Informion Technology Specialist (Security) Department of Ste Department of Ste Headquarters Summary This position is loced in the Monitoring and Incident Response Division (MIRD), Office of Cybersecurity, Testing, Monitoring and Response (CTMR), Cyber Operions Directore (CO), Bureau of Diplomic Technology (DT). The division safeguards Ste Department IT systems by detecting cyber thres, responding to incidents, and monitoring network activity to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical da. The duty stion is Beltsville, MD. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Monitoring and Incident Response Division (MIRD), Office of Cybersecurity, Testing, Monitoring and Response (CTMR), Cyber Operions Directore (CO), Bureau of Diplomic Technology (DT). The division safeguards Ste Department IT systems by detecting cyber thres, responding to incidents, and monitoring network activity to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical da. The duty stion is Beltsville, MD. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Beltsville, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework, per agency policy Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785

• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• 10% or less
• Domestic & Internional Travel required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

M/DT-MPI-2026-0021

Control number 885085500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Department of Ste career or career conditional stus employees in the competitive service; employees who are on temporary or other non-stus appointments who have reinstement or non-competitive eligibility for a competitive service appointment (e.g., career Foreign Service employees, employees on an excepted service appointment the USUN who have previous career stus, etc.); and CTAP. Duties Help Utilizes cyber defense tools to continuously monitor and analyze enterprise systems to detect malicious activity. Lead analyst teams, as an Incident Commander, in handling novel and sophisticed cyber-tacks and serve as a subject mter expert. Analyze malicious activity to determine tack ph, exploition, and effects on systems and informion. Document and escale incidents th can potentially cause ongoing and immedie impact to the environment. Adhere to incident response processes and recommend process and or policy improvements. Provide cybersecurity recommendions to Senior Leadership and advise on deficiencies and corrective actions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Special Sensitive 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/ 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

• Monitors and analyzes network activity, documents and correles incidents, and ensures controls and processes accurely address identified risks. Customer Service
• Provides timely alerts, reports, and recommendions to Department leadership and other stakeholders, and follows up to ensure corrective actions are completed. Oral Communicion
• Delivers clear, authoritive briefings and incident updes to leadership and contractor teams, explaining thres, impacts, and recommended actions. Problem Solving
• Manages the full incident lifecycle, evalues and improves cybersecurity capabilities and processes, leads CIRT projects, and directs contractor efforts to resolve complex cyber thres.

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 as a senior cyber incident responder managing cybersecurity events from detection and monitoring through analysis and mitigion of thres. Experience documenting and escaling cyber incidents, analyzing incident and trend da to assess tack effectiveness, and applying and improving incident response processes. Experience briefing senior leadership and contractor teams on cybersecurity risks and solutions through oral and written reports.

NOTE:

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 To request a reasonable accommodion for additional time on the timed sections of the assessment, please submit your request using the "Request a Reasonable Accommodion" button within the Assessment Applicion. For all other reasonable accommodions the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions (OAA) OAA@ste.gov . OAA is responsible for reviewing and adjudicing reasonable accommodion (RA) requests for the Assessment Btery being used for this announcement. The following applies to all RA requests: RA requests cover additional time on timed sections only. Applicants submitting a RA request MUST tach supporting medical documention signed by a licensed, treing medical provider. The documention should describe the nure, severity, and expected durion of the condition, identify the relevant medical condition or diagnosis, and explain the basis for the requested extension. RA requests th do not contain supporting medical documention tachments the time of initial request may be subject to further review.

Note:

 the following documents do not, on their own, qualify for automic approval of the RA request: Schedule A letters, VA benefits letters, or SSA letters. Applicants MUST submit their applicion before the vacancy closes, even if pending an accommodion decision. Applicants are encouraged to carefully follow instructions reled to medical documention provided in the vacancy announcement prior to beginning the RA process. Applicants will have 48 hours after their RA request is adjudiced to complete the assessment btery. Scores genered after the allotted timeframe will not be admissible and the applicant will not be considered further for the vacancy. If a different type of RA is needed, please contact OAA directly 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. Under the provisions of the Direct-Hire Authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions does not apply. Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's

CTAP & ICTAP

eligibility website for more informion. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority considerion. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualificions, and demonstre proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the position. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The evaluion process consists of the ApplyGov Competency Based Assessments and a crediting plan for which applicants assigned a score between 70 and 100. A resume review by subject mter experts conducted for the top qualified candides based on the combined total score. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. Responses to questions th are not fully supported by your resume may result in a ring adjustment. All applicions th meet the required qualificions and the cutoff score referred to the selecting official in the order in which the applicions were received. You assessed on the following job-reled competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Non-Supervisory:

Oral Communicion, Writing, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Technology Oriention, Customer Service, Attention to Detail and Self-Management. Set aside least 2 hours to take the external assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. There are timed sections th must be completed within the allotted timeframe. Your score from the external assessment Non-supervisory will remain on file for 180 days, allowing you to apply for multiple DOS-announced positions without the need to retake the assessments. Top applicants may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. The assessment is a measure of the degree in which your background mches the competencies and KSAs required for this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Ability to analyze technology hardware & software for solutions. Skill in managing government-wide recommendions for remediing cybersecurity. Knowledge of computer-based informion storage & computer systems. Ability to lead multiple, concurrent projects. Ability to clearly and accurely communice technical informion to all audiences.

Resume review:

Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. Your resume should demonstre how you meet all aspects of the specialized experience stement. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., links embedded in your resume will not be opened.). If meeting basic qualificions through educion only or a combinion of educion and experience, applicants will not be referred to the SME panel but reviewed by the HR Specialist for referral. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We do not make assumptions regarding your experience. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion may result in your removal from considerion. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Include any supporting documents th don't fit within another cegory or are listed in the job announcement. Include a performance appraisal as proof of federal employment. Your resume should include relevant work experience, applicable educion and your contact informion. For current or previous federal employees, include the pay plan, series and grade. Your SF-50 shows a federal position you've held, grade level and duty locion. Your SF-50 can support position changes, conversions or separion for employment eligibility. 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 limited to two pages 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. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Veterans' Preference Documention , if applicable . Veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy. Any supporting documention received from veterans retained to document veteran's stus for appointment purposes, if selected. 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 SF-15 (Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference) 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 SF-15 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. For more veterans' preference informion, the USAJOBS Help Center . 3.

ICTAP/CTAP

documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action, certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition, submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, etc.). If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help 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 our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk fedhirehelp@applygovernment.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 Cortez Baker Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 bakercl2@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. If a tentive job offer is made, the Department of Ste will conduct a suitability and/or security background investigion. You notified up to four times during the hiring process: 1. Upon receipt of your applicion. 2. Upon minimum qualificion determinions. 3. After the list of eligibles is issued. 4. After final selection is made. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Include any supporting documents th don't fit within another cegory or are listed in the job announcement. Include a performance appraisal as proof of federal employment. Your resume should include relevant work experience, applicable educion and your contact informion. For current or previous federal employees, include the pay plan, series and grade. Your SF-50 shows a federal position you've held, grade level and duty locion. Your SF-50 can support position changes, conversions or separion for employment eligibility. 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 limited to two pages 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. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Veterans' Preference Documention , if applicable . Veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy. Any supporting documention received from veterans retained to document veteran's stus for appointment purposes, if selected. 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 SF-15 (Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference) 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 SF-15 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. For more veterans' preference informion, the USAJOBS Help Center . 3.

ICTAP/CTAP

documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action, certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition, submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, etc.). If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help 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 our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk fedhirehelp@applygovernment.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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Cortez Baker Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 bakercl2@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. If a tentive job offer is made, the Department of Ste will conduct a suitability and/or security background investigion. You notified up to four times during the hiring process: 1. Upon receipt of your applicion. 2. Upon minimum qualificion determinions. 3. After the list of eligibles is issued. 4. After final selection is made. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Beltsville, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework, per agency policy Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785

• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• 10% or less
• Domestic & Internional Travel required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

M/DT-MPI-2026-0021

Control number 885085500