

No

  • Security clearance

Top Secret

  • Drug test

Yes

  • Announcement number

ASO-ATO-23-B173-83771

  • Control number

715933100

This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/715933100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.

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