Management and Program Analyst

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Infrastructure Security Division, is seeking a developmental analyst. The role emphasizes analytical reasoning, data verification, and cross-team collaboration to support federal leadership and secure critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities include researching sources, developing policy guidance, and preparing briefing materials, with emphasis on effective communication and coordination across teams

Qualifications

• Analytical reasoning and organized work style; ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Researching, interpreting, and analyzing a spectrum of sources from international and domestic biometric initiatives.
• Processing data using verification systems to provide comprehensive information to customers.

Responsibilities

• Support the review and adjudication of draft documents by researching and reporting data.
• Assist with researching and analyzing a spectrum of sources to inform initiatives.
• Develop SOPs, checklists, and briefing materials for federal leadership.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Research skills

Data analysis

Communication

Project coordination

Job description

This position is located within the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Infrastructure Security Division. CISA is the Nation's risk advisor, working with partners to defend against today's threats and collaborating with industry to build more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future. CISA works with partners across industry and government to understand and manage risk to our critical infrastructure.

Typical work assignments include, but are not limited to:

Typical work assignments include, but are not limited to:

• GS-07 level This is the developmental position. The analyst continues to receive on-the-job training which builds upon the basic analytical and organizational knowledge learned at the GS-5 level, and typically, continues to receive formal classroom training in the principles and techniques of analysis and in the functions, processes, and principles of management which builds upon the fundamentals learned at the GS-5 level.
• Supporting the review and adjudication of draft documents by researching, coordinating, exploiting, communicating, distributing, and reporting data to internal and external customers
• Assisting with some researching, interpreting, and analyzing a spectrum of sources from a variety of international and domestic biometric initiatives
• Processing data using verification systems of established data points to provide customers with a totality of available information
• Assisting project managers with researching, interpreting, and analyzing a spectrum of sources to inform a variety of initiatives
• Applying analytical reasoning to the analysis and resolution of administrative issues or problems of a straightforward procedural or factual nature.
• GS-09 level Developing policy, programs, and guidelines for implementation
• Knowledge of organization's core business/mission processes
• Analyzing, summarizing, and presenting federal requirements applicable to the organization
• Developing executive talking points, training resources, and briefing materials
• Managing competing priorities; collaborate across teams and consolidate information from multiple teams for federal leadership
• Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and checklists
• Administrative planning activities including preparation of functional and specific support plans, preparing and managing correspondence, and staffing procedures
• Processing data using verification systems of established data points to provide customers with a totality of available information
• Applying analytical reasoning to the analysis and resolution of administrative issues or problems of a straightforward procedural or factual nature
• Selecting and applying appropriate analytical techniques to obtain, develop, and present facts and information in a clear, concise, and logical manner