IT Specialist (INFOSEC)

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job. Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows: Battle Creek, MI: $106,437 - $138,370 Columbus, OH: $111,065- $144,386 Dayton, OH: $110,401- $143,523 Fort Belvoir, VA: $121,785- $158,322 New Cumberland, PA: $121,785- $158,322 Ogden, UT: $106,437 - $138,370 Philadelphia, PA: $117,284- $152,471 Richmond, VA: $111,183- $144,540

Duties

• Leads the configuration, implementation, and continuous improvement of cloud-native and third-party security tools to protect DLA’s multi-cloud environments.
• Provides Tier 3 support for cloud security operations, ensuring secure configurations, compliance with DLA cybersecurity policies, and alignment with DoD cloud security requirements.
• Designs and enforces security controls including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, logging, network segmentation, and workload protection across all supported cloud platforms.
• Monitors and maintains cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools, cloud workload protection platforms (CWPP), and other cloud-native security services.
• Delivers technical briefings and status reports on cloud security posture, incident trends, and compliance metrics to leadership and stakeholders.
• Provides expert-level troubleshooting and resolution for cloud security issues, including misconfigurations, access violations, and integration challenges.
• Collaborates with cloud architects, application teams, and cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure secure design and deployment of cloud-based services.
• Supports acquisition planning and execution for cloud security tools and services, including licensing, capability expansion, and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

To qualify for an IT Specialist (INFOSEC) your qualifications must include: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: - Participates in the planning and scheduling installation of new or modified hardware, Operating System (OS), and Application software as it relates to Cybersecurity Technology. - Manages accounts, network rights, and access to systems and equipment for Cybersecurity Technology on the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET) and where applicable on the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). - Participates in planning, designing, conducting, and evaluating the results of feasibility, hardware\software performance studies, and environmental tests of next generation of assigned products for Enterprise implementation. 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Required documents

To apply for this position you must provide a complete Application Package. Each Application Package MUST include: Your Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents. If you are requesting a reasonable accommodation to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, submit documentation to support your request, including the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form found here.