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    Cybersecurity Senior Specialist - Virginia Beach, United States - United States Senate

    United States Senate
    United States Senate Virginia Beach, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description
    Cybersecurity Senior Specialist #5346

    Department: Chief Information Officer
    Work Hours: Shift Work (TBD)
    Pay Grade Range: $99518-$168496
    Remote Work Status: Hybrid
    FLSA Status: Exempt
    Posting Date Range: 5/28/2024-6/11/2024
    This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

    JOB OVERVIEW

    About Us

    Join our dedicated cybersecurity team at the SAA and play a pivotal role in enhancing our cybersecurity posture. We're seeking a dedicated professional to join us in protecting the systems and information used to create the legislation that underwrites our democracy. We create a resilient cybersecurity operation by pro-actively identifying, protecting, detecting, reacting, and recovering (IPDRR) the US Senate enterprise. We combine people, processes, and technology into a state of the art, continuous risk-reduction practice that is flexible, innovative, and effective.

    Role Overview

    Step into a role where challenges become opportunities. You will join our Cyber Security Operations Center team in our Operations Branch to complement a technically proficient, customer-focused, responsive team of experts dedicated to triaging potential and actual cybersecurity incidents, responding to cybersecurity concerns among the Senate community, and providing a robust defense against a wide range of cyber threats 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

    Key Responsibilities
    • Support team configuration and optimization of cyber defense tools.
    • Support team characterization and analysis of network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats.
    • Contribute expert technical support to enterprise-wide cyber defense technicians.
    • Assist in team updates of defense tool rules and signatures.
    • Contribute to team technical validation of cybersecurity-enabled products or other compensating security control technologies.
    • Analyze log files.
    • Triage cyber defense incidents.
    • Support trend analysis and reporting to ensure quality of cyber defense.
    • Contribute to adjustments to technical platforms, processes, and environment, based on cybersecurity capability assessments/audits.
    • Support design and drafting of incident findings for stakeholders.
    • Support collection of intrusion artifacts and mitigation of potential cyber incidents.
    • Contribute technical expertise to law enforcement personnel.
    • Engage with external data sources to monitor threats and assess potential impact.
    Key Accountabilities/Essential Job Duties
    Provides functional and/or technical skills for the assigned cybersecurity unit. Supports the unit's work effort as required in preparing materials for collaborating with other sections, divisions, departments, and vendors to gather and disseminate information. Contributes to the unit's work effort as required in preparing analysis and materials for providing expert level support in the assigned area of cybersecurity to SAA IT security branch staff, other SAA technical staff, SAA procurement staff, and other division or departments; and for identifying and resolving critical and complex issues in the assigned unit. Supports the unit's work effort as directed in providing leadership to the unit's project teams and contractors. Work includes helping to develop plans, assignments, and coordination of work efforts. Supports the unit's work effort to develop governing policies, standards, and procedures. Other duties as assigned.

    JOB SPECIFICATIONS

    Required Education
    High School Diploma, GED.

    Required Work Experience
    • Five to seven years of progressively responsible experience within a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)-type environment.
    Skills and Abilities
    • Determining how a cybersecurity system should work.
    • Preserving evidence integrity according to relevant standards.
    • Using incident handling methodologies.
    • Troubleshooting and diagnosing cyber defense infrastructure anomalies and work through resolution.
    • Assessing security controls based on cybersecurity principles and tenets.
    • Conducting investigations and developing comprehensive reports.
    • Evaluating the adequacy of security designs.
    • Tuning sensors.
    • Using protocol analyzers.
    • Collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources.
    • Securing network communications.
    • Recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.
    • Protecting a network against malware. (e.g., NIPS, anti-malware, restrict/prevent external devices, spam filters).
    • Sourcing data used in intelligence, assessment and/or planning products.
    • Applying cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements.
    • Designing incident response for cloud service models.
    • Applying techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions.
    • Interpreting network tool information.
    Desired Qualifications
    • Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.
    • Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
    • Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and access control methods.
    • Knowledge of vulnerability information dissemination sources.
    • Knowledge of incident categories, incident responses, and timelines for responses.
    • Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques.
    • Knowledge of network attacks.
    • Knowledge of insider threat investigations, reporting, investigative tools, and laws/regulations.
    • Knowledge of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
    • Knowledge of collection management processes, capabilities, and limitations.
    • Knowledge of types of cyber-attacks and attack stages.
    • Knowledge of applicable laws and statutes.
    • Knowledge of encryption methodologies.
    • Knowledge of signature implementation impact for viruses, malware, and attacks.
    • Knowledge of cloud service models.
    • Knowledge of malware analysis concepts and methodologies.
    • Knowledge of packet-level analysis using appropriate tools.
    • Knowledge of penetration testing principles, tools, and techniques.
    • Knowledge of intrusion detection and prevention system tools and applications.
    As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant's proficiency in key areas relevant to the role.

    Working Conditions
    • Sedentary.
    • To meet the needs of the US Senate, the person in this position will be required to work extended hours, outside normal business hours, which includes but may not be limited to holidays and weekends, as necessary
    • To meet the needs of the US Senate, the person in this position will be required to be on call, or report on-site on a rotation, as needed by SAA.
    Security Clearance
    • This position requires that the applicant obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance.
    • Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order for the SAA to submit your application for a security clearance.
    Continuous Learning & Development

    We believe in nurturing talent. With access to advanced training modules, workshops, and seminars, your growth journey is our top priority.

    CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

    To be employed by a Senate employing office in a paid position in the continental United States an individual must:
    1. Be a U.S. citizen;
    2. Be lawfully admitted for permanent residence and seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)(B);
    3. Be (i) admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 and (ii) have filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or
    4. Owe allegiance to the U.S. (i.e., qualify as a non-citizen U.S. national under federal law).

    Employment is contingent on background / security investigation results.

    BENEFITS AT-A-GLANCE

    The SAA provides a highly competitive benefitspackage for all SAA staff. Our benefits extend beyond health care coverage tohelp provide employees with student loan reimbursement, professionaldevelopment, transportation subsidy, TSP/retirement savings, access to ourEmployee Assistance Program, and more For more information regarding SAA'sbenefits, please visit

    ACCOMMODATIONS

    As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the SAA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAA and need special assistance or an accommodation to complete the application process, please submit your request to email with "Accommodation" in the subject line.

    VOLUNTARY SELF-IDENTIFICATION FOR VETERANS' PREFERENCE

    If you are identifying as veterans' preference eligible underthe VEOA, please use this link to complete your application for Veterans' Preference AFTER you apply for this position. The link will also be available on the "Thank You" page after you have submitted your job application.

    Candidates only need to apply one time for veterans' preference tobe considered for all future veterans' preference positions within the SenateSergeant at Arms.
    • All supporting documents must ONLY be provided within the Veterans' Preference Application and within the stated deadline of the job announcement.
    • Late applications for veterans' preference will not be considered.
    • Documentation to obtain veterans' preference will not be considered if attached to the job application.
    • If you need to revise or resubmit your Application for Veterans' Preference/documents, please withdraw your previous Application for Veterans' Preference and resubmit. If you require assistance, please email
    • "">To view additional information regarding the VEOA, please click here.
    An applicantwho declines to self-identify as a disabled veteran and/or to provideinformation and documentation regarding his/her disabled veteran's status willnot be subjected to an adverse employment action, but the individual may beruled ineligible for veterans'preference.
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