IT Specialist (INFOSEC)

Duties
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• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in DLA Cybersecurity for Cloud Security Technologies across AWS, Azure, OCI, and GCP.
• 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.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Critical Sensitive with Top Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
• Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required

Qualifications

To qualify for an IT Specialist (IN FOSEC) your resume and supporting documentation must support:

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:

• Mastery knowledge of DLA and DOD cybersecurity requirements, information security standards, policies, methods, and procedures used to analyze and interpret Information Assurance (IA) policies, standards, guidelines, and evaluate the need for changes in existing policies and procedures.
• Extensive technical knowledge of DLA information systems/services to include how this information is deployed, hosted, made available, and the applicable rules governing the dissemination of DLA/DOD logistics information. This includes but is not limited to, Log Management, Security Event Management, Vulnerability Management, Host Based Security System, and Intrusion Detection.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the IT security program established, implemented, and maintained to assure efficient IT security is provided for all organizational information collected, processed, transmitted, stored, or disseminated in its general support systems and major applications.
• Expert skill in adapting analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to determine program effectiveness, to develop new or modified work methods, and ability to analyze and resolve complex problems.

B. Education: Applicants may not qualify for this position based on education in lieu of specialized experience.

For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed:

Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.

Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

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.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal.

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