Department of Defense
This position is being recruited under 10 USC 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. It has been identified as a position necessary to carry out and support the mission of the US Cyber Command. It is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. It is located in the DISA - Risk Management Directorate (RE42).
- Conducts remote and on-site cybersecurity assessment operations across the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), using approved adversary-emulation methods to identify and document technical and non-technical vulnerabilities for remediation.
- Leads technical analyses of intrusion detection, network performance, vulnerability, and cybersecurity risk issues, using computer-science methods to develop findings and recommendations that improve cyber-defense operations.
- Analyzes applications, operating systems, device configurations, network traffic, and associated metadata to identify anomalous or threatening activity and document findings for investigation or mitigation.
- Analyzes cybersecurity architectures, network interfaces, and security controls to identify incident causes and recommend mitigations that reduce risk to network operations.
- Examines network topologies and data flows using protocol analyzers and related diagnostic tools to identify communication paths, anomalous behavior, and potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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