INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST Position Available In Charleston, South Carolina

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

(INFOSEC) Department of Ste Department of Ste

• Agency Wide Summary This position is loced in the Chief Informion Officer Directore, Cyber Operions Division (CGFS/CIO/ACGS/CO), Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services (CGFS) and is loced in Charleston, SC.

The incumbent provides network infrastructure, informion security, applicion development, and mobile computing services. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/25/2025 to 07/01/2025 Salary $105,383

• $137,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Charleston, SC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• Occasional travel
• Occasional travel may be required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number

HRSC/CGFS-2025-0015

Control number 839385800 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Conducts risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed informion systems to identify vulnerabilities, risks, and protection needs. Develops policies and procedures to ensure informion systems reliability and accessibility and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and da. Applies informion obtained in formuling security policies and procedures. Promotes awareness of security issues among management and end-users and ensures th sound security principles are reflected in organizions’ visions and goals. May participe in seminars, conferences, and other professional meetings in order to exchange informion on program reled mters. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Informion Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Qualificions Applicants must meet all the qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of this announcement. Applicants applying for the GS-13 grade level must meet the following requirements: Have IT-reled experience demonstring EACH of the four competencies AND specialized experience listed below: Attention to Detail

• Assesses breaches of security to determine their impact on system operions and the confidentiality, integrity, and reliability of the informion stored and manipuled within the system. Customer Service
• Coordines development work with higher echelon informion security organizions, end-users within and outside an organizion, and with other IT Specialists within an IT organizion. Oral Communicion
•  Participes in seminars, conferences, and other professional meetings in order to exchange informion on program reled mters. Problem Solving
• Promotes awareness of security issues among management and end-users and ensures th sound security principles are reflected in organizions’ visions and goals.

AND Have least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstre the following: Experience conducting systems security evaluions, audits, and reviews to ensure compliance with IT policies and procedures. Experience working with agencies to ensure the integrity of the networks are following standards and procedures. Experience developing policies and procedures to ensure informion systems reliability and accessibility and to prevent unauthorized access to systems, networks, and da.

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In order to qualify for this position, your experience MUST be IT reled; the experience may be demonstred by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certificion), as approprie. There is no substitute of educion for specialized experience for the GS-13 position. Educion Educion requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement. Additional informion For the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions (202) 663-3474 or OAA@ste.gov. If eligible, situional telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your conducted and compared against your responses to the assessment questions to determine if you are qualified for this job.

Note:

Responses to questions th are not fully supported by the informion in your resume may result in adjustments to your ring. Applicants who meet the minimum qualificion requirements, as described in the “Qualificions” section of this announcement, assigned to one of three quality cegories: Qualified

• In addition to meeting minimum qualificions, applicants must demonstre a basic level of the required competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) for the position. Well Qualified
• In addition to meeting minimum qualificions, applicants must demonstre proficiency in some but not all of the required competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) for the position. Highly Qualified
• In addition to meeting minimum qualificions, applicants must fully demonstre proficiency in all of the required competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) for the position.

Highly Qualified applicants may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. The cegory assignment is a measure of the degree in which your background mches the competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) required for this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Knowledge of informion technology life cycle concepts. Ability to make decisions based on informion from a wide variety of sources. Ability to apply stutes, policies, and regulions governing informion technology. Ability to apply program management principles, methods, and practices. Ability to communice both orally and in writing.

Veterans:

Qualified veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10% are listed in the Highly Qualified cegory. Other 10-point preference eligible and veterans with 5-point preference who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements are placed above non-preference eligible applicants within the cegory in which they qualify. View informion on on OPM’s Fed Hire Vets website. Agency and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP and ICTAP)

Eligibles:

If you have never been a Federal employee, you are not CTAP or ICTAP eligible. View informion about on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory for this position and submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this job announcement to receive considerion for selection priority. You may for this vacancy. Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion 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. All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. 2. Veterans’ Preference Documention, if applicable : To claim 5-point preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. To claim 10-point preference, submit all required documention outlined on the to support your claim (e.g., DD-214, official stement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, etc.). If we cannot verify your 10-point preference claim, your applicion reviewed for 5-point preference. To claim 10-point derived preference (i.e., spouses, widows, widowers or mothers of veterans), submit a completed and all required documention listed on the SF-15 to support your claim. To claim 0-point Sole Survivorship preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 or another form of official documention showing th your discharge or release from active duty occurred on or after August 29, 2008 and was based on a sole survivorship discharge.

For all preference claims:

DD-214 Member 4 copies are preferred and must show the des of service, type of discharge, and any qualifying service campaign medals. If you are currently on active duty and applying based on eligibility under the , you must provide a certificion on letterhead from your military branch which contains your military service des, expected de of discharge or release, and the character of service to show th your military service was performed under honorable conditions. The expected de of discharge or release must be no ler than 120 days after the certificion is submitted for considerion for this vacancy announcement. For more veterans’ preference informion, the . 3.

ICTAP/CTAP

documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action, certificion of expected separion, etc.). Visit our agency’s and eligibility informion sites for more informion and required applicion documention. How to Apply Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we’ll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We’ll automically save your progress as you go, so you won’t lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the “Apply” button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion S. Dixon Phone Address U.S. Department of Ste 1999 Dyess Ave. (Charleston Reg. Ctr.) Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants’ qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the “How You Will Be Evalued” section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. 2. Veterans’ Preference Documention, if applicable : To claim 5-point preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. To claim 10-point preference, submit all required documention outlined on the to support your claim (e.g., DD-214, official stement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, etc.). If we cannot verify your 10-point preference claim, your applicion reviewed for 5-point preference. To claim 10-point derived preference (i.e., spouses, widows, widowers or mothers of veterans), submit a completed and all required documention listed on the SF-15 to support your claim. To claim 0-point Sole Survivorship preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 or another form of official documention showing th your discharge or release from active duty occurred on or after August 29, 2008 and was based on a sole survivorship discharge.

For all preference claims:

DD-214 Member 4 copies are preferred and must show the des of service, type of discharge, and any qualifying service campaign medals. If you are currently on active duty and applying based on eligibility under the , you must provide a certificion on letterhead from your military branch which contains your military service des, expected de of discharge or release, and the character of service to show th your military service was performed under honorable conditions. The expected de of discharge or release must be no ler than 120 days after the certificion is submitted for considerion for this vacancy announcement. For more veterans’ preference informion, the . 3.

ICTAP/CTAP

documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action, certificion of expected separion, etc.). Visit our agency’s and eligibility informion sites for more informion and required applicion documention. How to Apply Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we’ll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We’ll automically save your progress as you go, so you won’t lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the “Apply” button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion S. Dixon Phone Address U.S. Department of Ste 1999 Dyess Ave. (Charleston Reg. Ctr.) Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants’ qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the “How You Will Be Evalued” section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/25/2025 to 07/01/2025 Salary $105,383

• $137,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Charleston, SC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• Occasional travel
• Occasional travel may be required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number

HRSC/CGFS-2025-0015

Control number 839385800 ., .