IT Specialist (INFOSEC)

Offices, Boards and Divisions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Security and Emergency Planning Staff (SEPS) seeks an IT Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-13, to support the engineering, design, and operation of IT systems for physical security, including access control and surveillance.

Qualifying requires specialized experience with PKI, secure cards, biometrics, and evaluating security technologies, plus hands-on use of physical security platforms such as USAccess, PIV, CCURE, and BI reporting systems.

Qualifications

• Basic qualification for 2210 series: refer to OPM IT Management Series 2210 Qualification Standard for specific experience requirements for GS-12 and above positions.
• Specialized Experience: For GS-13, one year at GS-12 or equivalent in Federal Service, including experience with evaluating new security authentication technologies (PKI certificates, secure cards, biometrics) and using physical security platforms (SIP, CCURE 9000 or AEGIS) for access control, intrusion detection, USAccess, PIV, PIV-I, C-Cure, and BI reporting systems (BIRS).
• You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 11/02/2026 of this announcement.
• Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.
• See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.
• After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required of you. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement 11/02/2026 to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.

Job description

This position is in the Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Security and Emergency Planning Staff (SEPS), Justice Protective Service, Technical Operations. SEPS has responsibility for the engineering, design, acquisition, implementation and operation of all information technology involving access control, closed circuit television and all other IT programs associated with the physical security supporting the Department of Justice.

To qualify for the position of IT Specialist (INFOSEC), at GS-2210-13, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below.

Basic Qualification for 2210 series: Please refer to the OPM IT Management Series 2210 Qualification Standard for the specific experience requirements for the GS-12 and above positions.

AND

Specialize Experience: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service, which includes: Experience with evaluating new security authentication technologies, such as public key infrastructure certificates, secure cards and/or biometrics and utilizing physical security system platforms (such as, SIP, CCURE 9000 or AEGIS systems) for physical access control, intrusion detection, USAccess, PIV, PIV-I, C-Cure, and Business Intelligence Reporting Systems (BIRS).

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 11/02/2026 of this announcement.

Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.

After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required of you. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement 11/02/2026 to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.