Senior Incident Response Lead

About the role

The Office of Information Technology is seeking a IT Specialist (INFOSEC) (Senior Incident Response Lead). In this role, you will be responsible for leading the detection, analysis, and response to cyber incidents that threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise assets. This position requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate across teams to ensure rapid, effective, and consistent incident response. Applicants are responsible for confirming all required materials are submitted by the closing date of the announcement. Please check the How You Will Be Evaluated and Required Documents sections carefully, as missing documents will render the application incomplete and ineligible for review. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. BASIC REQUIREMENT: For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below: 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. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must also meet the minimum qualification requirement below: SK-14: Applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS/SK-13 level: Analyzing telemetry data to identify the root cause of a cyber incident; Working with different groups to handle a cyber incident; Delivering reports that explain what happened and what the team learned; and Providing technical direction to team members during security and cyber incidents. ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD COMPETENCIES: Your Accomplishment Record narratives should address the following competencies. See the How You Will Be Evaluated section below for more information: Cyber Defense Analysis: Uses defensive measures and information collected from a variety of sources to identify, analyze, andreport events that occur or might occur within the network to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats. Critical Thinking: Considers a variety of factors, general and subject matter-specific, when making decisions and determining next steps. Technical Communication: Translates technical information into non-technical terms and accurately convey technical information to end users (e.g., staff, management) and outside parties, including the technical documentation of applications, systems, Standard Operating Procedures, etc. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Uses principles, methods, and tools to design or implement systems that perform and apply human-like intelligence functions such as those that use neural networks, deep learning, natural language processing, and image recognition.

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