Cybersecurity Specialist (Cyber Operations & Incident Responder)

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Washington (District of Columbia)

Sur place

USD 144 000 - 187 000

Plein temps

Il y a 3 jours

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Résumé du poste

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking a Cybersecurity Specialist (Cyber Operations & Incident Responder) to lead and manage agency cybersecurity programs from EXIT in Washington, DC. You will coordinate incident response, assess threats, and develop policies to safeguard IT resources and data.

Telework eligibility is noted, with a pay range and benefits typical for federal roles. The position emphasizes monitoring, threat analysis, policy development, and collaboration with senior

Qualifications

No mandatory education requirement.
Specialized experience required at this grade level.

Responsabilités

Assess the impact of technology changes on the agency's long-range IT cybersecurity plans and recommend updates.
Serve as incident response coordinator for cyber security operations and analyze cyber events within the agency's network environment.
Monitor network activity and analyze evidence of suspicious behavior to protect information systems and networks.
Develop, implement, and ensure compliance with IT security plans and policies; evaluate threats and vulnerabilities and recommend mitigations.

Description du poste

Cybersecurity Specialist (Cyber Operations & Incident Responder)

Hiring Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

The Cybersecurity Specialist (Cyber Operations & Incident Responder) position is located in the Office of Information and Technology Services (EXIT), U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). EXIT is responsible for managing and securing the information technology resources for the CPSC. The incumbent is a recognized authority responsible for leading the CPSC cybersecurity program.

Key Responsibilities

The primary purpose of the position is to assess the impact of forecasted changes in technology and business requirements on the agency's long-range Information Technology (IT) cybersecurity plans and recommend appropriate changes to goals and strategies.

The work involves developing, implementing, and ensuring compliance with IT cybersecurity plans and policies; serving as the incident response coordinator for cyber security operations, analyzing cyber events occurring in the agency's network environment; monitoring network activity; analyzing evidence of suspicious behavior; implementing and managing cyber defense tools; conducting assessments of threats and vulnerabilities; testing and implementing new technologies; and determining deviations from acceptable network configurations and policies assessing the level of risk, and recommending appropriate mitigation countermeasures to top-level management.

The Cybersecurity Specialist (Cyber Operations & Incident Responder) serves as a recognized authority in leading and establishing the framework for CPSC Cybersecurity Information Security IT programs. Assesses and anticipates the effects of new emerging technology and develops policies to prevent cybersecurity violations and govern activities.

Develops and maintains strategic plans to define current and future cybersecurity requirements and establish metrics to measure and evaluate systems performance. Represents the agency on interagency committees and participates in high- level collaboration, coordination, decision-making meetings, and conferences regarding classified and unclassified cybersecurity programs and projects. Briefs senior agency management on the status of committee activities and decisions made.

The duties of this position include: Monitoring agency network activities and cyber incident response activities. Analyzing evidence of suspicious behavior to identify and report events that occur or may occur within the network to protect the information, systems, and networks from threats. Advising top- level management on immediate and long-term measures that must be taken in accordance with the level of risk involved, including exploring new concepts and technologies.

Analyzing cyber events and the network environment to find trends, patterns, or anomaly correlations that indicate more serious attacks or future threats. Developing new policies, procedures, standards, methods, techniques, and solutions to highly complex technical issues; evaluating the impact of technological change; and recommending proactive measures to contain identified incidents.

Reviewing data collected from various cyber defense tools (e.g., Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events within the operating environment and identify and mitigate threats and deter future security attacks. Responds to security alerts indicating possible cyber events.

Performing real-time cyber defense incident handling (e.g., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and direct system remediation) tasks to support the agency's Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT). Performing malware and system forensic analysis. Capturing and analyzing network traffic associated with malicious activities using network monitoring tools.

Correlating incident data and develops cyber defense reports for top-level management review. Evaluating and recommending the acquisition of IT security tools. Installing and configuring new hardware, software, and peripheral equipment to support IT security tools in accordance with agency standards.

Requirements & Education

This position does not have a mandatory education requirement. There is no substitution for specialized experience at this grade level.

CPSC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: paid vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays per year, life and health insurance, Long Term Care insurance, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending account program, and retirement savings and investment plan similar to 401(k) (Thrift Savings Plan).

CPSC also offers a broad array of work-life flexibilities and services to employees such as, flexible work schedules, transit subsidies, fitness center, and employee assistance and wellness programs.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Consumer Product Safety Commission, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-26.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.