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IT Specialist (PLCYPLN) Department of the Army Joint Activities U.S. Cyber Command - J36 Summary About the
Position:
This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25 . This position is loced the U.S. Cyber Command in Fort Meade, Maryland. Learn more about this agency Summary About the
Position:
This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25 . This position is loced the U.S. Cyber Command in Fort Meade, Maryland. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 19, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Meade, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position MAY be eligible for situional telework only, to include OPM prescribed telework Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $131,841 - $180,186 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None 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 - You may be expected to travel for this position up to 10% of the time. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DAKB-26-12918136-CES-R
Control number 873330900 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualificions" section for more informion on who is eligible to apply for this position. Duties Help Analyzes and provides expert assessments to J3, the
USCYBERCOM
management team and supported CC/S/As of anticiped and new Joint and DoD policy and instructions relevant to Defensive Cyberspace Operions (DCO). Assesses potential effects on
USCYBERCOM
operions and recommends approprie actions, including development of new/revised USCYBERCOM and supported CC/S/A policy and operions guides. Collabores within
USCYBERCOM J3
Directores, JFHQ-DODIN, and supported CC/S/As to identify DCO, DoDIN OPS and cyberspace defense programs and stregies th are consistent with
USCYBERCOM.
Provides technical advice and consultion to
USCYBERCOM J3
on all mters reling to malicious computer activity, malicious cyberspace actors (MCAs), DCO, DoDIN OPS, NETOPS, and cyberspace defense, and emerging trends. Establishes and maintains effective working relionships with professional peers in Government, industry and prive sector computer security, law enforcement, and technical research organizions to collect and exchange informion useful to DCO. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion. Three year trial/probionary period may be required. The incumbent required to be available for other than normal duty hours to include weekends to support exercises and crisis planning. TDY required up to 10% of the time. The incumbent may be required to travel by military and/or commercial aircraft in the performance of assigned tasks. The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a
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clearance as a condition of employment and must complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph exam. The incumbent must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy 5-1. This position has been designed as a Testing Designed Position (TDP). Employee must pass initial and periodic random drug testing. This is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Appointment to this position does not confer competitive stus. Qualificions
CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE
"
OTHER DOCUMENTS
". This position is in the Professional Work Cegory the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupional Structure.
Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority cegories below are eligible to apply for this job. You asked to identify which cegory or cegories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the cegory or cegories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candides, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. Additional informion about transcripts is in this document . To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience th demonstres the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immedie success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly reled to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstred by coordining with external partners regarding cyber-defense policies; analyzing cyber-defense policies to determine the effects on agency operions; AND providing technical advice to staff regarding malicious computer activity and cyberspace defense. The specialized experience must include, or be supplemented by, informion technology reled experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training, as approprie) which demonstres each of the four competencies, as defined: (1) Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about tending to detail. Examples of IT-reled experience demonstring this competency include: completing thorough and accure work independently, even in the most difficult or stressful situions; occasionally reviewing work completed by others. (2) Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (th is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products th your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizions outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide informion or assistance, resolve their problems, or sisfy their expections; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Examples of IT-reled experience demonstring this competency include: resolving routine and non-routine problems, questions, or complaints; developing and maintaining strong, mutually supportive working relionships with customers; conducting evaluion of support to determine quality of services and customer sisfaction, and recommending procedural changes based on customer need or changes in policy and/or regulion. (3) Oral Communicion - Expresses informion (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nure of the informion (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentions; listens to others, tends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriely. Examples of IT-reled experience demonstring this competency include: convincingly conveying complex informion to customers; presenting thoughts th are well-organized and demonstring confidence in the facts and ideas; adjusting style when working with individuals with different levels of understanding; using various methods to explain and convey informion. (4) Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions. Examples of IT-reled experience demonstring this competency include: solving complex or sensitive problems by developing and proposing stregic alternives; identifying possible conflicts and shared benefits; helping team anticipe problems and identifying and evaluing potential sources of informion; providing feedback and coaching to others to help solve problems; engaging approprie stakeholders when developing solutions in order to understand and incorpore multiple perspectives and needs; evaluing the effectiveness of decisions and adjusting future decisions as approprie. Educion Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualificion requirement using experience alone--no substitution of educion for experience is permitted. Additional informion If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you placed on an excepted appointment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion. You required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 3 year probionary period during which the agency evalues your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determinion, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizional or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certificion th it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a
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security clearance. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the Reemployed Annuitant informion sheet. This is a(n) Informion Technology Management Career Field position. Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable.
Visit https:
//www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more informion. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulions and an agency determinion th a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Recruitment and/or relocion incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candides. 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. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. 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 WARNING :
DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET!
receive considerion for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your applicion package and it is confirmed th any of the informion is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for considerion for this position, your Security Office notified to determine if any further action is warranted. The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.
Your resume:
Cyber Excepted Service positions are not subject to the two-page resume limit. Your full resume will need to be uploaded to your USAJOBS profile using the document type 'Other Documents' . Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.
Other supporting documents:
Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Proof of Eligibility to
Apply:
Your applicion must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and wh document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further considerion.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/19/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12988377 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address
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Fort Meade, MD 20755 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 WARNING :
DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET!
receive considerion for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your applicion package and it is confirmed th any of the informion is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for considerion for this position, your Security Office notified to determine if any further action is warranted. The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.
Your resume:
Cyber Excepted Service positions are not subject to the two-page resume limit. Your full resume will need to be uploaded to your USAJOBS profile using the document type 'Other Documents' . Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.
Other supporting documents:
Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Proof of Eligibility to
Apply:
Your applicion must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and wh document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further considerion.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/19/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12988377 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address
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Fort Meade, MD 20755 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 Posted today • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 19, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Meade, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position MAY be eligible for situional telework only, to include OPM prescribed telework Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $131,841 - $180,186 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position up to 10% of the time. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No 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
