**Must apply online through USAJOBS.GOV**

Summary

This position is part of the Southwestern Power Administration, Department of Energy. As an IT Cybersecurity Specialist, you will be responsible for reliability compliance directly pertaining to network security monitoring, cyber security architecture planning, research and development, vulnerability management, incident handling, and cyber security program oversight to meet NERC regulatory compliance and FISMA mandates.

Duties

• Serve as the technical expert for applying assigned cyber security initiatives that meet the various North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance standards.
• Provides Network Security Monitoring and technical oversight for critical systems specific to meeting compliance standards by employing processes for implementing security measures to IT assets.
• Develops, plans, implements, and maintains layered cyber security architecture for the organization, to include duties such as resource planning, research and development, and incident handling resolution.
• Responsible for leading, scheduling, and/or performing security reviews, security audits, vulnerability scans, log reviews, and risk analysis.
• Coordinate and provide IT Project Management (PM) of Federal and Contractor project teams for securing software and hardware systems.

Qualifications

You must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four (4) competencies listed below. The experience or education must be IT related and may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification) as appropriate.

To meet this requirement you must demonstrate proficiency in each of the four competencies listed as follows:

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Oral Communication
• Problem Solving

The GS-13 - Applies the competencies in considerably difficult situations and generally requires little or no guidance.

Specialized Experience: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as one year of experience equivalent to GS-12 performing ALL of the following: 1) Developing and/or implementing cybersecurity plans, policies and/or procedures; 2) Participating in audit reviews, vulnerability and/or risk assessments, security tests and evaluations, and other accreditation activities in order to ensure systems are fully accredited and comply with all applicable security standards; and 3) Monitoring systems compliance with IT security standards and regulations.