Information Technology Specialist (Information Security) - usajobs.gov - Washington, DC
The United States has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recovering from disaster, or striving to live in a free and democratic country. USAID has been a principal U.S. agency in extending assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
The OIG is responsible for preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, and violations of law, and for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of USAID programs. OIG is responsible for auditing and investigating USAID, the Inter-American Foundation, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the United States African Development Foundation. OIG is organized into three operational units: Audit, Investigations, and Management. OIG maintains overseas offices in Cairo, Egypt; Dakar, Senegal; Manila, Philippines; Pretoria, South Africa; San Salvador, El Salvador; Islamabad, Pakistan; Frankfurt, Germany; Kabul, Afghanistan; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Islamabad, Pakistan; Kabul, Afghanistan; Tel Aviv, Israel, Frankfurt, Germany and Kampala, Uganda. TRAVEL REQUIRED
25% or Greater
. RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
No KEY REQUIREMENTS
Overnight travel may be required
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Must be able to obatin and maintain a Top Secret Clearance
Designated drug testing position
Relocation expenses will not be paid DUTIES:
The incumbent will perform the following duties on a development level with tasks becoming progressively more responsible :
Skill in applying, total infrastructure protection environment; system security certification and accreditation requirements and processess.
Extensive knowledge of IT Governance and IT Life Cycle Processes.
Extensive knowledge of a wide range of Information Technology concepts, principals and practices.
Expert knowledge of the theory and technology of both computers and telecommunications systems.
Ability to coordinate and conduct surveys and inspections which improve the level of security.
Evaluates performance as they relate to information security strategic direction and for consistency, standardization, integration, quality assurance, and compliance with architecture and standards. Makes recommendations for improvements. Identifies issues and obtains authoritative resolution of issues pertaining to conflicts among OIG functional areas, technical areas, or organizations.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
National Service (i.e., volunteer experience) Language for JOA Qualifications Tab:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Basic Requirement: All applicants must meet the following criteria.
GS-12: You qualify at the GS-12 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-11, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at, or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes contingency planning; security awareness for IT professional staff; providing analytic and technical advice to support and defend major principle policy and business decisions in the areas of information and security, capability, and planning; delivers written status updates, informal meetings and briefings to superiors and senior OIG staff.
GS-13: You qualify at the GS-13 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-12, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at, or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes a thorough understanding of Information Security monitoring incident response; contingency planning; security awareness for IT professional staff; providing analytic and technical advice to support and defend major principle policy and business decisions in the areas of information and security, operational and tactical net-centric readiness, capability, contracting, budgeting, and planning; works at the senior level to define, integrate, and implement strategic direction for vital programs with long-term impact on large numbers of people; delivers written status updates, informal meetings and briefings to superiors and senior OIG staff. Provides programmatic support for all sensitive activity information /security functions within OIG. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Applicants who meet the basic qualification and eligibility requirements for the position(s) to be filled will be forwarded to the selecting official for further consideration:
Selections are made from all list of qualified candidates on the basis of merit without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, physical disability, age, or political affiliation.
The assessment questionnaire is designed to measure the following competencies that are required for this position:
Information Assurance
Information Resources Strategy and Planning
Information Systems Security Certification
Information Systems/Network Security
Information Technology Architecture IMPORTANT: If you are found to have rated your self assessment higher than the information in your on-line application, supporting documentation narratives, and/or any other relevant part of your application package; including attachments, a score will manually be determined that reflects your documented experience. This may result in a lowered score and may also eliminate you from the best qualified list.
To preview questions please click here .
BENEFITS:
You can review our benefits at:
https://careerconnector.jobs.treas.gov/cc/usaid/vacancy/preview!benefits.hms?orgId=664&jnum=133960
OTHER INFORMATION: Career Transition Program : This program applies to Federal workers whose positions have been deemed ‘surplus’ or no longer needed, or an employee has been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service.
ICTAP/CTAP: These hiring mechanisms apply to Federal workers whose positions have been deemed ‘surplus’ or no longer needed, or an employee has been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service. For information on how to apply and what documents to submit as a ICTAP or CTAP eligible, go to: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp . ICTAP/CTAP candidates must be rated well-qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority. ICTAP/CTAP eligibles will be considered “well-qualified” if they attain at least a rating score of 88 in a numerical rating scheme. Be sure to review to reflect that you are applying as an ICTAP/CTAP eligible and submit supporting documentation.
Handicapped applicants, disabled veterans, and VRA’s or any others eligible for a noncompetitive appointment under special appointing authorities must clearly specify this eligibility on their application and attach documentation.
DIRECT DEPOSIT: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
TESTING DESIGNATED POSITIONS: These are Testing Designated Positions (TDPs) under the Agency’s approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.
SELECTIVE SERVICE: The Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that all male applicants born after 12/31/59 who are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, be registered or they are not eligible for appointment to this position. For further information concerning Selective Service requirements, please visit http://www.sss.gov/ .
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Disability: www.opm.gov/disability/mngr_3-13.asp
You may apply to this position if you are a Status Candidate which includes:
Current Federal employees serving under a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service. You can find this information in blocks 24 and 34 of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action.
Former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.
Persons eligible for non-competitive appointment under special hiring authorities.*
Persons eligible under an Interchange Agreement.*
Veterans’ preference eligibles or veterans who have been separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions after substantially completing at least three consecutive years of active duty.* Reinstatement eligibility refers to the ability for those individuals who previously held a career or career-conditional appointment to apply for jobs in the competitive Federal service open to status applicants. There is no time limit on reinstatement eligibility for those who either have veterans’ preference, or acquired career tenure by completing 3 years of substantially continuous creditable service. If you did not acquire career tenure, you may be reinstated within 3 years after the date of your separation. HOW TO APPLY: Applications for this position are being processed through an on-line applicant assessment system that has been specifically configured for US Agency for International Development applicants.
To begin the application process, please click http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/312115300 then “Apply Online” button to the right.
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement’s closing date.
Step 1 – Create or Upload a resume with USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov) – We suggest you go to the end of the Qualifications & Evaluation section of the job announcement to preview the online questions that you will answer in Step 3. You may need to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. – You may create a resume in USAJOBS or upload one of your own choosing. Although you must enter your Social Security Number (SSN) for USAJOBS, we will only see the last four digits for identification purposes.
Step 2 – Apply Online Click the “Apply Online” link of this announcement and then select the resume you wish to submit with your application. You will be redirected to the USAID’s CareerConnector website to complete the application process.
Step 3 – Answer the Online Questions and Submit Your Online Application If this is your first time on USAID’s CareerConnector website, you will be prompted to register by answering questions related to your eligibility for Federal employment. The system will save these responses and take you back to the main screen so that you can answer the job-specific questions. Select “Take me to the assessment” and click on the “Continue” button to answer the job-specific questions. You must answer all the questions and click the “Finished” button.
Step 4 – Review and Confirm Your Submission You will now have the option to upload a document or print fax cover-sheets for your required documents (see step 5 for details). Once you click “Done,” you will see a summary of your application for your review. You may also print a copy for your records. When you click “Finished” at the bottom of the page, you will then be directed back to USAJOBS where you can confirm that your application has been submitted and track your application status.
Step 5 – Submit Required Documents You can submit any required documents (discussed below) by document upload or fax. Whichever method you choose, please include the job announcement number with your documents. To protect your privacy, we encourage you to remove your SSN from any documents that you submit.
Document Upload : You may upload supporting documents in one of two ways:
Once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement, you will be prompted to upload your document(s) to your application. You will be given the choice to either upload the document as part of the application process or you can select a document that you’ve already loaded on USAJOBS. OR
You can upload a document to an existing application by logging into your USAJOBS account profile. Click on “My Applications” and search for the vacancy. Once you have located the vacancy, click on the vacancy and select “Apply Online.” Move through your existing application to the Documents page and select Upload in order to add a document to your application. Be certain to review your complete application for confirmation that the document uploaded. In the Application Review section, you may verify acceptance of your documents in CareerConnector if you see them listed on the “Vacancy Documents” screen. Then, click on “Finished” to be returned to USAJOBS.
Fax: Create a fax cover-sheet in CareerConnector by following the “Faxing Supporting Documentation” instructions. The fax number will be on the coversheet.
If you are having difficulty with the Career Connector system and need technical assistance please e-mail the help desk at careerconnectorhelp@treasury.gov . The help desk is available to assist you during the hours of 8:00 am – 4:30 pm EST.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Resume showing relevant experience.
Most recent copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action); your document must reflect grade, step, tenure code “1” or “2”, and type of position occupied.
Veterans’ documentation, if requesting consideration under any veterans’ hiring eligibilities such as VRA, preference point entitlement (e,g, DD214, SF-15, and Veteran’s Administration Letter). For a detailed lis t of documents, click here .
Supporting documentation if seeking eligibility based any other special hiring authority (e.g., disabled veteran, Schedule A) For a detailed list of documents, click here .
Proof of government service documenting that you have met the time-in-grade requirements.
Copy of college transcript if education was used to qualify you for the position. AGENCY CONTACT INFO: Amanda Gailor
Phone: 202-712-4189
Fax: 999-999-9999
Email: Recruitmentoig@usaid.gov
Agency Information:
United States Agency for International Development
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington,
DC
20523
US
Fax: 999-999-9999
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